The KZNMTB Provincial Enduro and Downhill Championships presented by Greg Minnaar Cycles this year boasts a brand new downhill track, and will be taking place at Cascades MTB Park on 2 and 3 July.<\/p>\n
Track designer, Nick Floros says that all procedures have been put in place to ensure that the brand new downhill course will bring exhilarating thrills for all of those involved.<\/p>\n
Floros explained the story behind the change: \u201cWell the guys have been riding the same World Cup Downhill course for the past five years, so they begin to know every inch and every rock and it isn\u2019t doing much to push them and improve their riding.\u201d <\/p>\n
Floros described the course as \u201cquite technical\u201d and \u201cmuch steeper\u201d with off camber sections in the mix as well. \u201cIt\u2019s completely different to the old one,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Although the Championship event is aimed at the KwaZulu-Natal riders, Floros said that those from the other provinces should definitely get involved and come and ride the track.<\/p>\n
While seemingly more difficult, Floros ensured that the course is also catered to those not as experienced. \u201cWe have focused quite a bit on the Elites in order to challenge them more. However, having said that, for every obstacle there is on the course, there is an easier way around it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He mentioned the importance of balance between the A and B lines in order to still get a good run in. \u201cI\u2019ve ridden the track on a trail bike, just to put it into context,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n
The Enduro tracks are being taken care of by Mark Sydney, who has so much to say about this year\u2019s Enduro Champs course, but won\u2019t. \u201cThe thing is, most of the trails have all been ridden before in Cascades, and when the riders know where the tracks are, the locals in Pietermaritzburg get the \u2018advantage\u2019 of riding them in the week and weekends for practice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
This way, Sydney felt that Pietermaritzburg locals wouldn\u2019t have any advantage over other riders across the province, as there will be no information made available until just before the race. \u201cNow, there\u2019s no way that the course will be \u2018over-practised\u2019 on, and destroyed before the day of the event, so that the riders are able to have great trails ready for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sydney was firm in his decision not to dispose or give away anything. \u201cI could say that it\u2019s similar to last year\u2019s trails, I could say that it\u2019s completely different, but I\u2019m not going to. Let the riders come and see for themselves, and be surprised on the day,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re hoping to get a solid amount of entries, between 100-120, that would be fantastic,\u201d Sydney concluded.<\/p>\n
The once-off 2016 KZNMTB Provincial ENDURO and DOWNHILL Championships \u2013 presented by Greg Minnaar Cycles, is taking place at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 July respectively. More information and entry details can be found here: http:\/\/www.roag.co.za\/eventinfo.aspx?EventID=1730<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The KZNMTB Provincial Enduro and Downhill Championships presented by Greg Minnaar Cycles this year boasts a brand new downhill track, and will be taking place at Cascades MTB Park on 2 and 3 July. Track designer, Nick Floros says that all procedures have been put in place to ensure that the brand new downhill course […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1286,207,825,824],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-17971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-cascades-mtb-park","tag-downhill","tag-kzn-mtb","tag-kznmtb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17971"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=17971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}