witica
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http://www.easternstatescup.com/2015/02/16/2015-vittoria-eastern-states-cup-schedule/
Anybody planning on racing some of these this year?
Anybody planning on racing some of these this year?
Eastern States Cup schedule released
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Johnny Utah
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Funny to think Reading is ten weeks away.
Tonggi
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Same I did too much practice on Saturday and my quads were aching. That was a fun race. I can't imagine doing an enduro with a crap ton of climbing because that transfer was terrible. I just walked it.
J-Dro
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That vid was a nice reminder of all the race stages, thanks. But by mid-way through I wanted to rip your camelback hose off. Lol.
Tonggi
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hahahaha I gotta keep that in mind next time. Man that was SO much fun I wanna go back. They have the DH race at Plattekill June 21. I am thinking of doing it. Are you going?
Edit: Watching the video again now I can't stop looking at the hose
Ian F
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I'm tentatively planning to do the Plattekill race. Would be my first time there in too many years. If all goes as planned, I won't be on my enduro bike, but the new DH rig (finally).
There's a recap video on Pinkbike:
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/video-and-race-report-vittoria-esc-enduro-2-at-blue-mountain-2015.html
They got my slow-moving butt at around 2:45.
There's a recap video on Pinkbike:
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/video-and-race-report-vittoria-esc-enduro-2-at-blue-mountain-2015.html
They got my slow-moving butt at around 2:45.
Tonggi
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Blue in PA? Why not go creek. Closer, better in my eyes as a bike park. And for Plattekill who cares, it will be my first DH race. I am going to have fun! I will be in cat 3 30-39 (not sure if ESC does categories for DH races) I still can't find a link to register.
Ian F
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Blue is about an hour closer for me than Mtn Creek and the terrain there is more to my liking. Mtn Creek can be sort of "all or nothing" when it comes to severity. I cut my teeth riding/racing DH at Plattekill and the terrain at Blue is similar, although Plattekill is generally steeper. Some of my worst injuries have happened at Mtn Creek (started riding there in '99).
I'm Cat 2 now, but I retired from racing back in '03 as an Expert/Cat 1, so it won't be fun for me if I go there and can't at least make an attempt to be competitive in my class. While I rarely did well in Expert (a couple of top-10 finishes if the weather was a factor; bearing in mind there were a lot more racers back then), I did get to the point that whenever we raced on the same course as the Sport/Beginner class, I would have won, so I simply expect a certain level of performance from myself and it's been a painful and frustrating process getting back. I know I'm not there yet.
But Plattekill is a fun place to ride if you've never been there. Quite a bit different than Mtn Creek in a number of ways. Hopefully I can get back there sometime this year.
I'm Cat 2 now, but I retired from racing back in '03 as an Expert/Cat 1, so it won't be fun for me if I go there and can't at least make an attempt to be competitive in my class. While I rarely did well in Expert (a couple of top-10 finishes if the weather was a factor; bearing in mind there were a lot more racers back then), I did get to the point that whenever we raced on the same course as the Sport/Beginner class, I would have won, so I simply expect a certain level of performance from myself and it's been a painful and frustrating process getting back. I know I'm not there yet.
But Plattekill is a fun place to ride if you've never been there. Quite a bit different than Mtn Creek in a number of ways. Hopefully I can get back there sometime this year.