Stretch Posted August 22, 2013 Share Not to be ugly, but I think there will be a few bruised egos after all this.I know one or two that are deservedly going to have that happen to them this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanniri Posted August 22, 2013 Share I know one or two that are deservedly going to have that happen to them this weekend If you think the Masters XCO has some overblown egos, moaners and pretenders wait until the Masters Marathon next year. The topic should be "What is wrong with South African's attitudes?" M L 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted August 22, 2013 Share If you think the Masters XCO has some overblown egos, moaners and pretenders wait until the Masters Marathon next year. When and where is the masters Marathon?Sorri i'm lazy to google it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Posted August 22, 2013 Share Still a little intruiged that over 30 is considered a 'ballie'...you young whippersnapper. Rapunzel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted August 22, 2013 Share Still a little intruiged that over 30 is considered a 'ballie'...you young whippersnapper. except the "ballie" that started the topic is over 30 himself! Bodhi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Dassie Posted August 22, 2013 Share If you think the Masters XCO has some overblown egos, moaners and pretenders wait until the Masters Marathon next year. The topic should be "What is wrong with South African's attitudes?" To be accurate it's not a "South African" thing, there are supporters and protestors of the section removal locally and from the overseas riders. That much was very clear at the rider's briefing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted September 2, 2013 Share Interesting to read some comment after the dust started setteling:http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riders-rave-about-more-technical-courses-at-mountain-bike-worldsSounds like they loved the course, including the junior women. These riders were the target market, sounds like the organizers got it spot on. Well done! Andrew Steer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted September 3, 2013 Share Loved this course , i still dream about it . sad that so many complained about the drop in at the finish and got it removed , but hay . well done to the guys in Kzn , you did a outstanding job, this track was mind blowing and so fun and exciting to ride .after a week of riding racing I left no skin behind . its hands down one of the best xco tracks in the world that I have ridden ! Grebel, Hairy, Andrew Steer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted September 3, 2013 Share Agreed - I know of guys that rode the course before MTN Hilton and the response was **** that I'm not ****** riding that **** course its ****** ******. Oom , its was not this bad at all , everything was fun to ride . however there were some local and international riders who had thier eyes opened WIDE. DIPSLICK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcza Posted September 3, 2013 Share Oom , its was not this bad at all , everything was fun to ride . however there were some local and international riders who had thier eyes opened WIDE. Sure I would have been wide-eyed too well done Iron DIPSLICK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted September 3, 2013 Share I like the attitude of the junior girls: "I liked the course at is was," said junior women's winner Keller. "I could do all the A lines, but it was good like this because not every athlete is technically so good, and there can be accidents. It was good for the others."Burney noted that he had initially closed all four of the A lines to the junior women. "I got a massive reaction from the junior women. They wanted those lines open. They'd come here to ride them this year after riding them other years. We left two open and closed two. The new generation of riders coming through are capable of riding very technical sections." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted September 3, 2013 Share Man oh man I'm still on the fence with this issue. The course certainly tested my technical skills and mental fortitude! I only felt confortable on the course after 4 days. At first I hated it but once I got "dialled in" it was superb. The adrenaline flow and anxiety/excitement to clear the next obstacle was fantastic :-) That said I'm not sure XCO courses should be that technical. Well maybe that technical but not that dangerous. I still feel the consequence of a mistake in XCO should be lost time not crash out/injury/time off bike. Sure you can use the B/C line as the time/skill/risk argument but huge rock gardens on a hardtail/4" travel bike and no body armour slides the risk/reward scale too far to risk in my opinion. For the pro course - I think the masters course was within the risk/skill/time safety ratio... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIPSLICK Posted September 3, 2013 Share Man oh man I'm still on the fence with this issue. The course certainly tested my technical skills and mental fortitude! I only felt confortable on the course after 4 days. At first I hated it but once I got "dialled in" it was superb. The adrenaline flow and anxiety/excitement to clear the next obstacle was fantastic :-) That said I'm not sure XCO courses should be that technical. Well maybe that technical but not that dangerous. I still feel the consequence of a mistake in XCO should be lost time not crash out/injury/time off bike. Sure you can use the B/C line as the time/skill/risk argument but huge rock gardens on a hardtail/4" travel bike and no body armour slides the risk/reward scale too far to risk in my opinion. For the pro course - I think the masters course was within the risk/skill/time safety ratio... RUN FORREST RUN RUN FORREST RUN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted September 3, 2013 Share RUN FORREST RUN RUN FORREST RUN Pah. I'm happy for keyboard jockeys to tell me to HTFU. I had some hero at elite worlds tell me he would easily outride the pro ladies on Tree Rock House. He hadn't actually ridden any course at pmb of course but he could if he wanted to ;-) Captain Fastbastard Mayhem, DIPSLICK and Warren911 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcza Posted September 3, 2013 Share Pah. I'm happy for keyboard jockeys to tell me to HTFU. I had some hero at elite worlds tell me he would easily outride the pro ladies on Tree Rock House. He hadn't actually ridden any course at pmb of course but he could if he wanted to ;-) Well done Eldron - don't think I would have been able to stay on the bike or even attempted some of the technical sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M L Posted September 3, 2013 Share Pah. I'm happy for keyboard jockeys to tell me to HTFU. I had some hero at elite worlds tell me he would easily outride the pro ladies on Tree Rock House. He hadn't actually ridden any course at pmb of course but he could if he wanted to ;-)Hahahahaha, what did you tell him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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