Mountain Bike Racing - testing a brand new course - pictures

Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.



PDA
erhan
03-31-08, 06:32 PM
Last month, 2 days before the race day I went to practice this new course. When I got there I saw the volunteers working on the course. They stopped me and asked if I could help them measure the length of the course, and make suggestions about some sections. I had the bike and the gps, and he had the camera. I thought it would be interesting. So here it is...

This is the straight after the start


The straight heading into a rocky section.








climbing...


finally a section to get some rest. We thought it would be a good spot for a feed zone.



more to come...

erhan
03-31-08, 06:35 PM
a fast section


heading back to the forest


oops... need more speed to clear that one


a techy part


going down... (invisible drop in the middle)


...and up again


gets steeper and steeper, gps says that last climb is 45%. looks like a wall in person


a chance to cool down


not enough cooling though, more to climb...



...
erhan
03-31-08, 06:39 PM
this section gets quite technical after where I am


hmmm.. should I try this shortcut?


no balls!


tiny water pass


at this point the volunteer got tired from walking and let me go. yehaw!


Here I come... This picture is a blur, but during the race right at that spot I had my worst ever crash. Came in too fast, braked too late and too hard, went over the bars. A classic!


How am I gonna turn that one?? *looking ahead*


made it!


phew.. cleared that section...



...

erhan
03-31-08, 06:40 PM
this one was fun, too bad the picture sucks


back to the start-finish. 5.25 km, well done guys



So, this is it. I will also post the pictures that I took at the elites' race.
ZeCanon
03-31-08, 10:10 PM
that looks like a sick course! where is it? I'm itching so bad to get back on my mountain bike and race in some dirt again. Enough of this road racing crap!
erhan
04-01-08, 05:04 AM
that looks like a sick course! where is it? I'm itching so bad to get back on my mountain bike and race in some dirt again. Enough of this road racing crap!

It's located in southern Turkey, only about 10k from the Mediterranean coast, and about 800m high from the sea level. I was told that they spent weeks to find a suitable spot and build the course. Sick course indeed, I wish there were more pictures. :)
erhan
04-01-08, 06:43 AM
some pictures from the elite mens and womens race
erhan
04-01-08, 06:44 AM
podiums...




finally a couple of hot bikes
troie
04-06-08, 07:47 PM
Very nice course. Im surprised to see so many hardtails.
erhan
04-08-08, 04:00 AM
Very nice course. Im surprised to see so many hardtails.

FS bikes aren't very popular around here. In that race I think I saw only 2 FS bikes, the 2nd place guy, and the 3rd place a girl. The rest riding hardtails.
zjk
05-23-08, 06:06 PM
that looks like a great race......to bad i live in america.....

i guess ill find others:)
bbgobie
05-23-08, 09:12 PM
That looks like so much fun! I don't have the skills to race it, but o well! Can't learn without trying!
Wish we had more like that here.
gastro
05-31-08, 12:27 PM
I like looking at different terrain / trails and that stuff definitely looks fun. Great thread erhan.