Had my first XC race yesterday staged in Hixton Wisconsin.
A Class - about 8 people
B Class - about 10 people
C Class - about 15 people
Utility Class - 5
40+ - 4
It was a HUGE turnout from what I was gathering from multiple people runnin the place it sounds like they had about double what they had expected to show.
A class started. 1 min later B Class went.. And so on.
It was a dead start race. I was about the 6th or 7th off the line rappy didnt fire right away :(
We took off. First part of the track was a section of motocross track. 3 sets of doubles and then 3 jumps that there wasn't anough room to clear totally so you had to kind of pussy foot over them.
2nd part of the track was mainly down hill, winding twisting and turning through the woods. Lots of big ass rocks all over. The precision honestly saved my life out there.
3rd and last part was back up hill. Winding through a tamrack woods. Trees were about 49-50" apart. It was TIIIIIIGHT gettin the rappy through. Had a few trees stop me. It winded out to a small clearing where they had the tent and scanned our barcode and we were off again back into the woods. I cant get confirmation but the track was about 6 miles long race lenght was 1:45:00
Freaking awesome. The new tires were out of this world.
My bud Josh racing his 440ex took a corner on the first lap to fast went over the track ran right into a tree from what we can tell, it didn't bend the frame, but he completely crushed his bumper, and throughout the race he had a lot of electrical gremlins. not sure why though.
Once I get the pictures I'll post them up. It was a blast and I'll be doing it again!!!
I did get a couple REALLY good passes in. We were on the first part of the track around the 4th or 5th lap, and there were 2 guys on YFZ's. As we got to the top its a hairpin corner, I was on the inside and kicked them both out of the way to take them over. They didn't care to much about going off the track. and instead of taking a really long corner down a hill, I went straight down the hill and passed 3 people!! I can't wait for the next one!
So how did you do? And the trees were 49-50" apart? I guess I wouldn't be able to do that race.
I won't find out lap times until they post them.. I'm just waiting for that. Supposedly it was going to happen last night.
Had a few casualties on my quad I forgot to mention. Bumper slightly bent, A-arm nice dinged up pretty good, pro-armor skid SAVED my engine, lost 1 barker tip and 1 quiet core :(
I heard that the ishock a-arms are not the strongest, but I don't know that for a fact. And how did you loose your barker tip?
Not sure how I lost the tip, somehow the screws worked themselves looses I guess. I noticed the rappy louder but thought I finally blew the sreen out the quiet core or something :lol:
I'll be on the phone with tim today see if I can order 2 new tips. :thumbs: :thumbs:
Where'd you hear ishock arms arent the strongest? ??? For what I hit... I would say they held up good. I didn't dent them or anything, just some scratches in them :lol:
My friend out in cali that is the parts manager for chaparral. When I was looking at that ishock kit I asked him about it. He said to stay away since he deals with a lot of people coming in with their a-arms taco'ed. He just said he had a lot of customers having problems with them.
XC is hard on equipment for sure. :thumbs: Glad you had fun Randy.
Aaron
Quote from: Colorado700R on July 14, 2008, 09:02:03 AM
XC is hard on equipment for sure. :thumbs: Glad you had fun Randy.
Aaron
I'm waiting for Lydia to get the pics to me. Her bro had taken a couple vids on his cell phone too. I can't wait to see them. I forgot the helmet cam, was pretty bummed about that. :(
Quote from: Krandall on July 14, 2008, 09:49:29 AM
Quote from: Colorado700R on July 14, 2008, 09:02:03 AM
XC is hard on equipment for sure. :thumbs: Glad you had fun Randy.
Aaron
I'm waiting for Lydia to get the pics to me. Her bro had taken a couple vids on his cell phone too. I can't wait to see them. I forgot the helmet cam, was pretty bummed about that. :(
And was it what you expected?? And where were your strong areas?? weak ones??
Aaron
Quote from: Colorado700R on July 14, 2008, 09:50:51 AM
Quote from: Krandall on July 14, 2008, 09:49:29 AM
Quote from: Colorado700R on July 14, 2008, 09:02:03 AM
XC is hard on equipment for sure. :thumbs: Glad you had fun Randy.
