Well had a brief msn chat with peel member chris currie today and he asked me should he do the garbanzo dh. Well naturally i said yes because we love to put our mates into unknown danger. Now if your not fimilar with the garbanzo here’s a brief description from the guy’s at whistler.

It starts way up at the tippy top of the Whistler Bike Park and then goes down forever. This year’s epic enduro downhill pits both World Cup and local riders against 3,400 vertical feet of roots, rocks and muchos grande air… fingers will cramp, eyes will water, and brake pads shall smoke like a bush fire.

Now for an idea of times Sam Hill won by 30 seconds last year with a time of 14:25:07 passing brian lopes on his way.

This is all part of the Kokanee crankworx which chris will be at all week, so hopefully he’ll also get some great shot’s he can pass on to us for the site. http://www.crankworx.com/whistler/home.php

Well post a comment in the comment box and tell him what to do….. RIDE IT FOR PEEL.

From Crystal at the Munda Biddi. If you can help them this weekend it would be great. Let her know by Wednesday if you can help………

As you are probably now aware an opportunity has come up for the new section of Munda Biddi from Collie through to Nannup to be opened on Thursday 28th of August. In order for this to become a reality we all need to come together and help as DEC needs a hand with some construction.

You can assist with basic hut or bridge construction, trail construction, signage or planting work during the week by arrangement. (Steel cap boots are required for hut construction and recommended for other work)

This weekend, 2/ 3 August, Kerstin has organised a working weekend and unfortunately we only have 2 confirmed attendee’s. So if you are available please support us and help out as we need all the help we can get (even if it is just for one day) to get the trail construction complete in time.

Also as you can see below in exchange for your help DEC is offering to pay for accommodation for both the Friday and Saturday nights and also for some of your meals.

If you are available to help out this weekend or at anytime during the next few weeks please let me know by Tuesday 29 July so I can do up a roster and let Kerstin know. There will be the opportunity to car pool once I have done up the rosters and know who is going down when, so I will be in touch about this.

This is an exciting time for the Munda Biddi and your help would be much appreciated to help us meet the deadline and get the trail open by the end of August.

Kind Regards
Crystal Reed

Marketing and Events Coordinator
The Munda Biddi Trail Foundation Inc.
PO Box 7445 CLOISTERS SQUARE
Tel: (08) 9481 2483
www.mundabiddi.org.au
events@mundabiddi.org.au

http://www.farkin.net/article/bc892f/World_Cup_Round_5_-_Bromont_Live

that pretty little link above will take you right where need go.

Times

always check for time changes 24hours prior.

If you wondering why there was no seeding run it was because of the huge amount of rain they during the week and the 4x almost didn’t go ahead. Good to see Cedric Gracia in a finally again even if he did taco a front wheel, good laugh though because he still rode it down. Check it out here http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1691027884/bclid1683773662/bctid1691838089

As you can see no graves, his main focus along with a few other’s is now beijing.

 Elite Men:
1. ALVAREZ DE LARA LUCAS Rafael - ESP
2. SALADINI Romain - FRA
3. TSCHUGG Guido - GER
4. GRACIA Cédric - FRA
5. TATARKOVIC Kamil - CZE
..
18. EICHHORN Cody - AUS

Elite Women:
1. BUHL Melissa - USA
2. SUEMASA Mio - JPN
3. GRIFFITHS Fionn - GBR
4. BEERTEN Anneke - NED
…
6. BUCHANAN Caroline - AUS

Full results here.

Well MSA was a muddy race this year, and on the day it was Greg Minaar. Greg is realling looking good at the moment with his new shoulder. A great race for local boy Mitch Delfs getting sometime in the hot seat and finishing 14th.

Taken from http://www.farkin.net/forums/showthread.php?t=136136

Round 4 of the Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup saw the World’s best downhill racers hitting it out on a damper Mont-Sainte-Anne course after more than a month’s break from racing the series. Team Monster Energy Iron Horse’s Sam Hill (AUS) took 2nd place in the semi final, and another 2nd place in the final, to now find himself 2nd overall in the series. Team mate Brendan Fairclough (GBR), now back in full fitness, finished 12th, a career best on the physically demanding course.

Whereas many believe Schladming and Maribor are courses that Sam owns, he is the first to admit that his win in Mont-Sainte-Anne last year was against the odds.

“Coming here I know that this track suits guys like Greg Minnaar, Steve Peat and Gee Atherton. It’s one for the bigger guys who can carry speed better than me and are stronger in the pedaling sections,” said Sam.

Therefore, to score a 2nd here was an exercise in damage control before moving to tracks that suit him better.

