hifiandmtb
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What is it with Shearpin - super fun, poppy & relatively mellow on the way in & boom...where the fuck is the line through this chunk?
Shearpin into 23 Stitches is still one of my favourites but I'm struggling to recall a rocky drop, the janky left corner is the one that messes with my head most.
Yeah, that's the one, didn't really think of the precise words to describe it.That's the one the gets me too went OTB practicing for an enduro on the corner, got off and walked it during the race. Definately wasn't taking it on after going OTB in the middle of the rock garden still a heap of fun and only lost a bit skin.
If you’re not there, you will be at the required level by the end of itI've never been to Derby and none of you are making my decision any easier.....
The there's this...
SKILL LEVEL / EXPERIENCE:
Riders are required to have a strong mountain biking background with enough fitness to get you through 5 back to back days of 4-5hrs of riding each day. You are required to have solid technical single track skills. The trails and courses will be a very vast variety throughout the 5 days - some faster, smoother flowier days, some technical steeper rockier days, some open terrain rock slab trail riding and everything in between. You must be a very high level blue/intermediate rider at minimum but you will struggle on some days at that level - this would better suit a solid black trail rider to get the most enjoyment out of it.
All depends on the trails that they are choosing. The hardest two are Upper Shearpin and Detonate. Both EWS stages, you can roll most stuff but there are a couple of bits you may choose to walk. No shame in that, you want to survive the week and there's a whole lot more that you would be able to ride. Once a gain there's Maydena, and depends on the trails they choose there too. I'll be racing there this weekendI've never been to Derby and none of you are making my decision any easier.....
The there's this...
SKILL LEVEL / EXPERIENCE:
Riders are required to have a strong mountain biking background with enough fitness to get you through 5 back to back days of 4-5hrs of riding each day. You are required to have solid technical single track skills. The trails and courses will be a very vast variety throughout the 5 days - some faster, smoother flowier days, some technical steeper rockier days, some open terrain rock slab trail riding and everything in between. You must be a very high level blue/intermediate rider at minimum but you will struggle on some days at that level - this would better suit a solid black trail rider to get the most enjoyment out of it.
Volunteers work hard, but look to have an absolute ball. Worth asking.Tempted by the volunteer gigs if they aren't all taken...
good, sounding like it will take 2 of us to carry boomking out, I'll bring defib & EpiPen along, I enjoy stabbing people w big needlesTempted by the volunteer gigs if they aren't all taken...
Wait! You’re volunteering? I quit the event.good, sounding like it will take 2 of us to carry boomking out, I'll bring defib & EpiPen along, I enjoy stabbing people w big needles
excellent, i don’t do arses, or short bald guys for that matterWait! You’re volunteering? I quit the event.
Wait what; arses, short bald guys? Where do I sign up to this ambrosia?excellent, i don’t do arses, or short bald guys for that matter
Into Hobart? I saw Launceston for $65Flights booked. Giddy up jerks!
You get collected free from Hobart.Into Hobart? I saw Launceston for $65
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I have been married 3 times there is no way I can afford to pay for my excess baggageYou get collected free from Hobart.
Flights are cheap. Add the excess baggage and the oversize baggage charge and it’s about $300 return.
Rockgarden at 56s and the nasty at 1:32Yeah, that's the one, didn't really think of the precise words to describe it.
Lefty with a couple of holey sections amongst a world of jagged rocks
Also noticed on my last trip that erosion is changing Derby trails, the bottom part of Trouty had noticeably more rock and less soil.
Bloody GoPro, dumbing stuff down since Heronasty at 1:32