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<\/a>Downhill course designer, Nigel Hicks, says that this one will definitely be rough, but exciting, at the second round of the 2016 KZNMTB Provincial DHI and Enduro Series – Presented by Greg Minnaar Cycles which takes place at Giba Gorge MTB Park on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 March. Photo: Paul Botma<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cA couple of changes are likely to be made near the bottom too, to aid in the spectacle of the riders sending some big hucks to the finish line,\u201d says Hicks.<\/p>\n
Although being one of the more technical tracks on the KwaZulu-Natal MTB calendar the track is not known for big airs, with the riders having to tackle the mentally and physically jarring rocks before entering a fast flowing middle section with a steep off cambers and natural fade-aways to the finish.<\/p>\n
Newer riders fear not, as the track is totally ride-able with B-lines around the one large drop on the course. All other obstacles are designed with safety in mind and are fully roll-able.<\/p>\n
As a tip of advice offered to all at the top of the hill before their giving their all \u2013 Hicks says:
\u201cWith Giba being a relatively short track with a steep overall gradient (25% average) and limited pedalling sections, the track requires absolute precision from the riders if they want to lay down a good time. The smallest of mistakes can put paid to a medal as the times are always exceptionally close on this track.\u201d<\/p>\n
KZNMTB would once again like to thank both Giba Gorge MTB Park and landowner Brian Zorg of Hillcrest Lawn Mower Centre for their continued support towards Downhill racing and allowing the event to take place on their properties and utilise his access roads.<\/p>\n
Enduro course designer, Guy Ronaldson talked us through the Enduro track: \u201cWe have two trails on the blue side and a few inter-linking trails as well, and we\u2019re adding one or two new pieces being built as we speak.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the freeway side we have two exciting trails, which start at the top of the main line. Stage three is the old Enduro course, including the \u201cThree Bridges Backwards\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ronaldson said that the Queen stage (stage four) includes some great pallet jumps. \u201cWhat\u2019s also cool is that we have a lot of B-lines around the sections, and this course leads down to the restaurant. In the middle of stage four, however, riders will have to huff and puff quite a bit, as there is a steep climb of about 10-15 metres,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The family-fun sport of Enduro is an ever-growing discipline, and knits well with the personalities and general way of the people of KwaZulu-Natal. \u201cEnduro is a really cool and exciting fun thing to do. It combines gravity with the need to pedal everywhere. It\u2019s totally relaxed and fun,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n
Round two of the 2016 KZNMTB Provincial Enduro\/DHI Series \u2013 presented by Greg Minnaar Cycles takes place at Giba Gorge MTB Park (near Pinetown) on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 March respectively.<\/p>\n
Entries are open and close on Wednesday 23 March 2016. Enter here: http:\/\/www.roag.co.za\/eventinfo.aspx?EventID=1728<\/a>. For any further details, please visit www.kznmtb.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more information, contact Rebecca van der Linde info@kznmtb.co.za.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The second round of the 2016 KZNMTB Provincial DHI and Enduro Series \u2013 presented by Greg Minnaar Cycles takes place at Giba Gorge MTB Park (near Pinetown) on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 March and promises to be one of the more technical tracks, according to Downhill course designer, Nigel Hicks. Although labelled \u201ctricky\u201d and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1076,220,2366,824],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-18501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-dhi","tag-enduro","tag-giba-gorge-mtb-park","tag-kznmtb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18501","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=18501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18501"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=18501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}