Aaron
I'm waiting for Lydia to get the pics to me. Her bro had taken a couple vids on his cell phone too. I can't wait to see them. I forgot the helmet cam, was pretty bummed about that. :(
And was it what you expected?? And where were your strong areas?? weak ones??
Aaron
sounds awesome. I would definitely like to try that one day. Did it beat you up physically at all?
Pics? :poke:
Quote from: Colorado700R on July 14, 2008, 09:50:51 AM
And was it what you expected?? And where were your strong areas?? weak ones??
Aaron
It was honestly more than I expected. I've ridden woods my whole life. so I knew what to expect, but at the same time. it threw everything at me.
My strong areas I saw shine were the hair pin turns, and straight aways. Cutting in and out of the TIGHT trees killed me. I think for the next one I'll be getting some 4/1 offset front rims and sucking in my rear. another 2 inches. It got close.
Quote from: Peels660 on July 14, 2008, 09:53:09 AM
sounds awesome. I would definitely like to try that one day. Did it beat you up physically at all?
It honestly kicked my ass physically. I blame the sliding into the rock all on arm fatigue. I was getting to the point where it was hard to even push the throttle / hold on to the bars with my right arm. It was getting bad. but I just kept pushing myself.
Our whole day really started off bad... Saturday was my bachelor party. The guy that was driving us to the race, his jeep was towed overnight. So we were pushing for time in the morning. THEN the trailer we had got a flat tire over night. we got there 15 mins before the race started. I didn't get a chance to get my camelback filled with water so that sucked. But I'll be @ the next one for sure!
Quote from: Krandall on July 14, 2008, 10:09:57 AM
Quote from: Colorado700R on July 14, 2008, 09:50:51 AM
And was it what you expected?? And where were your strong areas?? weak ones??
Aaron
It was honestly more than I expected. I've ridden woods my whole life. so I knew what to expect, but at the same time. it threw everything at me.
My strong areas I saw shine were the hair pin turns, and straight aways. Cutting in and out of the TIGHT trees killed me. I think for the next one I'll be getting some 4/1 offset front rims and sucking in my rear. another 2 inches. It got close.
Quote from: Peels660 on July 14, 2008, 09:53:09 AM
sounds awesome. I would definitely like to try that one day. Did it beat you up physically at all?
It honestly kicked my ass physically. I blame the sliding into the rock all on arm fatigue. I was getting to the point where it was hard to even push the throttle / hold on to the bars with my right arm. It was getting bad. but I just kept pushing myself.
Our whole day really started off bad... Saturday was my bachelor party. The guy that was driving us to the race, his jeep was towed overnight. So we were pushing for time in the morning. THEN the trailer we had got a flat tire over night. we got there 15 mins before the race started. I didn't get a chance to get my camelback filled with water so that sucked. But I'll be @ the next one for sure!
Glad you finally got to experience it :clap: And if were not training for it before, I bet you are now!! Best thing I've found is swimming with Cross fit. Forearm/shoulder endurance is crucial. ;)
I got arm endurance :grin_nod: :lol:
Glad you had fun and i'd like to try it some day
Quote from: kyledvor61 on July 14, 2008, 03:28:56 PM
I got arm endurance :grin_nod: :lol:
Glad you had fun and i'd like to try it some day
Left arm larger than the right huh? :rofl:
I can't wait for the big race coming up!!! I am glad to hear you reviews as I am not the only on feeling what I feel about the races.
We hit the trails hard this weekend and I am about as sore as it gets. About every muscle in my body is throbbing!! Steering stabilizers are a GERD send. I really tested out the CCP this weekend. Took some really nasty hits to it and all is well. My buddy behind me mentioned when we got back to camp "Did'nt that hard hit hurt your wrists?" It took me a while to realize what he was talking about. I bairly felt it.
How did the tires work out for ya??
I didn't notice to much the rear tires as much as I'd hoped, but we were running on a slick clay for the most part.. But good none the less. The fronts I can't talk enough praise about them.
the longer and longer we ran, the more the trails were rutted up, I found thatI could ride the wall of the rut with the front/rear tires and not get hung up. they didnt' slip down into the rut or anything it was amazing!!!!
The stabilizer, I have to get out and do some more playing with it and fine tune the settings.
I'd also like to look into Flexx bars.... ;)
What fronts did you get again??
