...there is alot of sandy type grit in the mud and it doesn't cake up......traction will still be really good.....freezing and being soaking wet on the lift is another story though.....Seriously, super rocky, looks like tacky soil conditions, as long as it doesn't rain, it should be a great course.
psh. sissy. In case you don't recall the last time it rained at platty I was seen jumping in puddles.Platty in the rain = RULES!
except for the fresh cut roots and in thunder/lightning downpours that tend to last for hours...
i absolutely LOVE your sig!!! That was from Goya, right?This is shaping up to be a real race. I know will is fast but there seems to be a LOT of racers showing up for this one.
I do recall that day - I was "Mr. Bad Attitude" that race, needed to HTFU!psh. sissy. In case you don't recall the last time it rained at platty I was seen jumping in puddles.
Platty in the rain is just as good as in no rain.
will collins
not so much a fan club as a big group of friends and supporters. Not only is he stupid fast, he's also a really cool guy to hang out with.Seems like Will has a fan club...hopefully he can do it...lot's of fast guys coming for this race...should be fun to watch! oh and to race! course looks sick!
just make sure he was born a man!!im comming all the way up from the atl sounds like theres gonna be some good comp! only time will tell and let the best man win is what im saying!
Looks like Wills out now.just make sure he was born a man!!
well i think i might be giving them a run for there money, i cant wait to race all of them sounds like fun!just make sure he was born a man!!
I know...it was joke...He rode for my team last year and I helped him get his factory ride with Morewood. Will's my boy...and you're right...he's stupidoster_oops: I mean stupid fast...rode with him on Sunday. Will the Thrill FTWnot so much a fan club as a big group of friends and supporters. Not only is he stupid fast, he's also a really cool guy to hang out with.
Platty in the snow is how real men do it. Nothing is as exciting as when your at Platty and your brake seal fails because of the cold... whoo wah.Platty in the rain = RULES!
except for the fresh cut roots and in thunder/lightning downpours that tend to last for hours...
You are in for a rude lesson in just how steep and tight a course can be coming from down south. At on point you have about 5in of room coming out of a corner to place your front wheel in between a rock just waiting to rip off you derailleur and a tree and of course it is off camber. Some of the shoots on the second half are very hard to walk down they are so steep.well i think i might be giving them a run for there money, i cant wait to race all of them sounds like fun!
wait till the platty virgins do that for the first timeI <3 Shale Surfing!!!!
these kids have no idea what they're in for. Even the toughest stuff I've ridden out here is nothing compared to Platty.wait till the platty virgins do that for the first time
I beg the differYou are in for a rude lesson in just how steep and tight a course can be coming from down south.
MMM even more competition.Yeti Fox Shox riders Joey Schusler and Kevin Aiello will be out there.
sounds like a blast! I think i might be able to hold my own. comming from the south doesnt mean anything just means i gotta work a lil harder . its not my first rodieo how is it comparred to lower hair ball at snowshoe?You are in for a rude lesson in just how steep and tight a course can be coming from down south. At on point you have about 5in of room coming out of a corner to place your front wheel in between a rock just waiting to rip off you derailleur and a tree and of course it is off camber. Some of the shoots on the second half are very hard to walk down they are so steep.
Doesn't get much rougher than that!how is it comparred to lower hair ball at snowshoe?
Here's a few more pics of the fast stuff. Course will be taped this weekend, then I'll be able to get some riding pics.
bfrich, get richie there !! another spoiler possibility,
pds rx, one of the reasons Plattekill was chosen is because of the similarities to Val De Sole.
NJMX835, sport course will be fun run to just below broken tooth, fast, flow and fun abound.
Cant Climb, correct !! Traction in the rain is crazy good. I do much better in the rain there.
racer661, who are you? You'll have a ball
my names ethan quehl u prob havent heard of me i come from corss counrty i race the jr x class and im just converting to dh i won the snowshoe series in the am u17 against niko. so hopfully ill be able to bring my game up to ny. sounds like a bad ass course i cant wait to ride it!
haha ya lower hair ball is crazy rocky i loved it. mootomike do i know you it sounds familuar?Doesn't get much rougher than that!
planted or loose?well if uve ever ridden lower hair ball at snowshoe, all there is to ride on is shapr pointy rocks! haha
ANY trail is HARD when you are racing it and trying to squeeze time out.i've ridden plattekill alot, and i've ridden on the west coast alot, and i think they are both totally different types of terrain, but i don't feel that plattekill is as gnarly as everyone hypes it up to be......its not THAT hard.....
both. it's worth the trip to snowshoe just to ride it.planted or loose?
pardon?Tomac_racer said:You are in for a rude lesson in just how steep and tight a course can be coming from down south.
NJMX835, sport course will be fun run to just below broken tooth, fast, flow and fun abound.