Mmmn, after riding champery this summer i'd beg to differ.


On a serious note, the 4x racing looks quality its just slightly anoying that races will be held on saterdays. That means people who work in bike shops like meself are going to find it hard to compete (saterday is the hardest day to get off).

Nor capitals and full stops it would seem. "Let he who is with out sin... yadda yadda yadda".

More importantly, back to the proper topic. I'd agree with Foxo, it seems odd to have races on Saturdays. It's not just bike shop employees who work on Saturdays.

I didn't race the track, but came down on the Saturday to watch. Those who say it had no flow obviously didn't see any of the fast riders ripping it up. There was plenty of flow if you hit the down slopes of the jumps. For the bottom section, I wouldn't want to see another set of jumps where the moguls are. There are enough of them, surely? Maybe a rock garden or some smaller and more randomly placed moguls perhaps? I think the idea is good; just they ended up more like small jumps anyway.

iif it is going to be saturday it will be late afternoon/ evening, but more likely we will look at sunday racing

In all honesty, aside from the huge amount of mud and my fear I was going to damage my ankle again I actually thought it was one of the best 4X tracks I'd raced on this summer.
It was nice to see something a bit different from the other tracks and once I'd got my bearings and stopped worrying about my ankle it actually became quite good fun riding it in the mud!
It seemed to be the only track this season that didn't solely depepend on the riders gate ability, plenty of options for overtaking, different lines (nice inside line on the 2nd berm worked well for me in 2 of my motos gaining me a 1st then a 2nd place after overtaking), just a bit more like a big open DH style track.
The moguls were interesting, not my favourite part of the course and I saw a lot of people just taking the central line and not really using different lines, a rock garden could be interesting there though!!

Re Torico's comment about the BC wanting a hard track and not pandering to beginners requirements, in all honesty this might not be such a bad thing.
There's easier courses out there, Chicksands for exaple, I love because it's flowy and easy to ride fast but having different styles of courses in the series makes it more interesting.
Some riders who are really fast on dry, hardpacked BMX style courses were really struggling last weekend which means that different people were getting higher places because they ride better on different courses, it just ups the game a little I think!

I look forward to more races over the winter to practice the track!

Hi Ali,
Been a bit bikeless for a bit, had to sell the Yeti to help fund becoming a home owner early in the year. Recently purchased a new hardtail (4x setup) so hopefully will be up there soon, just trying to remember how to ride.

I think it's nearly spot on 1 year since i was last up there.

(that must mean my membership needs renewing)

you really are the most opinionated member of this forum aren't you