wezzo Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 Check out this awesome Downhill Track video. http://blacknotes.co.za/post/121673903/first-person-downhill-bike-trail-amazing-have-we Have we got a trail even remotely close to this in SA? Definitely wish I had time and money to create something like it. wezzo2009-06-11 03:16:10
wezzo Posted June 11, 2009 Author Posted June 11, 2009 Yeah, and how are those bridge jumps, frikken nuts!wezzo2009-06-11 03:34:25
Marius Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 holy cr@p, that looks pretty intense! think i'll take the chicken runs
Wonder Woman Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 I don't think I'll ever be able to be a down hill racer. OMW, those bridge jumps....just watching it made me nervous
AndreZA Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 I don't think I'll ever be able to be a down hill racer. OMW' date=' those bridge jumps....just watching it made me nervous[/quote'] WW, that is not downhill racing, just free riding. That is just for fun, not competition.
Sacrosanct Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 B.C. has some trails like that, quite similar. But man that was awesome!
wezzo Posted June 11, 2009 Author Posted June 11, 2009 WW' date=' that is not downhill racing, just free riding. That is just for fun, not competition.[/Quote'] It's a combination of both aspects really, no? There were some serious downhill sections there.wezzo2009-06-11 03:55:01
AndreZA Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 It's a combination of both aspects really' date=' no? There were some serious downhill sections there. [/quote'] Yes there are, but going downhill racing does not include all those tricky bits. Freeriding is about jumps and fun and downhill is to get to the bottom as fast as possible. You do not get the discipline "free riding" in a competition.
wezzo Posted June 11, 2009 Author Posted June 11, 2009 Freeriding is about jumps and fun. I always thought Freeriding was riding around on bridges with no jumps & fun . But OK I stand corrected.wezzo2009-06-11 03:59:20
Bos Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 Oh my.. Its all good when they hit the gaps but My word that jump to bridge gap to bridge thing skares me sh*tless..Commit is the only way.
Sacrosanct Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 Oh my.. Its all good when they hit the gaps but My word that jump to bridge gap to bridge thing skares me sh*tless.. Commit is the only way. Yeah i agree. You gotta know what you doing. They must have ridden that track several times! That drop on those narrow planks was also hectic!
AndreZA Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 I bet if they fall off and get hirt they don't want to sue the builders.
Bos Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 Jeesh.. I was building something in the same "line" up in the forrest above bokaap last year, but many trees have fallen over across the path and I now need a "verkragsaag" (chainsaw) also I need more hands, we should do a building day, it wil be awsome if there could be a bit of proper singletrack right in the city bowl. but ya, Bridges, jumps and burms, Its about 30 seconds long at the moment and 700m.
Red Zone Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 Thats sweet, and incredibly well maintained, we can only hope and dream that some private land owner, perhaps of a large estate in Somerset West would allow something like that to be built.
wezzo Posted June 11, 2009 Author Posted June 11, 2009 we should do a building day If I was in CPT I'd be there, sounds like a awesome idea.
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