QLD Sunshine Series Downhill - Toowoomba 29 APRIL

[Scott]

Next Sunday 29th April Toowoomba Mountain Bike Club is hosting Round 2 of the Qld Sunshine Series Downhill at their venue in Amos Road via Withcott. On line entry forms should be up on Two Wheel Promotions (http://www.twowheelpromotions.com.au/) tomorrow. For those who haven’t ventured up the range before, an access map also available from the same site. Registration from 7.30am, official practice from 8.00 and racing at 1.00pm. A canteen will be operating all day.

The track will be open for use by the general public on Saturday until 4.00pm when it will be shut down for some last minute maintenance. Everyone who plans to ride the course on Saturday needs to be aware though that there wont be any track marshalls around and Toowoomba Mountain Bike Club will not be responsible for any loss/injury that may occur prior to start of official practice at 8.00am on Sunday. Also for insurance purposes, there will be NO PRIVATE SHUTTLES permitted on Sunday. For further particulars contact tmb.club@gmail

[goltzmaster]

hey i'm from rocky and i heard that it may be called off cause of rain can anyone give me a update??? cause not real keen on driving that far for nothing

[mark farrington]

Current weather forecast says rain for Toowoomba on Saturday, clearing Sunday morning. At this stage the chances of running the race are about 50/50, however a final decision wont be made until its obvious we can't go ahead or midday on Saturday at the very latest.

If the race is called off, the plan is to reschedule for either the following Sunday 6th May or the Sunday after that 13th May.

[mark farrington]

The threat of having yet another Toowoomba downhill race washed out does appear to have eased during the past 24 hours.

There has been no rain here yet and the earlier weather bureau prediction of general rain today has been revised to the current forecast of light rain mainly this afternoon followed by a cold dry westerly wind change tonight. The weather radar suggests there will be some light rain coming through later today, but at this stage the Toowoomba race is definately ON.

We will keep an eye on the situation through the morning with the view to making a final decision by lunch time today.

[06v10]

i dont think it should be called up because of rain, it is good experience to practise and race in all types of weathers.
just my opinion

[leitch]

i dont think it should be called up because of rain, it is good experience to practise and race in all types of weathers.
just my opinion

dude. putting 200 riders down a track an average of 4 times each in the wet will do nothing other than tear the track to shreds.

on a completely unrelated note;

has anyone got a .pdf or .doc copy of tomorrows entry form? for some reason theyre not on TWP?

[i like dirt]

Anybody got an idea of how many practice runs each person might get before race time.

[leitch]

Anybody got an idea of how many practice runs each person might get before race time.

depends how dedicated you are. last year at states i got 4 practice runs in. i would assume that there will be fewer people there as its just a normal round this time, so you may get 5 or 6

really its up to you. you can do it so you just ride straight from the bottom of the track to the shuttle line, and you'll get plenty of runs. obviously if you dick around eating and stuff, you will get far fewer runs in.

[i like dirt]

depends how dedicated you are. last year at states i got 4 practice runs in. i would assume that there will be fewer people there as its just a normal round this time, so you may get 5 or 6

really its up to you. you can do it so you just ride straight from the bottom of the track to the shuttle line, and you'll get plenty of runs. obviously if you dick around eating and stuff, you will get far fewer runs in.

Sounds good thought you'd only get 2 runs in. Just gotta put my bike together now. still in pieces :p

[leitch]

Sounds good thought you'd only get 2 runs in. Just gotta put my bike together now. still in pieces :p
haha yeah as i said its realy up to you. you'll want to get there early to get in though, the shuttle line can get pretty long.

at least you have a bike.. i have to go borrow one from custard :o

[i like dirt]

haha yeah as i said its realy up to you. you'll want to get there early to get in though, the shuttle line can get pretty long.

at least you have a bike.. i have to go borrow one from custard :o

I don't even have my frame back from being painted yet. Only half of it's done :p

Any Update on the race tomorrow about weather?

[mark farrington]

Lunch time update on Toowoomba race.
Despite a bit of drizzle at the top, the track is still dry and heaps of people doing runs.
Just spoke with the weather bureau again - forecast is for a band of rain to come through late this afternoon/tonight containing 5-20mm. If its at the lower end of the range we will be fine, bit doubtfull if we get 20mm.

No one here wants to make a call on it just yet, so the decision to race/not race will be held over for a few more hours.

[bunya_DH]

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has anyone got a .pdf or .doc copy of tomorrows entry form? for some reason theyre not on TWP?

they were on the site earlier must of taken it off last night

[leitch]

they were on the site earlier must of taken it off last night

did you download it to print it off? surely you would have a temp file of it or something? really need it like... now...

[izac]

Can you fill an entry form out on the day?

[GravityGuru]

Never Fear Farkineers, Ryan's Here!

[Steve-0]

POSTPONED! it says on the TWP website the race has been postponed till the 6th of may (next weekend..) Hopefully they may sittl run it if its clear over night?

:( "28 April - TOOWOOMBA DOWNHILL - Postponed
Heavy rain has been through this afternoon and the TOOWOOMBA DOWNHILL Round 2 has now been postponed to next Sunday the 6th May. "

[Quintin]

pfft what a joke. we all know it never rains in seq. no doubt it will be dry tomorrow.

i dont know about everyone else here but i would rather risk it, i have a life, therefore plans for next weekend. how frustrating... jeez this makes it hard.

edit:

whats this?? there are 2 posts, no times, which one is it?

