So it does, my apologies. I only watched it in the little browser window which apparently doesn't give the full title.Says it was April 2019.
I've managed to run down the chute a number of times even during race runs, still haven't plucked up the courage to give it a crack. Maybe being 6'5" helps get me down there but it can be done.Shearpin's dodgy leftie is easily walked, its the chute on Detonate that's a pig to 'B' line, no room for a bloke and bike down the chute unless you are riding it.
If you nutters are riding blind, wear elbows 100%.
same problem everywhere, everyone wants 3M to build some trails, with no plan, no idea how to maintain when a bunch of bikes destroy it in winter/wet weather/after stormsIt’s interesting you mention Derby getting eroded. The local club got a grant to get stuff done and paid for a machine to build some trails. Those trails are getting pretty worn now and it’s a metric fuck tonne of work to try and repair with no money for a machine now or to pay an operator.
I see you compensated for your narrow bars by spreading your elbows out @ozzybmx ,same as I did. At least you had elbow pads on.Done the detonate chute twice in 2019, 2020 was fucked up and lost my balls, couldn't afford another crash.
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It is @moorey 760 will be comfortable but too much analysis goes into it. The height your bars pass through will differ to others and the sides are not right angles. My approach is always to assess from the top then from below, but I found the run out harder than the gap. A couple of loose rocks made it look sketchy.I'm thinking about dropping back from 800's to 760's particularly for sections like this. Is the gap wider than it looks?
Who am I kidding...I'm walking it....It is @moorey 760 will be comfortable but too much analysis goes into it. The height your bars pass through will differ to others and the sides are not right angles. My approach is always to assess from the top then from below, but I found the run out harder than the gap. A couple of loose rocks made it look sketchy.
It’s no harder than any other chute you’d ride anywhere, just the big granite sides fuck with your head, and it’s a tight, slow turn to get into it. Even way off any sort of race pace (I.e. below); plenty of space either side of you can point and shoot straight.I'm thinking about dropping back from 800's to 760's particularly for sections like this. Is the gap wider than it looks?
I see you compensated for your narrow bars by spreading your elbows out @ozzybmx ,same as I did. At least you had elbow pads on.
In 2019 we were there for 12 days, I looked at it on day 1 or 2 but didn't do it until the last few days. Gary from Premium MTB told me to wear elbows if I had them, which was a great tip.It is @moorey 760 will be comfortable but too much analysis goes into it. The height your bars pass through will differ to others and the sides are not right angles. My approach is always to assess from the top then from below, but I found the run out harder than the gap. A couple of loose rocks made it look sketchy.
Old Gary has moved on and sold out aye, went into the message business I believe.In 2019 we were there for 12 days, I looked at it on day 1 or 2 but didn't do it until the last few days. Gary from Premium MTB told me to wear elbows if I had them, which was a great tip.
As itsajoke says, the run out needs to be taken into consideration, there's a left hander with a drop off a large rock slab about ~3-4m from the bottom of the chute.
The chute also has a hole in the middle and the rock slab is covered in granite pea gravel that is carried down from the approach at the top. Hitting it blind would require massive bollox.
On my first attempt, I got stuck in the hole halfway down, my ass hit the back tyre and the bike stopped, my bars twisted and pushed me against the rock side, I was going too slow and thats a recipe for hitting the sides, if I didnt have elbows on it would have been nasty.
Its without a doubt a daunting feature, very iconic and was happy to do it once. Never know, might have another go if I can push the peanuts down out of my stomach, where they currently reside.
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He has, I knew Gary before I went there and caught up with him for a few beers. Now the owner of Aura Massage in Launceston and restoring old Dattos.Old Gary has moved on and sold out aye, went into the message business I believe.
Ok... my wife never swears.... but she might have just now.Wife was getting too smug about the mortgage dropping right down with no races/events over the last 6 months....
Hope she doesn’t notice the dent after paying for Felix and my entries in full tonight