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De WC-riders waren vrij teleurgesteld over de track heb ik al gehoord. Graves vond zelfs dat sommige rijders niet in dit parcours thuis hoorden. Hij vondt dat de track de sport niet echt vooruit helpt en ze veel grotere dingen nodig heeft. persoonlijk denk ik dat als ze in Houffa nog 4X wereldbekers willen houden (wat wij hier op het forum allemaal willen) dat ze toch iets aan de track zullen moeten doen. Heeft nog iemand hier iets over gehoord ofzo?
Video met comments Graves
link: http://video.mpora.com/watch/L9bMTztLl ... ign=Promo
De WC-riders waren vrij teleurgesteld over de track heb ik al gehoord. Graves vond zelfs dat sommige rijders niet in dit parcours thuis hoorden. Hij vondt dat de track de sport niet echt vooruit helpt en ze veel grotere dingen nodig heeft. persoonlijk denk ik dat als ze in Houffa nog 4X wereldbekers willen houden (wat wij hier op het forum allemaal willen
) dat ze toch iets aan de track zullen moeten doen. Heeft nog iemand hier iets over gehoord ofzo?Video met comments Graves
link: http://video.mpora.com/watch/L9bMTztLl ... ign=Promo
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Christiaan
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- Lid geworden op:wo jul 18, 2001 9:27 pm
Klagen is makkelijk natuurlijk... en natuurlijk zijn de jumps niet te vergelijken met de pro-secties uit de supercross van Graves, maar ik vind dat hij er wel eenzijdig naar kijkt. Uiteindelijk is het mountainbiken en geen BMX. Hoewel er misschien weinig spectakel was, was het racen wel close en dat is zeker iets wat mensen willen zien.
Neemt niet weg dat door wat vlaggen anders te plaatsen, men een nog interessanter schouwspel had kunnen maken!
Neemt niet weg dat door wat vlaggen anders te plaatsen, men een nog interessanter schouwspel had kunnen maken!
Jared is totally right about the size of the jumps. Too small for a World Cup 4X event.
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Why are the jumps so small in the first place? A couple of reasons…
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The hillside is very steep and very short. Difficult to build a decent length of track. In this instance if you build long straights suitable to build big jumps, you have make space by cutting out 1 or 2 straights and 2 or 4 corners. Corners make for good passing opportunities – less corners equals less passing opportunities. With a small hill, this forces the track builder to make a decision between more passing OR bigger jumps. You can’t have both and whichever is left out will be complained about.
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As the track was designed to be a permanent track for public, unsupervised use, it couldn’t be too “extreme†so I went for more corners and smaller jumps.
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This problem was identified after the first test event before this became a WC event. I made proposals to extend the track by 200m at the top, giving 2 more corners and 2 more straights. This would allow us enough space to extend the “big jump†straight and at least double the length of the biggest jumps, without compromising on passing opportunities in the corners.
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This proposal was rejected by the town planning authorities for the past 2 years. In fact they have prevented ANY changes to the track since 2007.
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Big jumps or more passing? Unless you have limitless space and time to build the track and create both, it is the big question.
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In my opinion, this track has tiny jumps, but this should be made up for by the amount of passing opportunities in the corners.
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Let’s see tonight during racing.
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Phil Saxena
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Why are the jumps so small in the first place? A couple of reasons…
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The hillside is very steep and very short. Difficult to build a decent length of track. In this instance if you build long straights suitable to build big jumps, you have make space by cutting out 1 or 2 straights and 2 or 4 corners. Corners make for good passing opportunities – less corners equals less passing opportunities. With a small hill, this forces the track builder to make a decision between more passing OR bigger jumps. You can’t have both and whichever is left out will be complained about.
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As the track was designed to be a permanent track for public, unsupervised use, it couldn’t be too “extreme†so I went for more corners and smaller jumps.
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This problem was identified after the first test event before this became a WC event. I made proposals to extend the track by 200m at the top, giving 2 more corners and 2 more straights. This would allow us enough space to extend the “big jump†straight and at least double the length of the biggest jumps, without compromising on passing opportunities in the corners.
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This proposal was rejected by the town planning authorities for the past 2 years. In fact they have prevented ANY changes to the track since 2007.
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Big jumps or more passing? Unless you have limitless space and time to build the track and create both, it is the big question.
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In my opinion, this track has tiny jumps, but this should be made up for by the amount of passing opportunities in the corners.
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Let’s see tonight during racing.
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Phil Saxena