There we go again... Cascades trails with some of the fastest bicycle riders in RSA! Almost enough said, but not exactly. Cascades MTB Park was the venue for the 2nd Enduro here in SA and boy-oh-boy was I excited to ride there again. It was all smiles before the start of the Enduro at 8:30, meeting up with fellow BMC SA rider Alan, also know as one of my best friends and sharing our ideas about what would be the best way to go up to the start of the Enduro.
It was go-time, but used to the race format we knew we would only be timed at the top of the Enduro to the bottom, so we rode our own pace with some of the good DownHill riders like Sam Bull and Tiaan Odendaal and Travis Browning. At the top of the long and steep uphill there wasn't a lot of smiles. Most of them not smiling was the downhillers because they weren't used to hills. The atmosphere was great after everyone caught there breath and got amped and excited to go down the hill. The 1st trail was very nice and lots of fun, but in the end the 2nd trail down was the better one of them all. The adrenaline kicks in nonstop when you going down and often you have to use your brakes just to make sure you stay alive! I thank Nick Floros for choosing the most amazing tracks and trails for us to go down on and KZN MTB for a good Enduro event number 2!
XCE . What is that, some of you might ask. Well folks, thats the new riding format out there replacing 4X. Its flatish track with one little hill in it where 4 guys race against each other and the last 2 gets eliminated after each lap. XC stands for Cross Country and the E stands for Eliminator. The lap is very short, about 500m to 1200m. Dont think that is nothing, the lap is so fast and hard that it almost kills you. My race went very well, completing all my laps in safe position to get into the Semi-Finale. In the end one little tree stump cost me getting into the finale... As I was just about to pass the guy in 2nd my pedal hit a stump 50m from the line when we were side-by-side.
That was all he needed to have the safe 2nd spot! I dropped out in the semi-finale but wow was it a fun race!
Thanks to everyone who raced and supported !
J. Pelser
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