New pics of Cytomax Spring Classic Course

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  1. mtnbikej

    mtnbikej Well-Known Member

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    I had linked some of these in another thread, but the pictures were pretty small and hard to see.

    Here is a repost of that thread.

    Check it out.....finished the new singletrack yesterday. We ended up building 1.6 miles of new singletrack for the Cytomax Spring Classic. A few spots still need a little bit of tweaking, but all in all the new traill.


    We will be having two practice days at the Flying B Ranch for the Cytomax
    Spring Mountain Bike Classic. The first practice day will be on Sunday,
    April 9th and the second practice day will be Saturday, April 15th. There
    will be $5.00 entrance fee to enter the Flying B.

    Sign up and support XC racing in Orange County.

    mtnbikej


    Check out the pics:
    Larger pics available in my photo gallery..
    http://www.socaltrailriders.org/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/213


    Start of the DH/DS portion of the course....
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    Nice banked turn to carry some speed......
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    One of the 5 or 6 jumps in the DH/DS section....
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    Another banked turn into another jump......
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    Heading into the drop away jump.....
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    Can be aired out......here I am showing it can be just rolled....
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    One of the tricky turns toward the bottom of the DH/DS section...
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    Aonther seciton of the DH/DS section that has a banked turn and a downhill jump......
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    Some mild singletrack DH.....
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    More Singltrack.......
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    mtnbikej Well-Known Member

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    New singltrack climb....easier than it looks......
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    My wife is not great at switchbacks, but was able to clean most of these....
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    Singletrack turn around the tree......
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    So far still climbalble in the middle ring.....
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    Flatter than it looks......
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    Switchback into a tree tunnel........
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    I think it gives the trail character.....
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    MOre singletrack to a switchback.....
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    The uphill switchbacks are huge.....
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    Still middle ring......
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    Fast DH seciton.....kinda feels like San Juan Trail.....narrow, blind, outside turn......
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    You carry some good speed through here.....
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    Makes this climb really easy.....
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    Back down hill......
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    See how the trail meanders through the grass and trees.....
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    We used about as much of this prarie as we could......
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    I think it looks cool....
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    More headed downhill....
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    Into the mulch pit......
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    Needs some tweeking in here.....
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    Finally exiting the mulch pile.....
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    Into a little more downhill........
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    Into even more downhill.....watch out in here....some of the turns are tricky....:eek:
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    Another turn that is tricky......
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  5. i am dino

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    Looking very fun, I can't wait to ride it! Thanks for all of the pix!!!
     
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    dstepper (R.I.P.) Over the hill

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    Where are all the rocks? Them there trails seem baby butt smooth!

    Looks like single speed trails to me.
     
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    There were no rocks to start with:beer::beer:
     
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    dirttorpeedo drive monkey, drive!

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    i think we otta have a downhill race, :-k no uphill cc stuff, that way I get to put the new bikes to use:clap: awsome looking trail,may need water bars tho. i hope i can get out one of the sessions, SEE YA!
     
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    rocks are our friends. Course still looks fun and having lots of singletrack in a race makes it tough. I still need to register for this](*,)
     
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    Looking good, mtnbikej! Thanks to all who have put so much work into the course. Hope it holds up through all this weather.

    Can't wait for the pre-ride, should be fun.

    Chop chop, Kippie, time's a wastin'!
     
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    The new single track looks great. What time can you ride it on the practice days and can people not doing the event come and ride it on those days?
     
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    Practice days will be 4/9 & 4/15. Anybody can preride the course on those days. As for the times you can ride.....figure 9am-1pm or there abouts.


    Thanks
    mtnbikej
     
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    Ponch Shake and Bake!

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    I got a feeling I'm going to eat crap on one of those singletrack sections, oh well.
     

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