The Downhill Thread

[Capricorn]

Jrussel: in Kranked 8, at 23:54, u see that chris Kovarik face plant? I still wonder what went wrong there.. I dig Kovarik though.

[Mitch21]

I would say go to the delvera terrain park. They have small jumps that you can practice on, as well as some bigger ones that you can try. And small drops to practice on too.

[Capricorn]

shot. Delvera's been high on my list. will make a plan for this coming long weekend.

[Mitch21]

Have you guys everheard of the G-Spot trail, it looks AWESOME. I believe its in its in Dalsig( neighbourhood), stellenbosch. Between eden dh track and coetzenburg hockey grounds.

 

http://is.pinkbike.com/photo/3108/pbpic3108735.jpg

 

 

http://is.pinkbike.com/photo/3108/pbpic3108733.jpg

 

http://is.pinkbike.com/photo/2567/pbpic2567401.jpg

 

 

Pics from Tokai:

 

The full quarry gap being done:

 

http://is.pinkbike.com/photo/2864/pbpic2864786.jpg

http://is.pinkbike.com/photo/2865/pbpic2865864.jpg

 

 

Angus I found a cool pic of you at tokai, dno if you have seen it:

 

http://is.pinkbike.com/photo/2862/pbpic2862989.jpg

[Capricorn]

oh angus: so u do have knee and shin guards

 

Duane mentioned G's-spot a few times, but forgot the directions to get there..

[Mitch21]

go to maps.google.com and type "-33.952997,18.869827" into the search box

 

Its where the green arrow is

Mitch212009-12-26 10:38:03

[Capricorn]

Thanks. Will add it to my delvera mission. I might just make a trip out tomorrow.

[Capricorn]

Looky at this thread to see some pics of the 4x track at Delvera. Looks awesome!

[Mitch21]

Ya its very nice there, its got really nice burms.

[Mitch21]

What do you think of eden, I havent been there in a while, its got some nice things to ride.

[Capricorn]

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i've been to jonkershoek with some work colleagues who took me around the jeep tracks, and something resembling a single track thru the forest that ended up at Coertzenburg, but other than that and Tokai, Signal Hill, Table Mountain and Majik, havent been round much.

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Capricorn2009-12-26 11:43:10

[Panik0703]

yeah i do have knee and shin guards. i just forgot them

 

pain in leg

[Capricorn]

lulz.

[Panik0703]

that morewood has 888RC2X

[jrussell]

Im off to the wild coast tomorrow guys, see you all in the new year. happy riding!

[Capricorn]

I know there was quite a discussion on this very point, but I forgot what the consensus was,and am hoping if anyone knows if the trails marked as DH trails at tokai are prioritised for traffic, ie man ?& machine about 100kg going at sick speeds, going down?

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I have to ask, because there very nearly was a nasty accident with JRussel and two lycra clad individuals (man + lady)? pushing their bikes up DH2. I dont know how they didnt hear him coming, but when they did (I presume they eventually heard him, probably as he threw all the anchors he had), they just stood there on the track, not even really getting out of hte way as if there was some sort of invisible lane divider preventing those going down from smashing into those going up.

This is in stark contradiction to how our little group this past saturday treated anyone coming down: we hauled ass to get bike and body completely off the track. Now you get two supposed adults just parking off inviting a lot of pain.?

So what's the story about traffic direction priority at Tokai for the DH tracks?

Frankly, i think that couple were pretty damn stupid.

 

Capricorn2009-12-28 00:24:40