Nowra

[Extreme Hucker]

Just wondering if anyone has any pics of the track in Nowra? The one for round 4? If you do post em.

[roostn247]

Just wondering if anyone has any pics of the track in Nowra? The one for round 4? If you do post em.


go to www.wmbc.asn.au for some other pics...

[donthucktoflat]

does anyone have a map showing the more general area? that one is only a course map and i really need one to know how to get to the track itself. dammit, looks like another race where i only come on race day and therefore only get a few hours practice on a track i have never ridden before. oh well

[Extreme Hucker]

Sweet thanks for the pics. That gap looks awsome!

[mattvincent]

the gap has being said not to be in the race track

[demo man]

guys, you should all know about the search function, so use it.

i remember seeing pics of the track (good ones) in a forum before, and the same with a map. the track is called 'the funnel web', so search that as well.


so there.



and as for the big gap, as far as i know it and the biggest drop will be excluded on race day, because they are both too dangerous. you have to slow down for both of them, and if you over-clear them you are fucked. a guy broke his collarbone from over-clearing the gap not that long ago.

[Gravjunkie]

We're downhillers dude, we like extreme shit, doesn't mean we have to be brainless tho'. If you're gappin' the down ramp, dont pedal in. We gap it often and nobody has even come off. Ol' mate who broke his collarbone probably shouldn't even have attempted it.
If you raced the track on the weekend, you would have noticed the braking rutts coming into the line around the gap 'cause it was as sketchy as shit, so you still couldn't pedal in quick. From experience, you can come screaming down and soon as you come into the opening before the gap just stop pedaling, (dont brake) hit the kicker and you'll land around halfway down the down ramp and carry heaps of speed into the next section. If the gap was left in for the race you would have seen at least 3 seconds shaved off times for those who hit it. Dosso would have broken 4 mins.
Sorry about the rant, it's just that we built it, we love it and we dont think its any more dangerous than coming down the "spine" at breakneck speed, which you tend to do.

[Squidly Didly]

Hmm i'd have to agree with both parties here. Yes both these obstacles were dangerous, but both had 'B' lines. I personally don't like air time but that 'B' line was sketch to hit at speed due to the slippery wet off-camber'ness. Infact, the 'B' line on the drop was sketch too!

I vote that the gap should've been in the race. I may have hit it, I may not have, but that's why we have the 'B' line option. Most people should know their own limits, but if not, it's the risk we all take when competing.

[Daver]

Hmm i'd have to agree with both parties here. Yes both these obstacles were dangerous, but both had 'B' lines. I personally don't like air time but that 'B' line was sketch to hit at speed due to the slippery wet off-camber'ness. Infact, the 'B' line on the drop was sketch too!

I vote that the gap should've been in the race. I may have hit it, I may not have, but that's why we have the 'B' line option. Most people should know their own limits, but if not, it's the risk we all take when competing.

I agree fully.

I also think that the huck at the bottom was probably the most stupidly designed part of the track- you had to slow down coming into it, and even then you would overclear it. I reckon even if the landing was pushed back another 4 meters or so it would have been easier and the track would have flowed a lot better.

Even squidly super huck landed past the corner after getting onto the brakes before the drop... Apart from that and the epic pedalling section the track was one of the best i have ridden.

[kore23]

guys, you should all know about the search function, so use it.

i remember seeing pics of the track (good ones) in a forum before, and the same with a map. the track is called 'the funnel web', so search that as well.


so there.



and as for the big gap, as far as i know it and the biggest drop will be excluded on race day, because they are both too dangerous. you have to slow down for both of them, and if you over-clear them you are fucked. a guy broke his collarbone from over-clearing the gap not that long ago.
yer that gap in the pic looks really small for the ramp...no wonder people were overclearing it!

[Gravjunkie]

I agree fully.

I also think that the huck at the bottom was probably the most stupidly designed part of the track- you had to slow down coming into it, and even then you would overclear it. I reckon even if the landing was pushed back another 4 meters or so it would have been easier and the track would have flowed a lot better.

Even squidly super huck landed past the corner after getting onto the brakes before the drop... Apart from that and the epic pedalling section the track was one of the best i have ridden.
Unfortunately dude, mother nature designed that part of the track. That was a really good fast section, untill after a windy day that mother of a tree fell right across it. We were just glad it fell 90 degrees to the track, although cutting that ramp in wasn't easy.

[Crany]

the on only reason why it was taken out was because of the track remote location and if someone did say crash and have spinal injurys there the time it would have taken to get a ambo there, the corner around it may have been a bit hard but u are alot less likely to crash and have spinal injurys on a corner then goin off a jump. every case that i have in mtb with spinal injurys have been off jumps and two of those happen to be member of wmbc

[jonnyboy]

North shore and built up obstacles are part of track these days. Look at the German round of the world cup. Apparently almost 100% man made and according to most reports it sucked. Racing downhill is about speed, skill and calculated risk but north shore is not designed or constructed to be ridden flat out. Drop offs are both natural and man made and the test of skill is to keep as low and fast as possible. A track is a track and if you want a super flowing track go ride a road crit track or other 100% groomed man made track.

If more people built there own tracks they would realize the difficulty in making the perfect track.

[Gravjunkie]

North shore and built up obstacles are part of track these days. Look at the German round of the world cup. Apparently almost 100% man made and according to most reports it sucked. Racing downhill is about speed, skill and calculated risk but north shore is not designed or constructed to be ridden flat out. Drop offs are both natural and man made and the test of skill is to keep as low and fast as possible. A track is a track and if you want a super flowing track go ride a road crit track or other 100% groomed man made track.

If more people built there own tracks they would realize the difficulty in making the perfect track.
Spot on dude!!

[blood scars bones glory]

Hmm i'd have to agree with both parties here. Yes both these obstacles were dangerous, but both had 'B' lines. I personally don't like air time but that 'B' line was sketch to hit at speed due to the slippery wet off-camber'ness. Infact, the 'B' line on the drop was sketch too!

I vote that the gap should've been in the race. I may have hit it, I may not have, but that's why we have the 'B' line option. Most people should know their own limits, but if not, it's the risk we all take when competing.

definitely right, i'm still recovering from a broken arm so it was a b-line weekend and i was disapointed with the log drop b-line, u had to bloody climb a hill then ride off a sketchy root into a steep return onto the track... wasnt worried bout my time as it was first time back back but im sure that line took a fair bit of it. Definitely a great track apart from that though great fun to ride on for the first time in 2 months

[SCUMbag]

Good call jonnyboy,
Unfortunately we can't rock up to a race or track and change it to suit, but if we're good enough riders we can adjust and deal with whatever the track dishes out to us, and if we can't, take the b-line.

[Slave]

Just to add a different perspective to this discussion..... I came from Canberra to the race, Saturday morning was the first time I saw the track. Due to rain and stuff I managed only 1 practice run on Saturday and one on Sunday morning. That's just how racing pans out sometimes.

Local knowledge goes a long way when you are trying to pin it in a race run. Of course you want to hit all of the A lines. If the gap was in the race I would have hit it up. But having done two practice runs I didn't know the course enough to know exactly what was coming up next - it was a long course.

Don't get me wrong, I love big jumps, I build big jumps. But I don't really think that big jumps should be in a race track because they can be a big risk. Everyone thought the track rocked and that's with the gap roped off.