[ztlh13]

For everyone racing DH there is good news: This from the Sugar National website.

Make it to the bottom in one piece and it’s just a short lift ride back to the top and another run to glory.

I just need to work on the one piece part.

 

[Jeremy R]

Ha,
Or just hit your head hard enough to where the lift ride feels short.
Its gonna take a good whack.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

Too bad they don't have gondolas. You could use the extra time to work on your bike.

 

[manimal]

noah and i had time to start and finish lunch well before we got to the trashcans to b-52 style drop our trash.

 

[bizutch]

For everyone racing DH there is good news: This from the Sugar National website.

Make it to the bottom in one piece and it’s just a short lift ride back to the top and another run to glory.

I just need to work on the one piece part.

This just in. Juan may be helping shape the slalom so that you have something else to do while you're there. Oh..and now that you guinea piged the drop, it's got a straight run-in....

 

[ymsb20]

anybody know if that drop at the top is gonna be on the expert course?

 

[FCLinder]

Rode there today and I have to say the trail has worn in good over the year. I will have to say it felt like it was a lot easier than last year too. I like the new lines through Lizards lane. The funny thing is last year at the National I didn't get much practice on the course and didn’t get to look at all the different lines. I took some time today to look at lines and found so many lines that are much better than the lines I was running last year. Glad I got some practice in today due to the practice time we will be getting for the National this year. To only have 1.5 hours to practice both Sat and Sun is going to such bad. I can't believe that is all they are giving for Pro practice this year. They should give us more time with the lift as slow as it is. Wait I am talking about NORBA here so I guess I should expect more. Maybe like the 3 hours we get at Snow Shoe before a race run........... By the way the lift was about 28 mins to the top this time. Much better than last year at 43 mins ride.

Cecil

 

[motomike]

yes the lift was no bad feeling at all. 8 runs total for us on saturday, with a lunch break.

 

[stubby]

i rode today! it was alot of fun! i still hate the uphills but there good for me .

 

[motomike]

i rode today! it was alot of fun! i still hate the uphills but there good for me .

what uphills?

 

[stubby]

lizards lane i think? its after the root if i remember correctly. my breaks wernt working so i had to use flintstone breaks . 510s work great.

 

[bizutch]

yes the lift was no bad feeling at all. 8 runs total for us on saturday, with a lunch break.

8? all day? I got in 7 and I got on the lift last week at 1:40pm?

i rode today! it was alot of fun! i still hate the uphills but there good for me .

wow...if you think there is an uphill in Lizards Lane...

 

[FCLinder]

i rode today! it was alot of fun! i still hate the uphills but there good for me .

Were you one of the 2 guys that showed up around 2 esh? I got 6 runs in yesterday started around 10:30 and stoped at 3pm. I would say I took about an hour playing around between runs.

As for the uphill, let off the brakes and you will not feel any of them.

 

[motomike]

8? all day? I got in 7 and I got on the lift last week at 1:40pm?

yeah we were taking our time messing around on some sections and stuff about every run.

 

[bizutch]

yeah we were taking our time messing around on some sections and stuff about every run.

did the pile of rocks we stacked up in the creek help at all to keep you dry?

 

[motomike]

Yeah that was all good. The top sections are money right now.

 

[stubby]

well i wasnt exactly going fast. my el caminos stopped working. thats the only thing there good at stopping at. yeah i know the second run i didnt feel them.

yea weh showed up around 2 oclock. the pile of rocks was nice it did keep us dry.

i dont think i t was lizards lane where it was.

 

[FCLinder]

did the pile of rocks we stacked up in the creek help at all to keep you dry?

Yes that was much better than the past. Good job.

 

[stubby]

what is the trick to "butchs huck" i looked at it and just thought what the heal? do you huck it all the way to the bottom or double stepdown it?

 

[motomike]

what is the trick to "butchs huck" i looked at it and just thought what the heal? do you huck it all the way to the bottom or double stepdown it?

my line was to push up and ride the go-around down.

 

[stubby]

sweet i dont feel so bad now!!

 

[bizutch]

what is the trick to "butchs huck" i looked at it and just thought what the heal? do you huck it all the way to the bottom or double stepdown it?

just ride straight down the middle of those 2 rock steps...just like riding a set of steps at city hall...with a pissed off cop weilding a battering ram if you get too close to the fountain.