Mont-Sainte-Anne was not its typical dry and hot self for the downhillers this week. Plenty of rain and fog earlier in the week, and water running off the mountain keeping sections of the track wet throughout the day, despite the lack of rain. Tire choice was important with the changing surfaces from dry out in the sun, to muddy slippery sections in the forest, catching some top riders out including previous winner on this track Chris Kovarik (AUS).

Results Elite Men:

1. Greg Minarr RSA Santa Cruz Syndicate 4.30.57

2. Samuel Hill Aus Monster Energy   +1.73

3. Gee Atherton GBR Animal Commencal +2.26

4. Steve Peat GBR Santa Cruz Syndicate +2.96

5. Fabien Barel FRA Subaru Mountain Bike Pro +6.68

6. Samuel Blekinsop NZL Yeti Fox Shock Factory Racing +7.77

7. Nathan Rennie AUS Santa Cruz Syndicate +9.55

8. Julien Camellini FRA Chain Reaction Cycle +11.17

9. Justin Leov NZL  Yeti Fox Shock Factory Racing +11.78

10. Aaron Holmes Gwin USA Yeti Fox Shock Factory Racing +12.08

11. Chris Kovarik AUS Chain Reaction Cycle + 12.71

14. MAD MITCH DELFS AUS Kenda Tomac +16.61

25. Amiel Cavalier AUS Giant Mountain bike team +22.54

30. Jared Rando AUS Giant Mountain Bike Team +23.49

46. Joshua Button AUS +29.26

63. Tim Eaton AUS +34.22

67. Will Rischbieth AUS +35.45

ELITE WOMENS

1. Racheal Atherton GBR Animal Commencal 5.18.21

2. Tracy Mosely GBR Kona +7.87

3. Emmeline Ragot FRA Suspension Center +9.19

4. Sabrina Jionner FRA Team Maxxis +10.30

5. Florine Pugin FRA Playbiker-Ironhorse +18.36

Full results here

POINTS

1 3 MINNAAR Greg 792
2 1 HILL Samuel 770
3 2 ATHERTON Gee 727
4 4 PEAT Steve 642
5 6 BAREL Fabien 424
6 5 CAMELLINI Julien 403
7 7 KOVARIK Chris 386
8 8 LEOV Justin 356
9 9 BLENKINSOP Samuel 348
10 12 RENNIE Nathan 314
11 10 ATHERTON Dan 270
12 13 PAYET Florent 243
13 18 FAIRCLOUGH Brendan 228
14 14 CANALS FLIX Pasqual 222
15 11 PASCAL Mickael 212
16 17 PEDEMANAUD Fabien 206
17 15 NEETHLING Andrew 202
18 16 CATHRO Ben 194
19 25 BEAUMONT Marc 164
20 23 LEHIKOINEN Matti 164
21 19 GUARDIA PASCUAL Bernat 145
22 31 DELFS Mitchell 143

Rando was also running this new giant prototype

Well not long now. Racing is early sunday morning our time.

Pop over to http://www.farkin.net/article/af59d4/Mont_St_Anne_World_Cup_Live

or even http://www.sicklines.com/events/2008-mont-sainte-anne-world-cup/

Great vid on sicklines at the moment full Helmet Cam run in the wet. Aswell as plenty of Day 1 Day 2 vids from around.

As per usaul keep your eye on http://freecaster.com/1000006_1005297 for live action and for the sickest photo updates from the great men Sven & Perkins head to http://littermag.com/.

Well follow this link over to perth’s site and all the d’s will be there and below. Sorry Kanter’s i pinched ya flyer.

http://www.perthmtb.com/node/1740

Well i’m going to take you all back in time abit now to the wonderful year that was 2002. Bit of Hiway cup history.

Well no suprise’s really the Bell boys were layin the smacked down in junior’s ben skooling bitch back then by half a day, triggaz was playin 2nd fiddle to the slinky in U19’s. Waghorn and kanter’s couldn’t catch Fryer Tuck in hardtail. PAUL NEVE WAS A VET. Praise the lord Stafford was schooling sam’s old man Merv. Dwayne “draino” Purdy was bringing new meaning to the word sandbagging in sport, not just for the race but the whole year. In the women Kezza was showing the ol girls what she showing the new girls now. Expert Bucket was racing and winning. Elite was tough back then Sikmik a younger  Glen Ward and two less boozed Lairds(well maybe not sure). Well then it was Hi way Cup shoot out time Kezza smoked the girls and by 0.27hundreth of a second over sikmik was yep you eyes aint failing you, ANDREW “WERE NOT HERE TO $#@! SPIDERS” LAIRD.

NO PRESSURE BOYZ GOOD LUCK AT THE HIWAY CUP.