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Ok for the technical bit - from the OP
Don't ease off on the easier bits of the course. My riding of the technical bits is not good enough to make up more time on it.
I see plenty of XC guys in my part of the woods who are just roadies on mountain bikes - including some making the flappy hand signals when approaching some different gravel on fire roads, this is not saying everyone is like that but improving technical skills is a good idea for everyone.
This course from the spring series is similar to the one at the weekend, although a little drier 😀 Watch how crazily fast he is through the technical stuff! Certainly opened my eyes.
thomthumb - Member
The usual xc whippet type I've seen seems to[s] have trouble riding [/s]make anything technical look like a field.[b]corrected[/b]
Really? 😉
This course from the spring series is similar to the one at the weekend, although a little drier Watch how crazily fast he is through the technical stuff! Certainly opened my eyes.
Looks like a fun track to blast around and the rider was certainly fast. Impressive speed, but technically difficult? I'd say not, just a bit twisty.
But all out fitness seems to be what wins xc races and he seems to have plenty of that. 🙂
A lot of the normal open crowd were missing on Sunday, perhaps due to the weather. Unfortunately I 8Oam a vet who seem to be a hardier breed witness my 13th ex 35 would have placed 3rd in open
Looks like a fun track to blast around and the rider was certainly fast. Impressive speed, but technically difficult? I'd say not, just a bit twisty.
To be fair I'd agree, Gorrick courses aren't technical. Fun, but not technically difficult.
Let's put it this way. My riding is not good enough to know how to not keep going sideways in the bog and slither! Agree the course at Frith Hill was not super technical, but it was a bit like wacky races with the rain and clag/mud. Only bit I had trouble riding was a bombhole type thing with a big root at the exit. I think there may have been a little bit to gain if I'd ridden a practice lap. Not much in the rain though! I raced Sport, but was firmly at the back. Could have podiumed if I dropped a cat, but 4 laps is the way forward I reckon. You learn a lot more when you ride with the better guys even if your position in the race doesn't look good.
People dissing XC riders' technical ability are morons. The guys at the front in the XC races would definitely put a lot of the DH bikers I see on uplift days on big bikes in full DH gear to shame.
Dave, I don't think I'm ready to vomit over the bars yet, but I reckon I'll have you on the Mendips SS ride if I put the training in!
In your dreams sonny boy