You have that title without even entering...is there even a norba series?
Didn't some dude from zimbabwe win the triple a few years back? he's washed up now
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Didn't some dude from zimbabwe win the triple a few years back? he's washed up now
Litter Day 4 is up with some interesting news (if it's been posted, sorry).
http://www.littermag.com/features/champery/day4/1.htm
"The riders and UCI have now agreed that from Mt. Ste. Anne onwards, all the top 20, regardless of qualifying times will start together, so that races cant be decided by the weather in future. With a short season and no throw aways, this is a welcome change. "
http://www.littermag.com/features/champery/day4/1.htm
"The riders and UCI have now agreed that from Mt. Ste. Anne onwards, all the top 20, regardless of qualifying times will start together, so that races cant be decided by the weather in future. With a short season and no throw aways, this is a welcome change. "
Martin has been pushing for that for ages, he went off on the UCI guy in Vigo about the very same thing. Good to see that he got his point across.
that makes sense, but what was the start time of Matti before Hill and Peat started? The new method would have all top 20 within a 40 min span.
an italian video...not very good quality ....but some seconds of Hill's run and some crashes.
http://tv.repubblica.it/home_page.php?playmode=player&cont_id=10754
http://tv.repubblica.it/home_page.php?playmode=player&cont_id=10754
Yup, 40 mins is still a huge gap, but better than 2+ hours. I am trying to get the actual UCI official rule change wording on this now.
Holy Crap!!!
Ok that was ridiculous.
Problem is, it would really affect whoever is at the later end of the 20. Rain quite often comes in and changes a track dramatically in a matter of minutes, the converse isn't true, you never get a track that goes from sodden to bone dry in 15 minutes. As such the ones in the pack of 20 that go down last would - on average - be disadvantaged.
My suggestion would be to do the 20 as recommended, but to mix the start order up. I'm tempted to say randomise it, but that seems a bit unfair, that your race could be ruined on a chance decision.
Personally I think if conditions are clearly going to change, then the whole race should be put on hold until there's a high probability of the weather holding for 20 minutes or whatever. So everyone gets a dry track, or everyone gets a wet track, etc. Track conditions just make FAR too much difference - it ruins the racing IMHO.
And I'd go so far as to say that if 10 of them go down and then the heavens open, well then they should re-run the race later in the day, and those 10 would have to re-do their runs.
All gets a bit complicated doesn't it
My suggestion would be to do the 20 as recommended, but to mix the start order up. I'm tempted to say randomise it, but that seems a bit unfair, that your race could be ruined on a chance decision.
Personally I think if conditions are clearly going to change, then the whole race should be put on hold until there's a high probability of the weather holding for 20 minutes or whatever. So everyone gets a dry track, or everyone gets a wet track, etc. Track conditions just make FAR too much difference - it ruins the racing IMHO.
And I'd go so far as to say that if 10 of them go down and then the heavens open, well then they should re-run the race later in the day, and those 10 would have to re-do their runs.
All gets a bit complicated doesn't it
I tend to agree, a soaking wet track in the pourng rain is faster than a track just after the rain has stopped and mud starts to get tracked on everything and turn into peanut butter.Problem is, it would really affect whoever is at the later end of the 20. Rain quite often comes in and changes a track dramatically in a matter of minutes, the converse isn't true, you never get a track that goes from sodden to bone dry in 15 minutes. As such the ones in the pack of 20 that go down last would - on average - be disadvantaged.
My suggestion would be to do the 20 as recommended, but to mix the start order up. I'm tempted to say randomise it, but that seems a bit unfair, that your race could be ruined on a chance decision.
Personally I think if conditions are clearly going to change, then the whole race should be put on hold until there's a high probability of the weather holding for 20 minutes or whatever. So everyone gets a dry track, or everyone gets a wet track, etc. Track conditions just make FAR too much difference - it ruins the racing IMHO.
And I'd go so far as to say that if 10 of them go down and then the heavens open, well then they should re-run the race later in the day, and those 10 would have to re-do their runs.
All gets a bit complicated doesn't it
is right!!!©2001;2569882 said:
sweet mother......nothing like running down the trail to the next switchback to headoff your bike.....
Ok where in the video is the damn riding? All i get is some old chick and a dude talking on a couch then some dude trekking in the desert?
Video is still loading here....cant wait.
Hope that new UCI rule is not true. Goes against the grain of a classic tradition of tactics and mind games.
