The Mont 2013.
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SummitFever
Eats Squid
Course has a few puddles, a few soggy bits but otherwise is prime. No dust.
alchemist
Manly Warringah MTB Club
Buggergrips
Likes Dirt
that race was awesome. Great Course
minhtam
Squid
Drunken Noodle was surprisingly hard work. It's not even that steep, but the dirt there seemed different, softer somehow.
SummitFever
Eats Squid
We won the 4-man over 40's on 26ers and placed 6th overall. The bike doesn't really matter nearly as much as what the marketers would like you to think. Each lap involved hundreds of sprints/accelerations as you moved through other rides. I think a 29er would not have been any advantage and unless it had a 1200g wheelset it would have been a distinct disadvantage.
Was an awesome event, so many fantastic people out on the course, I had many micro-chats with people along the way and couldn't believe the great sense of spirit out on the track.
Yeh, the lower slopes are baked hard and really hard to build a track on, but when you get up the slope a little the forest there hasn't ever been felled, so there's been no ripping of the soil and the pine needles and other organic matter have built up quite deeply. It's like the pine bark in a kids playground it's so springy in places.
Delmar
Likes Dirt
Our team decided that the world was spinning the wrong way up there. More fun than your explanation
Great event- as others have said, a great vibe on course.
Buggergrips
Likes Dirt
Our team decided that the world was spinning the wrong way up there. More fun than your explanation
I think there was a tectonic shift over the course of the event, meaning it got steeper every lap.
Far out I'm glad someone else said it. Yeah, felt slow through there every time. That makes me feel heaps better! Anyway, great event, friendly folk everywhere, lots of camraderie out on track, good showers and toilets. But seriously, I only noticed the rubber snakes on my first night lap and had a slight moment there! Loved the dueling banjos also ...squeal like a pig!
Or that after reaching a dizzying 900 metres in the far east you're suffering from oxygen starvation....
nimmersatt
Likes Bikes
probably a bit early, but someone has to ask... - any pics yet? lots of photographers out on track...
amazing event btw. and how good was 'love you long time' at night!
amazing event btw. and how good was 'love you long time' at night!
Kowalski Brothers
Legends of the Shovel
Aurora Images
Hey riders. thanks for attending our little race. Aurora Images were shooting right throughout the weekend. They probably melted a few terrabyte drives in the process, so give them a few days to get their zeros and ones lined up and then check out their site www.auroraimages.com.au
Hey riders. thanks for attending our little race. Aurora Images were shooting right throughout the weekend. They probably melted a few terrabyte drives in the process, so give them a few days to get their zeros and ones lined up and then check out their site www.auroraimages.com.au