leeu52

Please advise me how to promote the same for this sport. We are really sick of being subjected to the MTB start-official's ranting and raving about the illegal dangers of the much feared Ipod, fines for shouting at other bikers, but absolute silence on the real cause of injuries. When I walked into the local bike shop yesterday and saw the sling, the first thing they asked me was if I also got injured at Cullinan last weekend. Interesting..there has been other races since then.

Sorry for the confusion: This is the add for Diamond Rush in Cullinan that convinced us to partake, not a Babbas ad, although I admit it is a perfect description for Babbas.

Here is a copy of the 40 km description on the website: "The 40 km route will have short sections of single track that flows into and out of jeep track. 80% will be jeep track and gravel roads, along ridges and ravines. Bring your family along and make them all experience the excitement of mountain biking!"

As newbies (1 year) and only 8 previous races..94.7, Argus, Babbas Lodge, Lion Man etc. our family of 4 entered Diamond Rush in good faith. We had great outings in all our previous races. I searched the web for any mention of technical..nothing. Unfortunately 3 of us came off our bikes. How is that for amazing coincidence. I did not enjoy the pain of the past 10 days, time off the bike and the pending R33,000 AC shoulder joint repair. All we required was a simple something like: "Rated 4" or "Not for beginners" or "for the technically adept"