;)
Quote from: Colorado700R on July 14, 2008, 03:29:52 PM
Quote from: kyledvor61 on July 14, 2008, 03:28:56 PM
I got arm endurance :grin_nod: :lol:
Glad you had fun and i'd like to try it some day
Left arm larger than the right huh? :rofl:
left has more endurance, right is stronger. depends on how im feeling that day :rofl:
Quote from: Colorado700R on July 14, 2008, 03:43:33 PM
What fronts did you get again??
;)
GNCC's.. All I can say is.. they are DEAD SEXY :grin_nod: :nana:
:grin_nod: I love how you can find your own groove with them, ruts or not. :grin_nod:
Only so much you can do with wet clay as far as traction goes. The more I look into GNCC's the more I want them, and you just made up my mind.
Just wait till you get the XCR's on some loose dirt.
Quote from: Krandall on July 14, 2008, 05:26:49 PM
Quote from: Colorado700R on July 14, 2008, 03:43:33 PM
What fronts did you get again??
;)
GNCC's.. All I can say is.. they are DEAD SEXY :grin_nod: :nana:
So are your rears round and true? No issues?
Quote from: Diggs59 on July 14, 2008, 05:46:01 PM
Quote from: Krandall on July 14, 2008, 05:26:49 PM
Quote from: Colorado700R on July 14, 2008, 03:43:33 PM
What fronts did you get again??
;)
GNCC's.. All I can say is.. they are DEAD SEXY :grin_nod: :nana:
So are your rears round and true? No issues?
No issues as far as I could tell
I'm going to take it out on the tar next weekend and just cruise a bit see if I get any weird vibration
Quote from: Krandall on July 14, 2008, 07:29:43 PM
Quote from: Diggs59 on July 14, 2008, 05:46:01 PM
Quote from: Krandall on July 14, 2008, 05:26:49 PM
Quote from: Colorado700R on July 14, 2008, 03:43:33 PM
What fronts did you get again??
;)
GNCC's.. All I can say is.. they are DEAD SEXY :grin_nod: :nana:
So are your rears round and true? No issues?
No issues as far as I could tell
I'm going to take it out on the tar next weekend and just cruise a bit see if I get any weird vibration
Yours will probably be fine...I'm just unlucky... :grin_nod:
Quote from: Krandall on July 14, 2008, 03:40:54 PM
I didn't notice to much the rear tires as much as I'd hoped, but we were running on a slick clay for the most part.. But good none the less. The fronts I can't talk enough praise about them.
the longer and longer we ran, the more the trails were rutted up, I found thatI could ride the wall of the rut with the front/rear tires and not get hung up. they didnt' slip down into the rut or anything it was amazing!!!!
The stabilizer, I have to get out and do some more playing with it and fine tune the settings.
I'd also like to look into Flexx bars.... ;)
Sorry Randy, but your "Metro-sexual" handgaurds won't fit on flexxys :lol:
Quote from: Colorado700R on July 15, 2008, 02:02:11 PM
Quote from: Krandall on July 14, 2008, 03:40:54 PM
I didn't notice to much the rear tires as much as I'd hoped, but we were running on a slick clay for the most part.. But good none the less. The fronts I can't talk enough praise about them.
the longer and longer we ran, the more the trails were rutted up, I found thatI could ride the wall of the rut with the front/rear tires and not get hung up. they didnt' slip down into the rut or anything it was amazing!!!!
The stabilizer, I have to get out and do some more playing with it and fine tune the settings.
I'd also like to look into Flexx bars.... ;)
Sorry Randy, but your "Metro-sexual" handgaurds won't fit on flexxys :lol:
:rofl: :owned:
Sounds like a good baptism by fire for you Krandall, glad to hear you had a good time. :thumbs:
Thats great keep it up. I did a hare scramble and a couple of Poker runs in WA. It is a lot of fun and have not done anything down here yet. I have a good partner, he has the skill of a pro level rider and its hard to keep up with him especially on the MX courses.
Quote from: Krandall on July 14, 2008, 09:49:29 AM
I'm waiting for Lydia to get the pics to me. Her bro had taken a couple vids on his cell phone too. I can't wait to see them. I forgot the helmet cam, was pretty bummed about that. :(
This thread is worthless without pics :lol:
Did they post the lap times yet?
