dargle dh

[featherplucker]

hey people,
just wondering whether anyone could provide me with some info about the dargle dh race from wsmtb this weekend? the website just says its the 12th and 13th, so which is it, also what time do get there abouts, whats the trak like? I ride obr what is it like in comparrison to that? ( sorry for all the questions, just i havent raced before nor seen the track.) Any other info would be much appreciated.

cheers, benny.

[Kammy]

i havent actually seen the track myself but from talking to some people at ourimbah on saturday they much prefered ourimbah its longer and more fun they said :D

[Daver]

i havent actually seen the track myself but from talking to some people at ourimbah on saturday they much prefered ourimbah its longer and more fun they said :D

Really? Dargles a pretty different track, shorter and steeper.

[wsmtbdhvp]

WSMTB Downhill Round 1 Dargle "B" track Sunday 13th February. Rego 9:00 busses start 9:30 racing 12:00, two runs best off. Cost $35 day licence $15 club membership $95. Download membership form from web site and bring on Sunday. New Cove jump was added on Saturday at track work and bolts to hold catch nets back.

Dargle "A" track is short track record of 1:22 and nasty, 2 drops, 2 chutes and rock stairs. Dargle "B" track is longer 2:24 and while not easy has only two difficult sections, which do not trouble experienced riders. Dargle "A" is now reserved for state elite men and women, under 19 and masters 1&2, and may be used for club A grade on occasion this year.

[dirt rider]

is there another way to sign up for membership without downloading it from the website

coz i tried and it downt come up ?

and how much is it for a years registration ?

thanks

[wsmtbdhvp]

We will have membership form at rego if you want to join. Club membership ($95) is for a year and entitles you to race in any MTBA event in Australia for the year. You will still have to pay race fees ($35 in this case) but day licences ($15 per event) are not needed.

[MrCove]

the Dargle 'B' track is longer and more pedally than the maddness of Dargle 'A'
it's good, but is still a work in progress
we hope to continue developing it, with strong and hard A lines and easier slower B lines for newcomers
the top section has been worked on to remove some dead spots and the middle section is now pretty challenging at speed, and has some good spectator/photo places

dontyell Ben will be there snapping the camera so there is a good chance of getting your mug in a half decent photo too

... more plans in the pipeline................

all help welcome!!!!

A

[Wattsy]

dargle b is still as fun as a, its just not as quick happening. wicked tracks though. im gonna try to be there, aslong as i have my school work done.

[dirt rider]

ok so let me get this straight

you pay $35 + $15 and you will be able to race ?

[Wattsy]

ok so let me get this straight

you pay $35 + $15 and you will be able to race ?


$35 race entry (shuttles included) and the $15 is a day licence.

[wombat]

dontyell Ben will be there snapping the camera so there is a good chance of getting your mug in a half decent photo too

Awesome! As long as he's not hanging from trees above my head, I don't want him to fall on me :p

[Wattsy]

bad experience ey wombat?

im not gonna be there, english has caught up with me, dude monday, so send my respecs, and let the best man win (by default)

[MrCove]

a good day today at Dargle

plenty of spills but, to my knowledge, nothing serious

Riks luck was not playing fair as he got held up by another rider on one run then pinch flatting on his second (one word, SUSPENSION)

Wombats 'Hitler' moustache plaster looked particularly fetching and i can see it catching on!!

seemed like there was loads of picture taking going on so expect to see some cropping up here and there

top effort Steve and Julia Humphfries, WSMTB club, etc, etc

[dirt rider]

everyone had atleast 1 spill on that sandy berm

i got axed

least i had another run after that

[Rik]

top effort Steve and Julia Humphfries, WSMTB club, etc, etcIt was a good day, shame there wasn't a BBQ at the event, so a cherry ripe and coke from the ski park had to suffice for race fuel (eaten whilst trying to ride back up the access road too). The track is improving, but at the same time needs a bit more work/riding to really become a top course. Props to the guys that are putting in the effort, including a certain deranged someone that decides ladder drops are fun to put before a sandy+rocky+narrow slope.
I can't wait to see pics from the day, there would've been some cool snaps taken, and I especially want to see my crash off the drop... mega fork slap + being bucked = squirrily off-course action, followed by hitting a tree and going over the bars :eek:
But not as good as Shaynes effort, who decided to kiss the wrong thing... and then there was Marcus (I think) that got flung many metres off course down the hill, and another bloke (A grader) that went OTB on the last rocks before the finish... it wrapped himself around a tree, then his bike wrapped around the both of them. It looked painful, but with crashes like that you can't help but laugh.
I saw another guy cruising around with a strapped wrist, I hope it wasn't from a crash that day. It seems that whilst there were a few offs (yay sand+offcamber), but nothing major, and that's how we like it... some good photos as a result, war stories, and nothing more. If you have any pics/footage, or know of any floating around online, be sure to post/link it here on Farkin!

