Rocky Mountain House Club HS at Larson's:
The staff working the event were great, very well organized and friendly.
I entered Adult "C" class. At 27 years old I have had a fair amount of time on minibikes, a couple street bikes, and I had a CRF450 back in '05-06. I got a used 525 EXC this year and I've ridden it to work once, and about 3 tanks of fuel playing around on dirt roads, construction, and 2 hours at Super Dave's MX track.
There were 12 guys in my class, and we started with the VET "B" as well. There were maybe 20 bikes. We had to sit backwards on the bikes for the start signal, then jump off, get on the right way, start and go!! I give credit to the magic button on my bike, it fired right away and I was 3rd through the first turn. There was an option there to go up a 3' ramp and ride the length of a log ( cut in half so it was flat on top ), or go about 200' farther around some trees. The guy with the holeshot went over the log, then next guy went around, so I went over the log to claim 2nd position! haha it was short lived. about 1km later, there was a corner coming up to a pile of logs about 6' high. Someone got out of control and our bars got tangled up... somehow we stayed upright, but we came to a stop at the very bottom of the logs, and I had to get off and push the bike over. About half a dozen guys passed me. Then about 200m later I missed a turn and was 40' into the bush before I realized it another 5 guys were past.....so much for 2nd!!
I just focused on staying rubber side down and trying not to grip the bars too tight, and I passed people one by one, some who went down, some trying to pick up their bikes, some who stalled.
At the end of the second lap ( I ended up doing 3, about 15km each) I came up to the finish / checkpoint too hot and ended up locking up the front and going down in front of everyone.....lol.
Aside from those two mistakes, I'm pretty sure I only got passed by two guys, and they were pros who lapped me, and they were fast as hell.
The course was awesome! it had everything from very tight trees, going over lots of logs, dropping into a creek and riding down it ~200m, stream crossing, skag, and some WOT across a few fields linking the treed sections. There was a "short cut" at the finish line you could go over a massive log ( almost seat height ) or go around. I went around.
The staff working the event were great, very well organized and friendly.
I entered Adult "C" class. At 27 years old I have had a fair amount of time on minibikes, a couple street bikes, and I had a CRF450 back in '05-06. I got a used 525 EXC this year and I've ridden it to work once, and about 3 tanks of fuel playing around on dirt roads, construction, and 2 hours at Super Dave's MX track.
There were 12 guys in my class, and we started with the VET "B" as well. There were maybe 20 bikes. We had to sit backwards on the bikes for the start signal, then jump off, get on the right way, start and go!! I give credit to the magic button on my bike, it fired right away and I was 3rd through the first turn. There was an option there to go up a 3' ramp and ride the length of a log ( cut in half so it was flat on top ), or go about 200' farther around some trees. The guy with the holeshot went over the log, then next guy went around, so I went over the log to claim 2nd position! haha it was short lived. about 1km later, there was a corner coming up to a pile of logs about 6' high. Someone got out of control and our bars got tangled up... somehow we stayed upright, but we came to a stop at the very bottom of the logs, and I had to get off and push the bike over. About half a dozen guys passed me. Then about 200m later I missed a turn and was 40' into the bush before I realized it another 5 guys were past.....so much for 2nd!!
I just focused on staying rubber side down and trying not to grip the bars too tight, and I passed people one by one, some who went down, some trying to pick up their bikes, some who stalled.
At the end of the second lap ( I ended up doing 3, about 15km each) I came up to the finish / checkpoint too hot and ended up locking up the front and going down in front of everyone.....lol.
Aside from those two mistakes, I'm pretty sure I only got passed by two guys, and they were pros who lapped me, and they were fast as hell.
The course was awesome! it had everything from very tight trees, going over lots of logs, dropping into a creek and riding down it ~200m, stream crossing, skag, and some WOT across a few fields linking the treed sections. There was a "short cut" at the finish line you could go over a massive log ( almost seat height ) or go around. I went around.
