Nofearnofun Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 (edited) yeah...dont know why he doesnt want to enter ....he has all the equipment to do this! He does have most of the equipment to do this but he had to choose one event for the month and he chose to do the enduro at cascades Saving for next years trip is making his funds disappear! Edited October 1, 2013 by Nofearnofun
Nofearnofun Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 How did it go?? Seemed to have gone well from where I was standing.
rouxtjie Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 it was rough!my bike and I got broken Oh no, what happened?
flyluis Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 it was rough!my bike and I got broken did you atleast have fun?
Peach. Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 Oh no, what happened? More like, what didn't happen
Super_mil Posted October 7, 2013 Author Posted October 7, 2013 The track was extremely rough and very lose. That said Tiaan (pictured above) seemed to have no issue with it and smoked the field with a winning time of 2:49 (no one else broke the 3min barrier). The uplift was good, I can't complain there and I wouldn't have wanted to do more than the 3 practice runs I got in, prior to the one race run. The track itself is very rough with plenty of rocks exposed (and certainly not AM/trail bike friendly, nor a good track for people to learn on/get into the sport of DH, IMHO). Due to the nature of the soil and the lack of rain the berms were all extremely lose and (for me) very unpredictable and plenty of off-camber. I never raced the track, I merely rode down trying to stay upright. It was an expensive race for me trashed rear derailleur, trashed Fox 40 lowers and I decent gouge in the frame of my bike
Sean32 Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 My take on Harties. It’s a proper course to sort out ones Technical riding. I really hope that they can improve and make this our flagship course in JHB. We are on the back foot when it comes to technical DH course in SA. This will help the level of all the riders in JHB to get to a higher standard. Spoke to Dirk who has the mother of all courses in Malelane said it’s a hard course to race. Seeing Tiaan’s tweet saying Quote “ Super Tough race today pretty sure every rider crashed including me but stoked to take top spot”. This makes me happy to see they also had the same feeling as I did. I am sure over time and more work this course will become awesome. To all the riders for getting down to the bottom in one piece well done. I hope the two guys (David and not sure the other guys name) who had suspected broken Ankles are ok. To the organisers a big up to you for Buliding this course in the time you did. I will defenatly be back. Perhaps next time the score wount look like Harties 3 Sean 0. Once i have sorted out the Gopro footage of my crash off the big rock drop off i will post for all you to see how not to do it.
patches Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) Harties Track 5, Patches 0(4 crashes in 1st "scouting run" and 1x OTB in race run). Harties Cableway Stairs 1, Patches 0(I was so finished after race run that I forgot how to walk down stairs, and rolled my ankle) My stylish new shoe... Edited October 7, 2013 by patches
Super_mil Posted October 7, 2013 Author Posted October 7, 2013 My take on Harties. ... I hope the two guys (David and not sure the other guys name) who had suspected broken Ankles are ok... Davi 'only' did ligaments. Pierre bust the ankle proper (bones, ligaments, the lot!), going for an op today AFAIK.
Guest Omega Man Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 Harties Track 5, Patches 0(4 crashes in 1st "scouting run" and 1x OTB in race run). Harties Cableway Stairs 1, Patches 0(I was so finished after race run that I forgot how to walk down stairs, and rolled my ankle) My stylish new shoe... It's time for you to stop making fun of peaches now.....
patches Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 It's time for you to stop making fun of peaches now..... Oh really... ask him about his race shirt hahaha! but yeah... I don't think there was a single rider that didn't have some sort of tumble on that track. this morning I watched the helmet cam of your WP Champs track... I was extremely jealous!
hayleyearth Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 Not just proper tumbles...but a lot of bum slides happened too. Some places the only way to get down was to ride your bike or to slide on your bumb - the track wasnt walking friendly at all.
Sean32 Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 Davi 'only' did ligaments. Pierre bust the ankle proper (bones, ligaments, the lot!), going for an op today AFAIK. No thats just Pooh. Tell him i say all the best and speedy recovery.
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