I was just in front of the tandem in the xc for some time on the first lap. If it was me on the white Mount Vision then please give your dad and sis my humble apologies for being such a crap rider 😳
thay should hold a dh only event some time. then we can see what speeds the course can be done at. although there were some fast guys compromises had to be made because of the xc race.
i would like to see it done by a decent dh rider and see. i think it would be faster. not loads faster but 15-20 seconds faster. got to be aint it ? and if plp wer all on full dh bikes then the course could be a lot diffrent
And the course couldn’t be too much different… the existing trails use the drop as best they can. Building a ‘proper’ downhill track there would be difficult as the terrain is shallow drops followed by flat bits. In the grand scheme of things, I don’t think theres a lot of vertical drop.
Setting off from the far end of Cragg quarry onto nice little trail with a few kickers down to Lee quarry and doing the red around the outside of Lee Quarry and the usual way down to the car park is a decent long (ish) run.
I’ll be doing it tomorrow.
Not strictly downhill, bit of uphill in the middle. Fun though.