Well, not quite everyone...Hi everyone.
I was just wondering why they have the Nissan UCI in Camberra when everone says that Mt. Buller in the new best place.
Or is the World cup always going to be held there?
The fact that Buller is covered in snow during the world cup may have something to do with itOuch!
But props to the CORC for bringing an events of this caliber to Australia. I struggle to see anyone else getting the job done.
haha your very right. And i think the stromlo track would be better then Mt. bullers tracks.The fact that Buller is covered in snow during the world cup may have something to do with it
So a world cup round will be held in Canberra in 2010?Well, not quite everyone...
There is more to the UCI choosing a World Cup location than saying that XXXXXX has a good DH track, or whatever. Things like supporting infrastructure, airport proximity, accommodation, venue layout - and a whole host of other things come into play.
It is also the UCI's current policy that a World Champs venue (Canberra in 2009) has to host a World Cup triple round in the preceding year.
And, one other thing - CORC/Canberra was the only place that put their hand up to do it. Complaining that a particular location didn't get a World Cup when they didn't bid for it is like complaining that you didn't win a mountain bike race because you didn't enter it
They have things called helicopters now, look into it.Hmmmm Buller.....
Imagine Matti Lehikoinen with two broken wrists and he gets...
"Oh don't worry we can have you to a decent hospital in about 2 hours sir. Just hang on here while we drive down this long windy road.... "
Case closed.
Alternatively, imagine Matti Lehikoinen with no broken wrists because track builders didn't have to put in CONCRETE-TOPPED whoops in order to break up what would otherwise have been yet more pedalling on the already most pedal-heavy track on the WC circuit - in fact a downhill track with uphill pedalling near the bottom - and could instead leave riders on some kind of natural terrain.Hmmmm Buller.....
Imagine Matti Lehikoinen with two broken wrists and he gets...
"Oh don't worry we can have you to a decent hospital in about 2 hours sir. Just hang on here while we drive down this long windy road.... "
Case closed.
All to true, times would have been 10 to 15 seconds quicker I reckon.Im sure without the rain the bottom section of the track would have been totally different and we would of herd far less complants but is there any talk of changing the lower section and is this even possible.Ive never been there but Im sure with the crew who built it there's probably nothing wrong with it.
They aren't cheaper...All to true, times would have been 10 to 15 seconds quicker I reckon.
They have been wingin like bitches about Canberra in some uk mag/s
Get over it, it's a good venue and its a funn track and it's a bike race they have peddles for a reason. if you don,t wanna peddle piss off and buy a moto they are cheaper anyway (relatively speaking)
I've had beers, wrote a big rant and have come to the conclusion that I'd rather ride buller anyway.......So I edited it in the interests of not starting WW3!Alternatively, imagine Matti Lehikoinen with no broken wrists because track builders didn't have to put in CONCRETE-TOPPED whoops in order to break up what would otherwise have been yet more pedalling on the already most pedal-heavy track on the WC circuit - in fact a downhill track with uphill pedalling near the bottom - and could instead leave riders on some kind of natural terrain.
However, as said before, Canberra/Stromlo put in a bid, nobody else in Aus did, so no point complaining that the race isn't somewhere else. At the very least, it's a spectator-friendly track (and apparently the XC track is awesome), and since virtually none of us are going to be actually RACING, it doesn't really matter how boring or pedally the track might be to RIDE, and we should instead be grateful that we can go and watch the world's top riders pinning it without booking flights to France/Austria/Italy/Canada/wherever. I went this year and I'd go again next year if I wasn't planning to be OS at the time.
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True, but we already have racing disciplines that are primarily based around how hard you can pedal and how fit you are - road and XC for starters, and to a lesser extent BMX/4X. Why try to turn arguably the most heavily skill-based form of bike racing into a form that's covered by another discipline anyway?it's a bike race they have peddles for a reason.
I think you'll find it's one (only one) of the requirements that there is one within 15 minutes. Ever been injured at Buller? I have.They have things called helicopters now, look into it.
Do you think there's hospitals next door to the European tracks too?
Rumour has it that Champery may get the 2011 Champs though... and they still had tons of spectators arse-sliding their way down the hill (literally - in some places there wasn't a choice) after the world cup there anyway. But either way it wouldn't be at all difficult to cut in a walking track for spectators if it was really required.Apart from proximity to an airport, the UCIs only other requirement for Australia to host a round of the world cup / champs. Was how safely, hundreds of rowdy pissed aussie spectators could descend the track after finals. Imagine the carnage if the gradient was as steep as Champery....