Leogang

Richie63

Well it's wet in sunny Sheffield so before this evenings ride I'm sitting in to watch Round 3 from what appears to be a very wet Leogang.

Should be fun to see who spills out in the wet.

For the win GA even though Hill could do well in these conditions.

cat_with_no_tail

You know how sometimes you see these DH courses on the telly and they look deceptively easy.

This is not one of those times.


:shock:

cat_with_no_tail

Uglier than ET with Skin Cancer

Richie63

Brook Mac D gets hot seat again

cat_with_no_tail

I thought Peaty was going to hit the cameraman there.

Richie63

Hill up 1.3sec

Richie63

Big from CG on last bit :shock:

Richie63

Looser than Sid James's nut bag....?

Richie63

Aaron what a run +5 then out of his pedals

bennett_346

Cat With No Tail wrote:

You know how sometimes you see these DH courses on the telly and they look deceptively easy.

This is not one of those times.


:shock:

Guess its one of those courses where going at x miles per hour is easy but 2x miles per hour is a lot more than two times harder.

Either way rubbish course

cat_with_no_tail

You reckon?

I thought it was an excellent course, you could tell it was a proper test of skill for the riders.

That's what I meant by my comment above. Sometimes they make it look easy, but this time you could tell they were all right at the limits of their skill.

With the exception of CG who somehow always makes everything look easy

bennett_346

Cat With No Tail wrote:

You reckon?

I thought it was an excellent course, you could tell it was a proper test of skill for the riders.

That's what I meant by my comment above. Sometimes they make it look easy, but this time you could tell they were all right at the limits of their skill.

With the exception of CG who somehow always makes everything look easy

I actually thought the opposite of that, i could get down the course itself, but if i was trying to do it in a certain time or speed i'd be screwed lol. Courses like fort bill, hell knows if i could even get down in one piece let alone try and do it fast

getonyourbike

I thought the course was great too, that steep rooty descent through the trees was nasty. A proper test for the riders.

Anonymous

Hmm, it definitely looked more technical than Fort Bill. There's that huge drop now at the Fort, which would put the willies up most people, but apart from that it's all roll-able.

Leogang looked in places like you HAD to pick a line and commit, just barrelling through and hoping for the best wouldn't work.

Northwind

Aye, I've not ridden Leogang but it definately looks tougher than fort william to me. Offbeat's a hard ride in a lot of ways but it's not as scary as you'd think *. The camera can lie, mind, fort william looks harder than it is tbh.

(* not counting the road gap, which is closed off outside of race days, to stop everyone killing themselves to bits)

VWsurfbum

Cat With No Tail wrote:

You know how sometimes you see these DH courses on the telly and they look deceptively easy.

This is not one of those times.


:shock:

Very much this, i watched yesterday and i was discussing it in the LBS just now, there is no way i would of even contemplated that course, where as Bill i would of tried (except the road gap) You know its gnarly if it looks gnarly and steep on the TV!
When the next one and where?

VWsurfbum

Did anyone watch th 4x?
that looked horried with loads of people making the mistakes, if you fast forward to the highlights towards the end, that makes some interesting and tense watching

bennett_346

I must be the only one here who genuinely thinks that there was nothing impossible there that didnt have a chicken run!

Northwind

bennett_346 wrote:

I must be the only one here who genuinely thinks that there was nothing impossible there that didnt have a chicken run!

What could make you think that?

cat_with_no_tail

The point (that you seem to have completely missed) is that Leogang looked much more technically challenging for the riders than for example Fort Bill did.

bennett_346

I think i must be missing the point lol

getonyourbike

Cat With No Tail wrote:

The point (that you seem to have completely missed) is that Leogang looked much more technically challenging for the riders than for example Fort Bill did.

bang on, it's the first one other than the gap at fort bill where I really wouldn't have liked to ride it, especially not on my little hardtail.

bennett_346

I should point out i was speaking of riding it on a one of their bikes, although id be scared i think i could roll everything there, and use the chicken run on that drop.

wordnumb

Isn't the clue in the fact many more riders came off at Leogang than FW?
But then at Leogang you're not breathing in clouds of bloodsucking insects, so I guess in that respect...

Anonymous

Leogang was also very slimy, whereas Fort bill, was dry for a change, curiously!

But to me, Leogang did look like the tougher track.

Gazlar

Its all irrelevant really, El Cap is organising it next year, its being staged at Legoland

just about to watch it, a nice way to fill an hour

getonyourbike

Gazlar wrote:

Its all irrelevant really, El Cap is organising it next year, its being staged at Legoland

just about to watch it, a nice way to fill an hour

Northwind

What tyres for brightly coloured plastic?

VWsurfbum

Northwind wrote:

What tyres for brightly coloured plastic?

Halo twin rails, Simples

Northwind

What if you get fastened onto the blocks

VWsurfbum

Northwind wrote:

What if you get fastened onto the blocks

I'll fasten your blocks in a minute!