[Kammy]

i want to see some pictures :eek:

[MrCove]

................Props to the guys that are putting in the effort, including a certain deranged someone that decides ladder drops are fun to put before a sandy+rocky+narrow .....................

there's a reason for it being there, the thing was too heavy to carry up any further!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

seriously though, it's one of the few places where there is a defined A and B line.

[wombat]

there's a reason for it being there, the thing was too heavy to carry up any further!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

seriously though, it's one of the few places where there is a defined A and B line.
Hahaha, lazy bastard :p Nah, the drop was good fun and a good addition I think; I reckon a bit of bunting on the rocks behind the hairpin wouldn't go astray though....

[MrCove]

he he he!

couple of pics
http://www.wsmtb.com/static_files/20050213_dargle/index.htm

the guy hitting the berm on the i-Drive DH looks like he's really going moto

[Cave Dweller]

Anybody know when full results will be posted? Anybody got any pics?

[G-Man]

Yep ,, T-was a ripper day at the Dargle B track ..

Good to see you snd the boys up for the day RiK doing
it tough on the HT ,, didn't seem to slow you down to much ..

Mr Cove ,, Love-in the new drop Adds ..
skinny sandy and fast just the way I like it spewing i was pipped out
of a B grade 3rd by a 7th of a second ..

racing was tight Steve ( WSMTBVP ) ran a tight clock so
racing was smooth for the day ..

as alwais big props to Steve & Jules for the event org. and what-not

looking forward to some more new manmade jazz on the B-Track
Twas wicked ..

catch yas G-Man outy

[trust in gravity]

hey dirt groovers!
had an awsome day racing on sunday. first real ride back from injury an i fricken had a ball! matt an me came back to my house an went dhing @ my tracks!!!couldn,t get enough!
went to bed smilin' ,smiled all day an will be smilin' still when i go to bed tonight!.
'b' track is shaping up nicely .still early days.
thanks to steve and co. as always.
off course, the one day my lovely wife comes to see the racing.i go an stack it right in front of her!(did anyone get footage of my little freeride adventure?)
hanging for the next!

[bdinnerv]

Hi All,

Have got the piccies up from the racing at dargle last weekend, you can check them out at http://photos.dontyell.net/mtb as usual.

Cheers,

Ben

[Cave Dweller]

Hi All,

Have got the piccies up from the racing at dargle last weekend, you can check them out at http://photos.dontyell.net/mtb as usual.

Cheers,

Ben

Cheers, thanks for those Ben :D

[wsmtbdhvp]

Downhill Round 1 at Dargle February 13, 2005
A Grade
Aston Travis Elite/Expert 13 02:24.4
Weeks Aaron Elite/Expert 17 02:29.2
Nauthe Matt Elite/Expert 12 02:30.7
Humphreys Eden U19 15 02:32.1
Wiseman Arron Elite/Expert 20 02:34.8
Ezzy Shaun U19 11 02:37.8
Dunn Doug U19 16 02:41.1
Keipert Andrew Elite/Expert 14 02:52.0

B Grade
Ball Anthony Elite/Expert 406 02:38.7
Oliver Mark U17 410 02:39.1
Kearey Matt Sport 403 02:46.0
Carter Glen Sport 408 02:46.2
Grupe David M1&2 414 02:47.4
McLaughlin Colin U19 415 02:50.0
Dobson Dave Hardtail 402 02:50.4
Humphreys Seaton U17 419 02:52.6
Madden Ryan Sport 416 02:53.4
Fernhough Adam M1&2 409 02:53.8
Rozyn Matthew Sport 404 02:56.0
Crossley Mathew Sport 19 02:59.8
Rooney Jeff M1&2 19 03:01.2
San Rowen Dan Sport 29 03:04.2
Duffy Wayne Sport 418 03:06.9
McLeod Kyle U17 401 03:13.5
Jones Clayton Sport 18 03:16.2
Davey Mitch U17 420 03:29.4
Horton Lance Sport 407 12:01.8
Duffy Chris Sport 417 DNS

C Grade
Dowsett Chris U19 8 02:43.0
Tatam Jarred U17 7 02:53.5
Jones Brett Sport 6 03:01.3
Fox Joanne FE 1 03:02.1
Dale Mark Sport 16 03:04.0
Spiess Marcus Sport 21 03:09.1
Isaksen Rik HT 13 03:10.1
O'Keefe Lyle M1&2 3 03:15.3
Mclaughlin Ryan U17 4 03:16.1
Prichard Matt U17 18 03:16.5
Blacketer Tim U17 405 03:16.5
Jones Mitchell U17 5 03:17.1
Schnebli Ben U19 19 03:30.4
Haughton Alishia FE 20 03:43.1
Burgess Adam Sport 15 03:59.0
Hamilton Melissa FE 14 04:06.9
Chenoweth Ben U19 9 04:22.1
Reynolds Shayne HT 10 DNS

