So where have all the MTB skills gone?

[marko35s]

Well, currently I do Faerie Garden (doesn't count I guess), My Roots up and MY Rocks in the way DOWN, Lizard, Boulders, All the snake trails (starting with Mamba) , with the exception of Cobra , which right now I just gaze at - still need to have a look at it though

Vasbyt from the top

I "tried" the switchbacks once and decided I need to work on my switchback skills!

If you can ride all the snakes you aren't doing too badly, I basically ride the same trails.

Cobra is one I have never really enjoyed (no idea why) and I don't go out to the switchbacks due to time limits and the very remote chance of crime out there (it's normally just me and an eleven year old). Oh and I don't want to give the little bugger a chance to wipe the floor with me on yet another trail, not after the chronic kicking he has handed out to me lately.

[Headshot]

Thanks, what I battle with is more my weight displacement, get the feeling I'm going to fall down the slope!

 

 

On the Bridal Path, a low seat will help in corners and the rough. Make a habit of it on all technical down trails  - vary the drop depending on how steep and how rough. A low seat will allow you to move around more easily on the bike in tight turns.

[SAGecko]

ok i will be the one to say it, roadies we are happy that you are migrating to our neck of the woods, and you are more than welcome, but please leave that roadie mentality for the road, spend some time learning our way of doin things and it will make for much happier world.

 

Absolutely BB, but:

 

I rode with a roadie last Saturday. A terrific little route into the foothills of the Cradle.

 

My technical skills are not that great but I'm too stupid to realize this so I just donner through everything and I seem to always make it out to the other side with a big, silly grin on my face.

 

Point is though, while the roadie was fairly crap at the dropoffs, fast flowing singletrack and stuff, he kept up with the front of the group when it smoothed out....... and then he kicked my ar*e horribly pedaling back to Broadacres up that 3km dirt road next to the Steyn City wall.

 

His comment after the ride (His first MTB ride): "I had more fun out there than my last 100 road rides combined".

 

It was a pleasure to ride with him and I can only see more and more roadies joining the MTB fraternity.

[Wyatt Earp]

Absolutely BB, but:

 

I rode with a roadie last Saturday. A terrific little route into the foothills of the Cradle.

 

My technical skills are not that great but I'm too stupid to realize this so I just donner through everything and I seem to always make it out to the other side with a big, silly grin on my face.

 

Point is though, while the roadie was fairly crap at the dropoffs, fast flowing singletrack and stuff, he kept up with the front of the group when it smoothed out....... and then he kicked my ar*e horribly pedaling back to Broadacres up that 3km dirt road next to the Steyn City wall.

 

His comment after the ride (His first MTB ride): "I had more fun out there than my last 100 road rides combined".

 

It was a pleasure to ride with him and I can only see more and more roadies joining the MTB fraternity.

True, and what people tend to forget, the more people ride the better their skills become, everyone has to start somewhere .

[BigDL]

So, I was thinking about this thread whilst riding at groenkloof yesterday and realized I have no idea what is considered technical by the hub standards. I also fall into the category of just bombing through everything, although this does backfire now and again (broken ribs twice in the last three months). My question is, are any areas of gk considered technical? This would be useful to know from a point of view of understanding whether I would be ok to enter some of the bigger events without walking half of the courses.

[Escapee..]

So, I was thinking about this thread whilst riding at groenkloof yesterday and realized I have no idea what is considered technical by the hub standards. I also fall into the category of just bombing through everything, although this does backfire now and again (broken ribs twice in the last three months). My question is, are any areas of gk considered technical? This would be useful to know from a point of view of understanding whether I would be ok to enter some of the bigger events without walking half of the courses.

 

When you ride at GK, do you ever feel like "Holy #$@% I am going to go ass over tits!"?

[Stiglitz86]

I see Huddle park on Links field has a mini route set up.

http://www.huddlepark.com/facilities-services.html

[Headshot]

When you ride at GK, do you ever feel like "Holy #$@% I am going to go ass over tits!"?

Find us a video of GK and we'll evaluate it from a Cape Town tech perspective :-)

[BigDL]

When you ride at GK, do you ever feel like "Holy #$@% I am going to go ass over tits!"?

Only that section coming down to the little bridge near the end. Always take it fast, try and keep a line and just hold on.

[GoLefty!!]

Find us a video of GK and we'll evaluate it from a Cape Town tech perspective :-)

very untechnical by CT standards