Hope that new UCI rule is not true. Goes against the grain of a classic tradition of tactics and mind games.
That's rediculous! He is moving considerably faster then Matti; I think it was.. at the finish line.... Also that earlier left through the peanut butter
wow!
Video is still loading......
but I like the screencap of the greasy cop trying to bang the red tank topped girl up in the corner.
but I like the screencap of the greasy cop trying to bang the red tank topped girl up in the corner.
Iz nice!
Its not a buffet.You dont see much of him in the vid
You follow a fringe sport, you have to be satisfied with morsels.
Thank you Sir, may I have another.
Thought there was some big audio interview with sam hill....link please.©2001;2569855 said:
keep your pants on. that'll get here when it gets here. remember, it's just a hobby.
ok now i see africans and cows. WTF is going on with this video?
Sorry, pants are off, didn't you read about the screencap on the italy video....don't promote what you can not deliver, hobby or not.©2001;2569915 said:
hot damn thats weird. For what its worth, the bike video reads a time of 29:30 to about 30:37 in the lower right corner.
Wow. Hill was flying at the end. Compare him and Matti and Hill definitely looks faster there.
The crashes were pretty much what I expected to see. Fall, slip, fall, slide...
Seriously click on that screencap, funniest vid I've seen in a long time!!!!!! "Paris in Jail"
apparently you can't read. i never said audio would be today did i? in fact it could be 3 months. delivery time is wide open.Sorry, pants are off, didn't you read about the screencap on the italy video....don't promote what you can not deliver, hobby or not.
amazing. hope there's enough vid clips to document a somewhat complete run. damn, i miss the good old days of televised dh coverage...
Such viciousness for such a happy guy-is it raining in colorado?©2001;2569933 said:
I would have sworn it said today-so sorry if I did not read it well... but excuse me for being hopped on MTB viagra after a historic day that I missed.
3 months, it won't be news....hell, by noon today it won't be.
i just moved back to low-cal, so i'm not as pumped as i used to be.
Ya, cali will do that to ya...it does indeed suck.©2001;2569946 said:
My pants are back on and will sit patiently waiting for the interview Samuel.
I don't know which is better, the video of Sam or the Paris in Jail music video...haha. Definitely Sam slaying the muddy mountain. 
That is the best cop moustache in the history of the world.
And that chick was 30 times hotter than the droopy eyed goo catcher.
Finally got the video loaded. Christ. For those who haven't, go right to the end after the EXTRA logo.
I can only get audio on the Italian video? Do I need to download some special codec or something?....
you may not have the correct codecs installed on your PC. Also watch the video of the cop shoving a knee into the old lady in the car.
I'm all for leaving the qualifying format as is. How does World Cup Skiing do their top 20? Auto qualify or is it fall down/go home?
Also, I thought UCI gave points for qualifying to make qualifying such a massively important factor for the pros to go hard in practice. Am I right on that? You gain more points in qualifying, meaning the difference in the overall at seasons end?
It's nobody's fault but Hill and Nico's that they qualified the way they did. Them and it looked like Gee were the only real top dogs who chose to qualify high and go for a few points. Their strategic mistake.
I remember Minnarr cost himself a higher finish at Worlds a few years back...gambled that it would rain during finals. Instead, the top guys had a dry, grooved in line come finals time.
Also, I thought UCI gave points for qualifying to make qualifying such a massively important factor for the pros to go hard in practice. Am I right on that? You gain more points in qualifying, meaning the difference in the overall at seasons end?
It's nobody's fault but Hill and Nico's that they qualified the way they did. Them and it looked like Gee were the only real top dogs who chose to qualify high and go for a few points. Their strategic mistake.
I remember Minnarr cost himself a higher finish at Worlds a few years back...gambled that it would rain during finals. Instead, the top guys had a dry, grooved in line come finals time.
The idea of the points was just that, it allowed you to choose. Go for broke and get 50 points, or go cautiously and hope it paid off in finals.
BTW rule change has now been confirmed through the UCI.
Explanation as to why and how it will work is here:
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/world_cup_downh.html
Thanks for the heads up.
BTW rule change has now been confirmed through the UCI.
Explanation as to why and how it will work is here:
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/world_cup_downh.html
Thanks for the heads up.
I asked: Do I need to download some special codec or something?
You answered: You may not have the correct codec.
Not really an answer is it!
