Someone finally won a Norba STXC race on a road bike... Go Decker! When is this going to stop? I'm glad i made the switch to DH before XC got this bad.
Does this Bother anyone else?
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Someone finally won a Norba STXC race on a road bike... Go Decker! When is this going to stop? I'm glad i made the switch to DH before XC got this bad.
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It was short track - not XC. Short track is stupid.
I like short track because its a lot like road crits. It kicks my ass every time. The Sonoma ST"XC" course was plain out retarded. How did that get the OK from NORBA?
"...the short track course was run through the raceway's parking lot, with over 80-percent of the track paved. The course had only two 100-meter "off-road" sections, at opposite ends of the circuit on gravel roads, one offering up a minor climb and descent." - velonews.com
"...the short track course was run through the raceway's parking lot, with over 80-percent of the track paved. The course had only two 100-meter "off-road" sections, at opposite ends of the circuit on gravel roads, one offering up a minor climb and descent." - velonews.com
crikey, thats not even a CX bike, I read somewhere that Travis Brown was using CX wheels on his bike for the STXC events, maybe that should have rethought the rule change re. wheel size.
Banning 700c wheels still wouldn't make the most recent shortrack races any less lame. I just entered the Mt snow stxc race yesterday, and I'm fully planning on racing my cx bike.
hmmm.....I've never seen a stxc race, always thought they were really short and techical races, like with a few small jumps and stuff, obviously not.
At Sea Otter, Travis was running carbon Bontrager cross toobulars on his Fuel....
Yeah, 700c FS. Must be under contract to ride the Fuel whenever possible....
I raced the Cactus Cup at Whistler a couple times. It had a dirt crit which was effectively a short track XC before they had such a thing. But that particular course went up the ski run for about 5 minutes and then across the hill for a good 10 seconds before heading back down fast with just a short steep technical section with a couple hard turns in the woods. A road or cross bike would not have worked very well at all.
It was a good course and really hard and fast but short. I liked it. It would have been fun to watch too as riders were going all out due to the steepness of the climb and short duration of the event.
Personnaly I think riders ought to be able to raide anything they like. The course should dictate what works best though. If ashort track XC can be won on a cross or road bike, the course is lame. 80% paved is weak really weak. There should be rules about that. I'm surprised they could get away with that.
It was a good course and really hard and fast but short. I liked it. It would have been fun to watch too as riders were going all out due to the steepness of the climb and short duration of the event.
Personnaly I think riders ought to be able to raide anything they like. The course should dictate what works best though. If ashort track XC can be won on a cross or road bike, the course is lame. 80% paved is weak really weak. There should be rules about that. I'm surprised they could get away with that.
We have had this debate many times. Sure racers should be able to ride what they want. But we are talking about a pro event here - an event that is supposed to have some sort of spectator appeal. Its just about the most boring event in the World - what good is it as a professional sport? What good is it to the sponsors?
I thought about racing a mt. bike a few times XC and DH. I really don't know what came over me..... I'm glad i came to my senses.
None?
I think they should be able to ride whatever bike they want, but if you call it XC, a road bike should not even be able to survive it IMO, it should fall apart in the rock garden assuming it made it up the rooty climb. Then again, this is NORBA after all.
