Atta boys! There is no experience quite like the thrill of racing. Advance at you OWN pace and always have fun. Racing is not only about competing against others. It is about challenging yourself, testing your determination. Most of all it is about having FUN. If you keep it fun, you can never loose.
I actually thing I'm going to try a little MX. Turn after turn and I need toget used to jumps again. Nothing crazy though, I'll still roll those lol. I really want to try everything. The races seem so far apart, I'm loosing my mind with boredom since that race lol.
I am also a starting C-rider (2nd season now) and I try to go to the MX track occasionally for practice. I do not want to enter an MX race, but the track teaches you a lot about corner speed, momentum, and putting power down that you don't learn in the woods. I'd definitely recommend it!
Thats what I like also and yep, you can do all that out there in an environment just for that stuff ... Then on the trails, just look for a piece of ground that allows you to use the technique you have been practicing on the track ...(don't forget the jumps ...Best to learn on a nice hard, groomed take-off ramp) -- A cool track with no one on it but my friends and me is a good time for sure ... I can ride hrs like that ... You can go over and over one area on a track till you are comfortable with it and then move to the next section and then tie them together as the day goes on ... One thing I found out on the track by doing a single area repeatably, was that at anything even close to race pace, I have a very hard time doing almost any section AND doing all the small things needed to keep the correct techniques at all phases... This is why I'm slow even when trying to be fast I concluded from this play time on the track ... I'm no real MX racer even though I race it for fun really and show the Husky to the crowds ... I swear, to me, a husky always looks really fast on a track due to its styling ...
The next race is a hare scramble rather than a GP race so I'm really looking forward to it . Another thing I'd like to do is get back to where the race was held just so I can get used to the steep hills. No doubt that riding on a mx track would help and we have a pretty nice one about 20 minutes away. All around I'm just excited to be on a bike every once and a while and to be in a race. When I actually own a bike it will be a lot easier to get quicker faster. Need some seat time. If my plan works, I should be able to finish the basement in prep for the new addition to the family and get a bike
Those hare type races look pretty cool from the helmet cam stuff some of these guys show ... I think I could find some place in one of those to relax and just ride it out as trail ride ...And speed back up as needed ... Yep, seat time does lots ...
Do you all have different types of events there or is MX it? I could totally see one of those crazy red bull enduros there . I know you say most people use the bikes more for transportation. Just wondering if they race on the side too
Thanks for that one- That is the mantra I tell everyone that balks when the word "race" comes into play. Add to that with all the safety support at races I find it safer than casual open area riding. (no head ons)
Ours is just MX stuff with a single enduro event happening in a few months ... I'm gonna try and do the enduro event for sure this yr ... MX racing in general is part of society here ... They lov it as entertainment and a way to make $$ for many of the locals selling things at a race... Probably any organized race event is safer overall than wide-open woods \ trail riding, ESP if you are riding in the out-back country ... The track racing will come back to the riders themselves being safe with each other where the trail rides have many more variables involved out of your control ...
