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Really looking forward to popping my cherry next week but was just wondering what the course will be like. With so many competitors is there much singletrack? Is it mainly fire road?


 
Posted : 13/06/2009 10:03 pm
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Its being built next week so you'll know by Friday ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 13/06/2009 10:07 pm
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any idea which way it's going this year?


 
Posted : 13/06/2009 10:09 pm
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It goes up and then down, then up again and then down.


 
Posted : 13/06/2009 10:26 pm
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It's mostly mud, newly strimmed grass and mud.
Sometimes the sun shines, in which case you'll get drying mud.


 
Posted : 13/06/2009 10:31 pm
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Any monster climbs/descents or is it lots of small ones


 
Posted : 13/06/2009 10:31 pm
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good weather this year. We're not riding, so it's bound to be. Am getting trackside to provide [s]abuse[/s] encouragement.

Normally camp this side, but last year we were too close to the start, migh try the other side.


 
Posted : 13/06/2009 10:34 pm
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Any monster climbs/descents or is it lots of small ones

They feel like big climbs after a few hours.


 
Posted : 13/06/2009 10:35 pm
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Will the rock gardens be bigger this year? How many drop-offs have been included?


 
Posted : 13/06/2009 10:39 pm
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Posted : 13/06/2009 10:40 pm
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Have they lengthened the shore section?


 
Posted : 13/06/2009 10:48 pm
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they say it's the third longest in the northern hemisphere.


 
Posted : 13/06/2009 10:54 pm
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Pat is keeping the details under his hat. But they have said that they have listened to riders feedback from last year and will be making significant improvements. Need to remember that they can only do a small amount as they have to keep the area natural. 2 climbs like last year and similar wooded sections I am lead to believe. As for rock gardens, drop offs and north shore. I think not.


 
Posted : 14/06/2009 9:02 am
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last year was around 1400ft of climbing per lap, with two main climbs as dimmadan said.

although the long drag up to grass field felt like a third climb by the end...


 
Posted : 14/06/2009 9:23 am
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It's mostly mud, newly strimmed grass and mud.
Sometimes the sun shines, in which case you'll get drying mud.

love that description.


 
Posted : 14/06/2009 10:49 am
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I'm looking forwards to the new see-saw sections.


 
Posted : 14/06/2009 12:57 pm
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MM course, yesterday.
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Posted : 14/06/2009 1:14 pm
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^ Goes to change spd's for flats ๐Ÿ˜•


 
Posted : 14/06/2009 2:08 pm
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I could see the Evan's boys getting very frustrated on that!!
"Passing on you left.." (thud)


 
Posted : 14/06/2009 3:39 pm
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^ rotfpmsl


 
Posted : 14/06/2009 4:38 pm
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Dry -Fast
Wet - Slow


 
Posted : 14/06/2009 4:58 pm