U15
Woodpower Ryan U15 2 03:31.3
Bucher Nicholas U15 15 04:25.3
Gow Daniel U15 17 04:25.3

Full results, points and report on wsmtb.com.au

[Rik]

Ben's posted some pics on his site (http://photos.dontyell.net/mtb/20050213-Dargle/index.html), discuss them in this thread (http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=26274).
It seems my little off-track adventure after Cove drop has left its mark on me, there were no apparent injuries to note from it (luckily), but today I've found heaps of little spiney things lodged in my thigh, 10 or so of them, each one about 3-4mm long, all penetrated perpendicular to the skin. Damn spikey plants :mad:

[G-Man]

hey dirt groovers!
had an awsome day racing on sunday. first real ride back from injury an i fricken had a ball! matt an me came back to my house an went dhing @ my tracks!!!couldn,t get enough!
went to bed smilin' ,smiled all day an will be smilin' still when i go to bed tonight!.
'b' track is shaping up nicely .still early days.
thanks to steve and co. as always.
off course, the one day my lovely wife comes to see the racing.i go an stack it right in front of her!(did anyone get footage of my little freeride adventure?)
hanging for the next!

Didn't get get the shot but heard the shot from the wife ,, you
still gona be racing in the near future ??

na just joshin ,, all good ..

catch ya up Kenpsy bud ,, G-man outy

[Cave Dweller]

Can someone explain how that systems works??????

You have A, B & C grade, but then in that is sports, expert/elite, U17, U19 etc etc. Whats the deal????

[Rik]

AFAIK the grades are what we raced on the weekend, and the next category is what table we'll be on for the club pointscore. Am I right :confused:

[G-Man]

Ben's posted some pics on his site (http://photos.dontyell.net/mtb/20050213-Dargle/index.html), discuss them in this thread (http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=26274).
It seems my little off-track adventure after Cove drop has left its mark on me, there were no apparent injuries to note from it (luckily), but today I've found heaps of little spiney things lodged in my thigh, 10 or so of them, each one about 3-4mm long, all penetrated perpendicular to the skin. Damn spikey plants :mad:

Ouch !!!

hope all's well in the seating position on the thigh bra ..
heard it was a pretty good off ,, well looked good anyway ..

Catch ya up the hill Rik

G-Man outy

[scblack]

AFAIK the grades are what we raced on the weekend, and the next category is what table we'll be on for the club pointscore. Am I right :confused:

Rik's right, A,B,C is for the days racing, but your points go toward correct category.

[Cave Dweller]

Rik's right, A,B,C is for the days racing, but your points go toward correct category.

So what happens if next time you race out there and you get an elite/expert time, do you get moved up a catagory??

Why don't they just leave it set up as A=Expert, B=Elite and C=Sport?

[G-Man]

So what happens if next time you race out there and you get an elite/expert time, do you get moved up a catagory??

Why don't they just leave it set up as A=Expert, B=Elite and C=Sport?

A=Elite B=Expert C=Sport is the norm ,,,,, But ..

not to good for those Chicks and under 15 and 17 riders that turn up is it
Stevo likes to get everybody in the game with true results of there
respective classes ..

we at WSMTB know it's only a club race but why not give accordingly
to the classes ..

and no you wont get mooved up unless you ask ..

you will stay where you started the club season unless ofcourse
your racing C Grade and kill the elite/ A-grade times ,, Steve will move you
up ,, it;s only fair ..

how did you run on the weekend anyway ,, did you get a good one in ??
What did you think of our B track ..

catch ya bud ..

G-Man outy

[Cave Dweller]

Hmm... ok, seems fair i was just a bit confused.

Well, it looks like i came 4th in sport (number 404) but i crashed in my first race run in the big sand pit berm after the log jump and before the cove drop, and my second run was a shambles, just couldn't link anything together. Only had 4 hours sleep the night before, should have know better :D

So, i wasn't that impressed with my times, i reckon i would have lost between 5-10 seconds in my first run getting back up and trying to get up the hill with no momentum.

The track was ok, really sandy in places, and really rocky in places, and really flat/uphill in places. I would have liked to have gotten some more time in practicing before racing, 3 runs is not enough time for me to memorize things :) The top section is where you make or break your run. My bike is not ideal for that track either, i reckon a light dually (ie 6inch front and rear) or a light DH bike with SPV would be perfect.

All in all i thought it was ok, looking forward to the next one, hopefully can do a bit better. Is there any reason for there being 2 months till the next club round?

[G-Man]

Hmm... ok, seems fair i was just a bit confused.

