Attacking During a Mechanical

[Bike Mob]

Ok

I will remind Burry to wait for Julian when he drops his chain at the Cross Country in PMB at Easter

 

 

I said this race, Epic... not all mtb events... nobody complains in the Paris Roubaix when wheels break..it's a one day classic not a stage race.

['Dale]

I was not much a Bulls fan at the start of the Epic but Platt and Sahm really showed guts and class.

Off the thread, I know...

Worth mentioning, they are often referred as the "Darlings Of The Epic..."

 

On the thread:

Dunno much about MTBing, but mechanical reliability is a slightly different issue because of the terrain.

Road is so much less hazardous.

 

What is MTB etiquette? Or is it the same as Road Racing etiquette?

[Bos]

I was doing Kloof to cable car repeats when I rode through a piece of metal like a spike.... got a papwiel

 

So I stopped to change my tube. I was busy consentrating on the job at hand when a guy in a taxi stopped to see If he could help me, It was getting dark and I was aware that Its not very safe up there on my ace, so I admit I was a little Jumpy...

 

As he stopped I thought It was an attack so I jumped down the side of the road with my half a bike in one hand and a wheel in the other, ready to "maak spore"..

 

the guy offered me a lift home.. I felt a bit doff..

[GLuvsMtb]

Attacking During a Mechanical, very difficult to understand.

 

If the bunch goes 30km/h , and someones derailer broke, or some twit ride with 350gram super light tires,

 

why must the bunch stop?

 

the water point issue? it was not a attact, it was just that milka trek was not waiting for the front bunch to stop partying at the waterpoint.

 

Who write this ""ünwritten"" rules, or does it only matter when somone is upset about it.

I guess we are all experts on the hub. My 5cents:

There is a difference between stopping and having a picnic and choosing this as the time to attack. There are large parts of the race where these guys don't race flat-out. Honour and respect for you rival means that you don't take an unfair advantage, even if the opportunity presents itself. The line between taking an unfair advantage and cheating is very thin, and if I had my way, riders would be penalised for the former too.

There are limits to the statement above, but this should be governed by each rider's moral compass. The bottom line is you need to be able to look each other in the eye afterwards with no hard feelings.

Take the following scenario: My sister team is gunning for the win, We hit the singletrack #1 and #2. We block the chasing team and let our team mates get a 5 minute lead in the ST. It doesn't happen, so when a rider has a technical problem or you enter the water point, the race is immediately neutral.

[Guest coenie]

I don't think it was the issue with Milka Trek. It was another time. I think it was the Stockli pro team. Not 100%.

Correct....

[Guest coenie]

this same discussion was held last year at tdf with the schleck/contador/chain thing. a while ago all was the moer in for breintjies bart for attacking at a feeding point.it shows to me that there are still no clearcut rules as in governing body rules and the riders follow the "unwritten rules" the problem with unwritten rules are what are they only guidelines/rules to be followed at all costs/who oversees these rules/who makes enforces them etc.

 

my view point is that it should be a race till you cross the finishline and then have beers.

 

 

It was not Bart.......

[bontie]

Correct....

 

I suppose justice was served... When the gods of the Epic strike, they punish you hard for your sins...