I would like to try that.... Sounds like fun. A downhill race where you have to pedal, mass start...
Anyone ever race a Super D event?
- Thread starter jdcamb
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I want to. I was going to at big bear but then they got shut down.
I was going to at mount snow but it started just 1 hour before my xc race.
They are a fregging riot!
Le mans starts, pile ole`dust for the 1st few miles.
Le mans starts, pile ole`dust for the 1st few miles.
There's no consistency in how the races are run or what the courses are like...many (most?) don't do le mans starts, just intervals. And some courses are very long, some very short, some are very climb-y, some are technical, some are 85% fireroad.
It's really up to the individual venue...they're entirely different events depending on where they're held. I've done some where they're just the DH course with a short climb tacked on to the front end, and others where you raced a 40% uphill fireroad that then merged with the very end of the DH course for the finish. In some cases, pure XC bikes (well-handled) were a major advantage over DH bikes (obviously) or even trailbikes. But lots of other places are different.
MD
It's really up to the individual venue...they're entirely different events depending on where they're held. I've done some where they're just the DH course with a short climb tacked on to the front end, and others where you raced a 40% uphill fireroad that then merged with the very end of the DH course for the finish. In some cases, pure XC bikes (well-handled) were a major advantage over DH bikes (obviously) or even trailbikes. But lots of other places are different.
MD
At Snowshoe, it was an interval start on basically a DH course. It was about a ~10 minute race, and the DH guys had a HUGE advantage over the XC guys. there were a few ups, but it was mostly down. I didnt race it, but I watched. Anyone out there that did race wanna shed a little light? Dartman?