 

[bizutch]

well i wasnt exactly going fast. my el caminos stopped working. thats the only thing there good at stopping at. yeah i know the second run i didnt feel them.

yea weh showed up around 2 oclock. the pile of rocks was nice it did keep us dry.

i dont think i t was lizards lane where it was.

there is a creek in Lizards Lane that is wheel deep. It's just a spring really. You go down the little muddy ditch section , then up and left over that long, flat turtle rock. Right past it on the only flat spot is the spring. I was getting annoyed b/c every run was bone dry and then my ankles were getting hosed by 1 5 foot wide mud puddle every time.

 

[FCLinder]

there is a creek in Lizards Lane that is wheel deep. It's just a spring really. You go down the little muddy ditch section , then up and left over that long, flat turtle rock. Right past it on the only flat spot is the spring. I was getting annoyed b/c every run was bone dry and then my ankles were getting hosed by 1 5 foot wide mud puddle every time.

Yah, its nice to cross the creek now a few times than ride in it the whole time like in the past. They did a good job....

 

[stubby]

^ill stick with mikes line

 

[T-Pirate]

lizards lane i think? its after the root if i remember correctly. my breaks wernt working so i had to use flintstone breaks . 510s work great.

Oh right....the root. Now I know where you're talking about.

 

[stubby]

^ hhahahha roflcopter hahahahahah

 

[volklracer]

where is "butchs huck" at? Is it the crazy double step thing at the top before that big rock face?

 

[stubby]

yeap.

 

[kona-rider]

is it going to be on the DH course this year? (sorry if this has already been discussed)

 

[FCLinder]

is it going to be on the DH course this year? (sorry if this has already been discussed)

I was talking to a few workers up there on Sun. and they said that there is talk about not having it this year due to all the Pros that didn't think it was all that safe. Wait, we are talking about Downhill here are we not? I am find with it ether way.....

 

[bizutch]

Eric is not too keen on it being in the course and I can't say I blame him. When we cut it originally, it looked completely different. With the straight run-in, it was just mulch with those two big rocks. After rains and riders, it looks alot different.

I'm riding it Saturday and I think I'll know for sure then (but it's not my decision, it's Erics.)

 

[stubby]

props for riding it^

 

[bizutch]

props for riding it^

don't confuse skill with stupidity. I walk a very fine line...:biggrin:

 

[Guard]

don't confuse skill with stupidity. I walk a very fine line...:biggrin:

AMEN!!!:biggrin:

 

[manimal]

i think i've just decided to say "eff sugar." i just crunched all of the numbers and it's ridiculously expensive for such a minute amount of time on the mountain.
3 hours (crowded) practice on friday for DH = $20 lift ticket
noah's race fee for DS on friday afternoon w/ 2 hours practice = $27
1.5 hours DH practice on saturday (2 runs max) = $20 lift ticket
DH registration = $55

camping = $20 per night for minimum of 3 nights = $60
Food = $75 -ish
Gas = $65 round trip

for a grand total of $322! holy hell that's stupid expensive for one race run and 4 practice runs for me and about 2 hours of practice for noah and realistically 2 race runs (1 qual, 1 elimination...he'll be racing 14 yr olds )

i think i'll either race DS w/ noah so i don't have to pay for lodging and food or just let him race. i can't NOT go because he's super stoked on going and his Cycletherapy jersey should be ready by then i just think i'll forego the insane price of the DH/lift fee BS.

are they allowing singlespeeds for DS?
-and-
can i practice Dh w/out registering?

oh yeah...Eff Norba!!

 

[haromtnbiker]

Manimal... I couldn't tell if you realized this, but you only have to pay once for the lift ticket, not $20 every day!

 

[FCLinder]

Yep, we only get 1.5 hours each day for Semi/Pro practice. Maybe 2 to 3 runs if we are lucky. I want the old normal Sugar race back!!!!! Or give us more riding time!!!!! It almost better to go drive 6.5 hours to Snowshoe and get 3 days of riding in for that kind of money.....

 

[ridiculous]

so its $75/racer for the weekend?

 

[profro]

So, you are finally seeing the NORBA crap effect you.

We'll be rocking Windrock. Anyone want to throw together an ghetto, time ourselves race that weekend. Say... 3 courses, 3 combined times. Winner and loser takes home a 6 pack of PBR tall-boys.