2004 MTB Racing

Hippy,
Think you'll give any of the dirt crit races a go?

Cheers,
Troy

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by ftf
Think you'll give any of the dirt crit races a go?

I was just emailing bikesoiler about that. It seems the
Tuesday night dirt crits are about to end as the land was sold (next week, 23rd is the last w/ fairwell party). I've not done
any yet - too much roadie blood - don't like getting dirty 😉

I'd like to try them but Tuesdays were my day off. I should
try and make it down for an easy one next tuesday...
http://www.deluxebicycleclub.com

Anyone who's ridden the course - how do you reckon slicks
would go? (I'm serious... too lazy to swap commuter tyres).

Have you been racing/gonna race? These new ones would
be something different during winter.. easier with no track
on Monday nights too...

hippy

Just a quick note on this... due to circumstances beyond
our control, tonights dirt crit @ Westgate Park is
cancelled... in it's competitive format. If by chance you
happen to turn up tonight and just so happen to choose to
follow a rider on a Kona hardtail around the circuit at
about 6:30pm, great I would love to not not see you
there... maybe.... if you get my drift.

Next week however the fun starts in earnest, we will have
another week to work on some more aspects to the circuit.
Getting it ready for the night races to come.... So be @
Westgate Park next Thursday for some official fun.

Cheers, sorry for any inconvience.

Kristjan Full Gas Promotions www.fullgaspromotions.com.au

ps As for Hippy not liking getting dirty?!?! did you or did
you not ride in a 24hr MTB race last december???

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by hippy
I was just emailing bikesoiler about that. It seems the
Tuesday night dirt crits are about to end as the land was sold (next week, 23rd is the last w/ fairwell party). I've not done
any yet - too much roadie blood - don't like getting dirty 😉

I'd like to try them but Tuesdays were my day off. I should
try and make it down for an easy one next tuesday...
http://www.deluxebicycleclub.com

Anyone who's ridden the course - how do you reckon slicks
would go? (I'm serious... too lazy to swap commuter tyres).

Have you been racing/gonna race? These new ones would
be something different during winter.. easier with no track
on Monday nights too...

hippy

From the sounds of it, you've been doing waaaay too much riding on bitumen. Then again, so have I. The SS is getting VERY jealous.

I haven't done any races due to other 'competitive interests', and was really keen to start racing with Blackburn CC but am going OS for some months (at long last) so it wasn't really worth getting the license (or thats my excuse!).

Quoted message said:

Originally posted by Kristjan Snorra
ps As for Hippy not liking getting dirty?!?! did you
or did you not ride in a 24hr MTB race last december???

Yeah, ya got me... some roadies don't mind getting
dirty once in a while. My frequent "soil sampling" was
probably going overboard though 😉

hippy

Quoted message said:

Originally posted by ftf
From the sounds of it, you've been doing waaaay too
much riding on bitumen. Then again, so have I. The SS
is getting VERY jealous.

My SS has slicks man.. how sad! 🙂
I still lust after one of those Inbreds... (that's a bike folks!)

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I haven't done any races due to other 'competitive
interests', and was really keen to start racing with
Blackburn CC but am going OS for some months (at
long last) so it wasn't really worth getting the license
(or thats my excuse!).

I kept telling myself not to buy a license, save money, etc
before April, but I caved when I started to get faster again
and paid for my license. I figure if I can't afford it I don't
need it anyway and I wanted to get in 'some' crits before
the seasons o'doom arrived..

Might give some of the 'proper' road races another go this
season, we'll see.. back to D grade for me!

hippy

damn you hippy!

Now you've got me on a train of thought which has resulted in me thinking way too seriously about the Kona 24hr, to the point where we've already cobbled together a 3-man team and I'm beginning to debate training regimes!

So - any words of wisdom from the experienced one in terms of preparation, tactics, things to watch out for, things to bring, etc??

Not that I'm thinking of winning - We're just going for a larf and if we don't come last - Bonus!

Quoted message said:

Originally posted by eddiec
thinking way too seriously about the Kona 24hr, to the point >where we've already cobbled together a 3-man team and I'm >beginning to debate training regimes!

Nice! 🙂
But what is this "training" that you speak of? :P

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So - any words of wisdom from the experienced one in terms
of preparation, tactics, things to watch out for, things to
bring, etc??

Above all, bring fun. But you will also need:
something to sleep in, something to sleep on, food, drinks,
bike, food, spare parts, drinks, tools, as many tubes as you
can carry, some food, the rest of your team, lighting and tarp
to create a "team area", CHAIRS!, food & drink, money, lights, charged batteries, helmet & bar mounted lights with as many batteries as you can buy or build, an mtba licence (or buy a
day licence), towel for showers and spare, warm clothes to change into when not riding, as many pairs of clean nicks and
jerseys as you own or can steal before the race, torch.

I forgot towels so I had to drip dry, but it was rather warm,
so this was ok.

My sleeping bag was cold. I woke (didn't really sleep actually)
freezing my bits off!!!

If you can, practice riding at night - it is waaay cool, but kinda
freaky too.

After the race, I was stuffed and only managed to drive a
few kay before I needed a hit of sugar and caffeine which
pepped me right up. Beware of this.

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Not that I'm thinking of winning - We're just going for a larf
and if we don't come last - Bonus!

There will always be people like me out there riding. We are
not fast and not fussed if we do come last. But sure as I like
chocolate, if I see you in front of me I'll chase :-D

Keep this thread going with questions and I'll endeavour to
answer them all truthfully :-)

hippy