Quote from: Bert on July 22, 2008, 06:01:24 PM
Quote from: Krandall on July 14, 2008, 09:49:29 AM
I'm waiting for Lydia to get the pics to me. Her bro had taken a couple vids on his cell phone too. I can't wait to see them. I forgot the helmet cam, was pretty bummed about that. :(
This thread is worthless without pics :lol:
Did they post the lap times yet?
no... the race we did was District 23. They e-mailed the times to our coordinator who's on vacation. :(
Surprising that more people weren't there ???
they said that was a HUGE turnout. So I'd like to know what a typical one is like.
Any pics Krandall?
:...:
sorry, for some reason lydia's bro is holding them hostage for pics I have from Australia. I will post them up asap.
I'll also post up my lap times tonight. ;) :)
let usknow how your times stood up to the rest of the field, too.
:...:
Quote from: kyledvor61 on August 11, 2008, 04:33:59 PM
Quote from: Bert on August 11, 2008, 04:31:07 PM
Quote from: kyledvor61 on August 11, 2008, 03:43:31 PM
:...:
Patience young grasshopper :batman:
i need to see how much krandall sucked :lol:
I've ridden 1 hare scramble & after 2 hours & 18 minutes I was sore everywhere, 3rd lap was literally about hanging on ::)
Class: Quad C
OFPio/nAs..
CFPiolnss.. RNiudmerber Rider Name: AMA #: Laps: ETilmapes:ed MBiakkee: Of DNiusmtrbicetr:
1 10 223 French, Taylor, applied 17 01:44:13 Honda 16
2 17 245 Remic, Ryan, applied 16 01:42:40 Honda 16
3 18 246 Puccio, Peter, 833443 16 01:43:22 Yamaha 16
4 19 217 Flood, Jeremy, applied 16 01:44:15 Yamaha 16
5 20 221 Remic, Wally, applied 16 01:47:11 Suzuki 16
6 22 313 Sutherland, Michael, 017391 15 01:43:44 Honda 23
7 23 322 Maciver, Meagan, 882163 15 01:45:50 Polaris 23
8 24 306 Filtz, Ken, Applied 15 01:47:01 Suzuki 16
9 28 205 Osieczanek, Dan, 8060093 14 01:44:33 Honda 16
10 29 315 Anderson, Nick, 028490 14 01:44:55 Yamaha 23
11 place in my class 34th over all 331 rider # Orvis, Randy, 10 laps completed 01:12:47 over all time. Yamaha 23
12 33 330 Nyman, Josh, 0660224 8 01:25:24 Honda 23
13 36 305 Filtz, Chad, applied 3 00:26:11 Yamaha 16
14 37 299 Zakowski, Zac, applied 0 00:00:00 Unknown 16
does that say you got first?
Here is an A: Class racer. First colum. Total time elapsed. 2nd. Lap time. 3rd. Avg speed.
00:08:30 00:08:30 21.18
00:13:55 00:05:25 33.23
00:19:24 00:05:29 32.83
00:25:06 00:05:42 31.58
00:30:22 00:05:16 34.18
00:35:46 00:05:24 33.33
00:41:17 00:05:31 32.63
00:46:36 00:05:19 33.86
00:51:53 00:05:17 34.07
Here's my results:
Elapsed Time:
POo/As. PColss.
34 11
00:10:11 00:10:11 17.68
00:16:16 00:06:05 29.59
00:23:19 00:07:03 25.53
00:30:52 00:07:33 23.84
00:38:45 00:07:53 22.83
00:45:46 00:07:01 25.57
00:48:07 00:07:20 24.05
00:56:19 00:08:02 20.75
01:04:15 00:07:56 22.43
01:12:47 00:08:32 21.09
Averages: 00:07:53 23.43
Quote from: kyledvor61 on August 11, 2008, 06:20:48 PM
does that say you got first?
sorry updated the post. I didn't get first. :lol:
Quote from: Krandall on August 11, 2008, 06:28:09 PM
Quote from: kyledvor61 on August 11, 2008, 06:20:48 PM
does that say you got first?
sorry updated the post. I didn't get first. :lol:
gotcha
please space out the columns in the last post there hard to read :mad:
done ya girl
time for some endurance training Randy....
