Ha not weird at all. Double Dissolution has to be one of the best tracks I've ridden, some of the braking ruts are getting pretty hectic on the lower half at the moment though on this bike.
Great vid, we saw you there on the Thursday - took the family and friends there for the day. Great fun. You are much quicker than we were!
I just came back from Thredbo over the weekend for the first time. My initial impressions during the induction was 'meh it's just a fire road'. Holy crap - I was hanging onto dear life going down that. It's such a loose track. Sounds like you killed it though. I could only muster 8 runs over two days, 2 OTBs on the Cannonball DH and sore fingers.
Interesting question. The original frame cracking was a known manufacturing defect replaced under warranty, the new frame has no signs of failure. I don't really break much stuff because I'm only 67kg and try to stay smooth, that being said the bits that have cracked I've noticed before catastrophic failure (wash bikes kids!).
Did you have to pull over alot to let the faster ( i'm assuming) folks on fully suspended bikes by?
Nice work on the Juggernaut. I did 4 runs on Easter Monday and it was still slick in the morning but by the third run it had dried up enough to give decent grip. Looks like two people have gone faster than you since though
Both times I've been during the week so it hasn't been busy. I think a 5-6 inch travel bike would be the fasted bike down the Flow Track. The big DH bikes seem to have trouble accelerating out of the flatter corners, so to be honest I was frequently stuck behind people. Most of the "proper" DH riders are doing the DH track, so perhaps that observation is selection bias. It might be more of an issue on the weekends.
We were there Easter Sunday and it was still pissing down until half way through that second run. I didn't mind riding the peanut butter because it was predictably slippery. It was those wet rocks at the top which were sketchy on Racing Ralph tires. I'm not surprised people were going faster once it dried up, my mate who has been before was 3 minutes slower on the wet track.Nice work on the Juggernaut. I did 4 runs on Easter Monday and it was still slick in the morning but by the third run it had dried up enough to give decent grip. Looks like two people have gone faster than you since though
Ha you caught me! I get much better exit speed if I take the smoother chicken line on the hardtail. I don't normally ride the rock garden, but didn't wanna look like a pansy in the video!
Too much rider for the hardtail
. Move to ASR-C?
