Matt Posted August 22, 2013 Share The first official practice day of the UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships in Pietermaritzburg saw hundreds of cross country and downhill riders take to the Cascades MTB Park courses for the first time with varying results. Click here to view the article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arendoog Posted August 22, 2013 Share Masters + downhill racing .Makes no sense to me ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 22, 2013 Share Masters + downhill racing .Makes no sense to me ! Yeah, I don't think anyone over 30 should be allowed to operate a motor vehicle either! Bear in mind that the current DH World Champ (Mr Minnaar) is over 30 and would be classified as masters were he not on the elite circuit. Same goes for the likes of Steve Peat, Cedric Gracia and quite a few others. Masters for the DH World Champs is not the same age group as masters for your local road race. Masters is for the 30+ guys and girls that don't have the super competitive edge or UCI points to race Elites. Yes there are some over 50yr olds racing DH, but there are also many 50+ yr old guys racing dirt bikes and doing events like The Roof. Super_mil is down there practicing at the moment and he said there were far more injuries on the XC course than the DH course yesterday. So hey... if you're over 30... get a DH bike and give it a go Grebel, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem, Warthog whisperer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock Posted August 22, 2013 Share hey even andrew neethling could qualify for masters next year! 30 aint that old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcza Posted August 22, 2013 Share We should list hubbers that are competing. I know Iron, Eldron, Boosted GP and Roneblack are all doing XCO. Who else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 22, 2013 Share We should list hubbers that are competing. I know Iron, Eldron, Boosted GP and Roneblack are all doing XCO. Who else? I know Super_mil, and Nigel Hicks are in for DH jcza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanpmb Posted August 22, 2013 Share Seriously... The only female DH rider they could find has been riding DH for 3 weeks and rides Enduro on an XC bike. Really really...? raptor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanpmb Posted August 22, 2013 Share Go Paul Wood! First pic. Team Safire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocknRolla Posted August 22, 2013 Share Mrs RocknRolla is also riding XCO. says its wet and overcast there at the moment. ChUkKy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 22, 2013 Share Seriously... The only female DH rider they could find has been riding DH for 3 weeks and rides Enduro on an XC bike. Really really...? Yeah?! Why didn't they speak to KathF (another Hubber doing DH masters)? DR ◣◢ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariusC Posted August 22, 2013 Share I know Super_mil, and Nigel Hicks are in for DHIs Grebel not there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 22, 2013 Share Is Grebel not there? Oh yeah, him too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipV Posted August 22, 2013 Share Couple of my mates are there right now. 1 racing XC, and 2 on the DH. One of these DH gentleman broke his collarbone yesterday. Second run second corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariusC Posted August 22, 2013 Share Maybe we should make a list with their Hub names and next to it their real names? I don't think the results will have their Hub names on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted August 22, 2013 Share We should list hubbers that are competing. I know Iron, Eldron, Boosted GP and Roneblack are all doing XCO. Who else? I tried that last week https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/129720-world-champs-xco-dh-good-luck/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcza Posted August 22, 2013 Share Seriously... The only female DH rider they could find has been riding DH for 3 weeks and rides Enduro on an XC bike. Really really...? What happened to all the spruit warriors?? Now is the time to use all the travel on that bike ChUkKy, Wyatt Earp, rouxtjie and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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