first downhill race - you yangs?

[teamrian]

hey guys, im thinkin of going in my first downhill comp this sunday out at the you yangs. just wonderin how a hardtail will go and if the tracks ok for a first comp? i have riden other styles for a while but its my first downhill,so im not completely crap. any info would be good thanks.

[Howie66]

Have you ridden track 12 before?

Go to youtube man, type in "you yangs dh" and decide for yourself

I know some people ride bandages or glory with hardtails, but yeah hard to say man. If your up for it.. why not hey!

What size shocks you running on the front btw man?

Cheers

Howie

[mtb_champ]

go for it. its my first race as well, but then again i have a ds... there are other threads like this i think. search.

and also can anyone confirm that there will be a B line around the double rock drop? i am still a little unsure...

[ajay]

go for it. its my first race as well, but then again i have a ds... there are other threads like this i think. search.

and also can anyone confirm that there will be a B line around the double rock drop? i am still a little unsure...

there is a B line to the left.

Although, its probably hader than the A line. The Aline is only 2 consectutive 2 foot drops in a straight line, the Bline while having no drops is tight, slow and techy and nearly impossible to ride down anyway. You could nearly roll the 2 rock drops.

[mtb_champ]

there is a B line to the left.

Although, its probably hader than the A line. The Aline is only 2 consectutive 2 foot drops in a straight line, the Bline while having no drops is tight, slow and techy and nearly impossible to ride down anyway. You could nearly roll the 2 rock drops.

thanks mate, i will give it a try on prac on sunday...

[mTb_Ryder]

Yeh i agree, that B-Line Is sketchy as , the A line is a safer bet and like it was said you can basically roll them, just chuck all your weight back and you will be sweet ;). to TeamRian, mate you should be ok on a hardtail there are few sections where a dually would be preffered, it gets very rocky in some sections and can punish your back rim. but just walk the track and do a prac run and see how it feels. :)

[fuzz]

hey guys, im thinkin of going in my first downhill comp this sunday out at the you yangs. just wonderin how a hardtail will go and if the tracks ok for a first comp? i have riden other styles for a while but its my first downhill,so im not completely crap. any info would be good thanks.


hey man, check this thread out: http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=114454

its a vid of a ride day ot the youies earlier this year. its on the race track B or G, and has footage of Ash Parry hitting it on his Hardtail.
good luck, and im sure you'll be fine on sunday !

[Karnige182]

yeah man you can definitely hit it on a HT my mate hits everything on a HT no problems (STP1 stock pretty well) he can beat me and a mate down we are on norco aline park edition and norco atomik, as for the track i don't think its too hard, i really enjoy it actually :) you can always hit it up in practice or walk it first to decide if you wanna race it :)

MTB_champ i would just take the rocks man, they are super fun, nice and flowy as well, especially on a DS :) i don't think you should have any trouble going over them, like someone pointed out you can roll both of them and if you come in on the left one the first one its harldy a drop its more like a nice roll in to get speed for the second one which you can launch off :p
Good luck guys!

[TH850]

if you get the chance before you get there, put some dh tubes in.