Chimney Rock CX practice (wednesdays)

hope to make it next week. after the clinic last weekend, i need to do a little more homework before i come make a mistake and end up losing some front teeth on a barrier 😱
 
Our barriers are made of PVC and are designed to break apart on impact. You can literally crash right into them at 30mph and they'll just collapse. No broken teeth😀

-Jim.
 
jimvreeland said:
Our barriers are made of PVC and are designed to break apart on impact. You can literally crash right into them at 30mph and they'll just collapse. No broken teeth😀

-Jim.
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So these are bunny hoppable with no real consequence? :popcorn:
 
Anyone have a picture of/plans for the DIY PVC barriers mentioned above?

I'm thinking of following this tutorial to set up some barriers for local practice - i.e. jumping on and off my bike in my front yard LIKE A BOSS. 😎
 
AnthonyC said:
Anyone have a picture of/plans for the DIY PVC barriers mentioned above?

I'm thinking of following this tutorial to set up some barriers for local practice - i.e. jumping on and off my bike in my front yard LIKE A BOSS. 😎
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Jim laid out the details somewhere, but I don't remember where.

A. Yes this post is essentially useless
B. I did actually search for it but couldn't find it
 
I did actually lay it out somewhere. More than likely in my blog somewhere, good luck finding that!!

I did find a pic of them though. Kinda self-explanatory if you look at it. Each one is 5 pieces. The 2 feet. 2 "L" things that go on top of the feet and connects onto the main cross bar. The connectors are glued except for the spots they go together.

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-Jim.
 
Thanks Jim! I'm guessing that if I wanted to make it more portable I could leave the joins on the main cross bar unglued?
 
Thanks for coming out!! We had a pretty good turn-out yesterday, I hope everyone was able to learn something and had (fun). Painful, hard, evil fun😀

See everyone next week!!

-Jim.
 
AnthonyC said:
Anyone have a picture of/plans for the DIY PVC barriers mentioned above?
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I'm a little late on this one, you probably have them built already.


Here's the material list for the barriers I made. At Home Cheapo they cost about 30 bucks.
3-10' lengths of 2 inch PVC pipe (schedule 40, what ever the hell that means)
4-2 inch Tee's
4-2 inch 90's
8-2 inch end caps (not needed but I thought Jim V's looked more professional)
My barriers are 8'0" long and 15 3/4 inches tall (UCI Rules) All the fittings are glued. Space them 13 feet apart (UCI rules again) 😀
 
That was certainly an experience last night. I had one lap of "fun" when I got to try it on a cross bike. The rest of the time I felt like I was slugging through sand on the mtb 😉 Good workout and as I feared I'll be back for more 🙂
 
Good job posting that Ben, I suspect that will help with the turnout as it looks like a fun little loop.
 
BiknBen said:
For those who would like to see what is going on during these practices, I captured some of the fun on video. Here is the first few minutes of our first 20minute interval.

http://www.vimeo.com/27649786
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Cool video Ben! The course looks fun, Jim is evil for putting a set of barriers on a run up! Nice to see Stacey Barbossa there. There is so much single track, I wonder why not loop a few sections in?

RC
 
RacerChick said:
Cool video Ben! The course looks fun, Jim is evil for putting a set of barriers on a run up! Nice to see Stacey Barbossa there. There is so much single track, I wonder why not loop a few sections in?

RC
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Yes.. that was very evil. plus the grass was petty high so it was like riding in sand.. Heart rate was up to pinned in about 15 seconds... 😀

As for the singletrack, its pretty rocky in that section of the park. Although... I may have an idea I'll talk to Jim about. It probably wont work.. but we'll see!!
 
The sections of singletrack right in that area are a little too rough for cross bikes. When I go there to do solo cross workouts, I use the baseball fields and that section of singletrack that runs along Gilbride to extend the course. Running a pack through there at race-pace isn't such a good idea though😉

Thanks for sharing Ben!!

-Jim.
 
jShort said:
...plus the grass was petty high so it was like riding in sand.
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You are not going to see grass shorter than that in a race. Last week it was twice as long and wet. The grass often gets matted down during the races. Later racers get a small benefit from that.
 
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