Well, it looks like i came 4th in sport (number 404) but i crashed in my first race run in the big sand pit berm after the log jump and before the cove drop, and my second run was a shambles, just couldn't link anything together. Only had 4 hours sleep the night before, should have know better :D

So, i wasn't that impressed with my times, i reckon i would have lost between 5-10 seconds in my first run getting back up and trying to get up the hill with no momentum.

The track was ok, really sandy in places, and really rocky in places, and really flat/uphill in places. I would have liked to have gotten some more time in practicing before racing, 3 runs is not enough time for me to memorize things :) The top section is where you make or break your run. My bike is not ideal for that track either, i reckon a light dually (ie 6inch front and rear) or a light DH bike with SPV would be perfect.

All in all i thought it was ok, looking forward to the next one, hopefully can do a bit better. Is there any reason for there being 2 months till the next club round?

Confused you and I both

not to sure the reason for the big gap in racing ,, will pass that one
over to WSMTBVP maby he can shed some light for us ..

I think it may be due to 4X / XC & State round commitments ..

catch ya
G-man outy

[Shaun]

good to see lots of folks out there on the weekend. best turnout for a while. i wasn't too impressed with my times, but i haven't been riding much at all lately.
also it was good to see the young blokes out there on their K-mart specials havin a good time.
i was loking forward to a sausage sandwich courtesy of the scout people, but they didn't turn up. so much for scouts honour.
great pics by ben as usual, and unlucky wombat, hope to see you out there next race.

[wsmtbdhvp]

With so much on there was not room to hold and more till April.




NSW & ACT Mountain Bike Clubs
Calender for 2005
Month Date Endurance Downhill Cross Country 4X Free Ride Dirt Jump
January 1-2
8-9 Nationals DH Round 3Lithgow NSW
15-16 Nationals XC Round 3Canberra corc@corc.asn.au
22-23 WSMTB Round 1
29-30 WSMTB 4X Round 3
February 5-6 MWMTBC Round 1
12-13 Lawson Golf Course meeting WSMTB Round 1 Dargle
Nationals DH Round 4Koralbyn QLD Nationals XC Round 4Koralbyn QLD
19-20 Working Week Series Round 1 Lithgow Australian Interschools Thredbo Australian Interschools Thredbo
26-27 Endro fest Canberra Lawson Golf Course meeting WSMTB Round 2 Round 4 & Final 4XBlack Mountain
March 5-6 Police Games Megalong Police Games Yellomundee
12-13 Polaris Challenge Sydney National DH Rd 5 & Championships Buller VIC National XC Rd 5 & Championships Buller VIC
19-20 WSMTB Round 3
25-26-27-28 State DH Round 1, Easter Weekend, Kempsey State XC Round 1, Easter Weekend, Coffs Harbour
April 2-3 Oceania ChampionshipsTBA VIC Oceania Championships Listerfield VIC
MWMTBC Round 2
9-10 Dirt Works 100km ClassicYengo National Park State DH Round 2Raw NRG Thredbo WSMTB Round 4 4X Thredbo
16-17 N-ZO Sydney 24 hour
23-24 WSMTB Round 2 Dargle
May 1 Working Week Series Rd 2 State XC Round 2CCMTB Ourimbah

I am going to have to learn how to put tables into this program.

[Rik]

To enter tables, use the "code" function, which is either the # symbol in the editor, click it or type in front of the table, and once the table's pasted in, click the symbol again to close the tags, or type after it.

[MrCove]

top effort for the points breakdown Steve
it's easy to understand if you read it

in club races we don't get the numbers to list every grade so we do ABC then break it down after that

i like it
i was 10th in B grade which worked out at 2nd in Masters Men 1&2

WITH G-MAN IN THE CROSSHAIRS!!!!!

can't wait for the next race


one of the reasons of the big break is because we started early in the season 'cos there is so much on and we are trying to avoid clashes between race meetings for XC/DH/4X

[G-Man]

top effort for the points breakdown Steve
it's easy to understand if you read it

in club races we don't get the numbers to list every grade so we do ABC then break it down after that

i like it
i was 10th in B grade which worked out at 2nd in Masters Men 1&2

WITH G-MAN IN THE CROSSHAIRS!!!!!

can't wait for the next race


one of the reasons of the big break is because we started early in the season 'cos there is so much on and we are trying to avoid clashes between race meetings for XC/DH/4X

Oy you ,, you'll keep

are you comming up to Kempsy ??

I owe you a couple of Beers for that cable inner ,, thanks again

love the cove jump dude ..

We need another three of four like that in the track ,, twas a blast ..

i think we both need to watch out for Foxy now that she
is on that iron horse ..

had a complete big off completely off the bike and still ran a 3.02

catch yas ,, G-Man outy

[trust in gravity]

hey guys! sorry to be sounding dumb ,but i cant seem to be able to find/recieve the race results from last sunday.you cats must have seen em?