93EXCivic said:
IMO the geometry of mountain bikes has gotten so much better in the last 5 or so years there is no way I'd go back to older school stuff. Plus a lot of cheap stuff just doesn't hold up or kind of sucks like water bottle holders. I am running a Fidlock setup because I was tried of losing bottles.
I also got tired of losing bottles--the 16.9 oz. Deer Park bottles (gotta be disposable, I ain't washing out water bottles) fit my wire bottle cage pretty loosely. I'd hit a bump at speed and my water would be bouncing down the road. The solution was to stuff an old kan koozie from Brew Thru in the cage. Holds those plastic bottles snug and looks darn classy!
Stefan (Forum Supporter) said:
Streetwiseguy said:
In reply to RevRico :
Which is why clubs need to tone down the class structure for fun competions, and promote the "Your car sucks based on class, but it's really fun, so lets get you some skills, and as you get better, you can delete some things, change others, and add some new stuff that will get you cooking. For now, there is a guy in an old cop car that is about your speed. Try to beat him next week."
It was a long time ago, but my toughest competion in my Camaro was a V8 Corvair, and a bunch of Rabbits/Jettas. I was nowhere near the same class. I also tried, when I made the course, to set something up that would make the guys faster than me (Turbo 510, Beetle on slicks with all the motor) have to shift twice, while I ran around in first gear at 6300 rpm...
Many local/small clubs can be pretty laid back with classing and the like, but if you run with anything more serious then you'll need to build to the rules. This is nothing new and many clubs will still let cars run, even if they aren't legal, but you won't be running for time or points.
I agree about building for the class. After years of campaigning my Camaro, which had every preparation point in the book, and had me competing against open wheel formula cars, I built a twincam Neon to the letter of the IT rules, and went out and won the Western Canadian region two years ina row.
Doesn't change the fact that we have to make people that show up in wildly inappropriately prepared cars how much fun they can have.
