For this event, we will aim at a 30 second gap, but if you feel the need, can ask for a 1 min gap. One of the reasons for forcing guys into 30 second gaps is to get all the riders through the trails before night fall. 200 riders at 1min intervals is over 3 three hours, and that is just one stage. To alleviate this, we are opening up stage 1 to 4 to be ridden in any order, so there should not be too much congestion at any one stage. This is not fool proof, as a bunch of riders could all end up at the same stage at the same time but should help. Please talk to the riders in front and behind you, and try to cede yourselves as best you can. It it not a perfect system, but seems to work. Please do not assume that just because you are a guy that you are faster than all girls or a young kids. Plenty of guys with expensive bikes and flashy kit hold up girls and kids on trails. Talk to the timing guys, they will be instructed to use their discretion, but they have also been instructed to get everybody down the hill in good time. The general guideline will be between 30 sec and 1 min. Most of the stages are not too long, so unless their is a big difference in skill level, a 1 min gap should be plenty.