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http://www.twowheelpromotions.com.au/images/new.gif28 April - TOOWOOMBA DOWNHILL - Postponed Heavy rain has been through this afternoon and the TOOWOOMBA DOWNHILL Round 2 has now been postponed to next Sunday the 6th May.

http://www.twowheelpromotions.com.au/images/new.gif28 April - TOOWOOMBA DOWNHILL - Round 2- 29th AprilToowoomba Downhill - 29th April
As of 1pm Saturday afternoon the Toowoomba Club has advised that the downhill is still on. You can contact the Toowoomba Club's hotline from 5-30am tomorrow morning 0427 196 925. We are leaving ourselves for the event so are unable to give any further information on the website after now.
Let's hope for a fine sunny day a great days racing.

[brisneyland]

pfft what a joke. we all know it never rains in seq. no doubt it will be dry tomorrow.

i dont know about everyone else here but i would rather risk it, i have a life, therefore plans for next weekend. how frustrating... jeez this makes it hard.

edit:

whats this?? there are 2 posts, no times, which one is it?

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http://www.twowheelpromotions.com.au/images/new.gif28 April - TOOWOOMBA DOWNHILL - Postponed Heavy rain has been through this afternoon and the TOOWOOMBA DOWNHILL Round 2 has now been postponed to next Sunday the 6th May.

http://www.twowheelpromotions.com.au/images/new.gif28 April - TOOWOOMBA DOWNHILL - Round 2- 29th AprilToowoomba Downhill - 29th April
As of 1pm Saturday afternoon the Toowoomba Club has advised that the downhill is still on. You can contact the Toowoomba Club's hotline from 5-30am tomorrow morning 0427 196 925. We are leaving ourselves for the event so are unable to give any further information on the website after now.
Let's hope for a fine sunny day a great days racing.

I got an email at about 1730 saying it's cancelled, I can only assume that is correct.

As if you have a life.

[-Jordan-]

Quick questions to anyone who would know...

Now thats its been postponed for another week, will they be opening the online entry form back up? Wasn't able to race tomorrow, but can now its been postponed (thank you rain:) ), and would prefer to enter online if possible.

[Quintin]

Quick questions to anyone who would know...

Now thats its been postponed for another week, will they be opening the online entry form back up? Wasn't able to race tomorrow, but can now its been postponed (thank you rain:) ), and would prefer to enter online if possible.

the question you must ask yourself is "why do i think i need to register online"

also, "why do i sit on the seat in corners"

[-Jordan-]

the question you must ask yourself is "why do i think i need to register online"

also, "why do i sit on the seat in corners"

Because I suck at riding? :confused:

I am actually behind the seat anyway.

As for why I would rather online - I would rather pay by credit card as it is easier for me. So does anyone actually know? Or just want to have a go at my lack of riding skill?

[bunya_DH]

is there a chance it may be put back on it is postponed definate

[Quintin]

Because I suck at riding? :confused:

I am actually behind the seat anyway.

As for why I would rather online - I would rather pay by credit card as it is easier for me. So does anyone actually know? Or just want to have a go at my lack of riding skill?

try and take a joke next time, pal.

[bunya djer n dher]

this is farkin stupid!... it was raining up till about 5 30 and from then on its been fine... just bloody freezing.

this is shit i tells ya!:(

[-Jordan-]

try and take a joke next time, pal.

Bit hard to tell if someones being sarcastic over the internet without a tone of voice or facial expressions, my apologize.

[goltzmaster]

all the rocky boys drove over 750km to get to toowoomba and saturday night find out the race was called off. why was it the track was the best and the ambo's could of so got up the fire road.

[v1llage1d1ot]

all the rocky boys drove over 750km to get to toowoomba and saturday night find out the race was called off. why was it the track was the best and the ambo's could of so got up the fire road.

Because the call had to be made on Saturday. It had been raining for most of the day, and the organizers didn't want to have to pull the pin on the day... like last year. I bet if they'd gone ahead with it it would have pissed down all sat night and sunday.

Unfortunately we can not control the weather. Most people were happy to see the rain in Toowoomba as we are on level 5 water restrictions and have been for quite some time. Its just a bummer that it only seems to rain when there is a DH race here.

I feel for the rocky boys, I know it's a long way to travel. They did get to ride the track, and by the sounds of it they got a few runs in and rode the track while it was nice and tacky, not dusty and loose like it has been... pretty much forever.

[goltzmaster]

they could of just made the call sunday morning early. cause they would of been ready any way so its not like they would have to go pack everything back up

[brisneyland]

I reckon good on em for having the conviction to make the call early.

[Road Rage Ryan]

they could of just made the call sunday morning early. cause they would of been ready any way so its not like they would have to go pack everything back up

If the club made the call on Sunday morning and it was washed out the club would be out of pocket a few $K for transport. Our club has worn the cost of re-running two races in last two years without any complaint. I did not make the call in fact I have stayed out of the organisation of this race completely but the fella who did made the right decision.