What is challenging about the below pictured course? Why do you even need a suspension fork let alone one that costs $1000? I’ve said it since the introduction of MTB to the Olympics and I’ll say it again — professional mountain bikers and the courses they ride on are fucking lame. I’m ecstatic that the US Nationals are coming to Mt. Snow so that all the US pros will suffer and cry some more. They’re already freaking out about it and as they face one of the most hardcore courses in the sport I really hope some reconsider their profession. I remember reading an article about Tom Danielson’s (c/o East Lyme, CT) wife (a pro MTB’er) pissing and moaning about a NORBA course in North Carolina being too difficult. Isn’t that what mountain biking is about? In the mid-90’s Connecticut had the most hardcore local mountain bike series in the country. Jack Rabbit Run in Norwalk, CT was the LARGEST one-day mountain bike race in the WORLD. 13,000 riders and spectators! I was there! And trust me that shit was hard.
I might give racing a big FUCK YOU this year and just ride on my own because even on a local level its not what it once was. Real riding is done with your friends on your local trails when no one else is looking. Real riding becomes legend during the post-ride beer that follows.
