Dirt Crits 23/24
By Damian Grundy
Summer is coming! Though with the recent weather one could be forgiven for thinking it’s already here. The snow's ALL gone now so let’s get riding!
The format for racing this season will be Cross Country (XC) one week and Gravity the next, swapping week-in - week-out. Tuesday October 3rd is the first week with an XC night and then the first Gravity night will follow on October 10th.
The Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club Summer of Dirt Crits racing will once again kick off on Tuesday October 3rd as usual at the now WORLD FAMOUS Riflebutts MTB Park.
The first week will be an XC Race. The format for the first event of this season will be a lap consistency time test. The objective is to ride a minimum of two timed laps of the marked course.
The First winner will be the rider with the best consistency i.e. two laps with the closest elapsed times.
The second winner will be the rider with the lowest combined two lap times.
Rests are permitted between each lap and riders can complete as many laps as they want with a minimum of two required to be in the running.
The primary rules for the night are that the laps should be raced at your usual race pace AND no looking at any timing devices during the efforts!
Racing will start at 6pm sharp!
The course for the evening will be marked out earlier to allow a highly recommended familiarisation and warm up lap for all competitors.
This is about seeing where you are at without having necessarily going directly head-to-head with other riders. This will help establish rider handicaps and racing categories for subsequent races.
Preliminary rides:
Please join us for some pre-season rides at Riflebutts Park for some riding and training. Let’s see how the trails are holding up and have some input on possible XC courses for the season’s races.
While you’re there, ask Damian about training and technical tips to improve your racing.
• Sunday Sept 24th at 9.30am
• Tuesday Sept 26th at 5pm
• Sunday October 1st at 9.30am
See you there!