"Up in the morning with the minnesnowda sun..........gonna run all day till the runnings done........Momma and poppa were laying in bed, momma rolled over and this is what she said......gimme some, um gimme some.....PT, good for you, good for me........" :lol:
Sorry, flashback over now :lol:
im sure all the old guys here would thank you :lol:
Quote from: Colorado700R on August 11, 2008, 06:34:50 PM
time for some endurance training Randy....
"Up in the morning with the minnesnowda sun..........gonna run all day till the runnings done........Momma and poppa were laying in bed, momma rolled over and this is what she said......gimme some, um gimme some.....PT, good for you, good for me........" :lol:
Sorry, flashback over now :lol:
I know. I was gettin my ass kicked after lap 7/8, I coulnd't barely hold on. :'(
Quote from: Krandall on August 11, 2008, 06:36:20 PM
Quote from: Colorado700R on August 11, 2008, 06:34:50 PM
time for some endurance training Randy....
"Up in the morning with the minnesnowda sun..........gonna run all day till the runnings done........Momma and poppa were laying in bed, momma rolled over and this is what she said......gimme some, um gimme some.....PT, good for you, good for me........" :lol:
Sorry, flashback over now :lol:
I know. I was gettin my ass kicked after lap 7/8, I coulnd't barely hold on. :'(
Come on out to Colorado.....
"Boy......I'm gonna make you sta-rong" /Major Payne voice
:lol:
:lol:
1 race left for me. End of Sept. I've been trainin for that one. 8)
Quote from: Krandall on August 11, 2008, 06:36:20 PM
Quote from: Colorado700R on August 11, 2008, 06:34:50 PM
time for some endurance training Randy....
"Up in the morning with the minnesnowda sun..........gonna run all day till the runnings done........Momma and poppa were laying in bed, momma rolled over and this is what she said......gimme some, um gimme some.....PT, good for you, good for me........" :lol:
Sorry, flashback over now :lol:
I know. I was gettin my ass kicked after lap 7/8, I coulnd't barely hold on. :'(
ya girl
Quote from: kyledvor61 on August 11, 2008, 06:40:33 PM
Quote from: Krandall on August 11, 2008, 06:36:20 PM
Quote from: Colorado700R on August 11, 2008, 06:34:50 PM
time for some endurance training Randy....
"Up in the morning with the minnesnowda sun..........gonna run all day till the runnings done........Momma and poppa were laying in bed, momma rolled over and this is what she said......gimme some, um gimme some.....PT, good for you, good for me........" :lol:
Sorry, flashback over now :lol:
I know. I was gettin my ass kicked after lap 7/8, I coulnd't barely hold on. :'(
ya girl
I know, I felt like a girl. But after I was done, I thought about it, I've never ridden that hard for that long before. :(
Quote from: Krandall on August 11, 2008, 06:39:44 PM
:lol:
1 race left for me. End of Sept. I've been trainin for that one. 8)
Abs, abs, and more abs.......
then lower back, shoulders, also get yourself a tennis ball and crush the shit out of it at work with your hands (Great forearm work out)
Aaron
Quote from: Krandall on August 11, 2008, 06:41:47 PM
I know, I felt like a girl. But after I was done, I thought about it, I've never ridden that hard for that long before. :(
That's just it, taking a break is the norm for trail riding & goofing off.
It doesn't help that the adrenaline is pumping & your in "race" mode
My single experience sitting at the start line wondering what I got myself into ???
Quote from: Bert on August 11, 2008, 06:57:08 PM
My single experience sitting at the start line wondering what I got myself into ???
EXACTLY what I was thinking. Especially when I watched those A class guys JET off the line. :help:
Quote from: Krandall on August 11, 2008, 07:03:37 PM
Quote from: Bert on August 11, 2008, 06:57:08 PM
My single experience sitting at the start line wondering what I got myself into ???
EXACTLY what I was thinking. Especially when I watched those A class guys JET off the line. :help:
:rofl:
1/2 way through lap one (14 miles) my arms were pumped up, I talked myself into relaxing before I crashed
district 16 racing from Team DNS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vkNILR0xS4&feature=user
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DH5tUBuvJU&feature=user
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ9N2p7JoCs
sweet vids man!!! Looks like a great time! :clap: 8)