For those who believe in rumors,please stop...

2019 Winter Short Track will be happening. Dates will be announced soon. 
Renni is not lost. The dump and repair of the dump are all on the fields and open lands. The trail is in the woods and for the most part is not located over the old dump. We are getting ready to sign an MOU to expand the trails and will officially start this fall rebuilding and add trail back. 

So believe the hype, Renni will rise again and Winter Short Track is coming!

People be cray...

Summer Series Struggled to get 30 riders there
Winter Shortrack has 300+riders per race. Not Ded!


Now to figure out what new additions will be coming to the course for 2019............

Is it going to rain this year?

Doc00t wrote on 10/01/18 at 6:12pm:

this is not what i wanted to hear

It is official!  For those who hadn't heard yet, the dates for this winter's series have been posted to their site and also announced on FB.  Still awaiting confirmation that the rain has been cancelled.   

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Sometimes we even have rain ice and snow all on the same day.  They have beaten me once, and I still have the scars to prove it!

Signed up for Sunday’s race this afternoon. Had a chance to ride the trail last week prior to the Enchalada and it was pretty darn fun. Been a while since I was there last and hadn’t seen the new exit from the woods. Looked pretty cool but couldn’t quite figure out if the more techy short cut was faster or not. Any opinions?

pearl wrote on 01/18/19 at 3:25am:


I'd agree that it's faster... if you stay on the bike.  Bobble and run... depends on the quality of the bobble and the speed of the run.

Also, traffic.  Someone screws it up in front of you and then you ded.  Ask me how I know that.

MTBPharmD wrote on 01/18/19 at 8:02pm:



Should be right at 1 mile laps. You’ll race for overall/physical position. Depending on what category you sign up for, race time will be 30-45-60 minutes. Expect 4-5 minute laps. This will give you a good guideline to go by.

Man, almost 300 people yesterday at short track and not ONE post about how the race went? Where are those people at? They obviously don't visit this forum

Plenty of people in your place that are out their battling it out, I’m pretty sure you’d find someone to race against!

i was gonna say, did you have your own photographer?

Dick Pics always get top priority

Brad6160 wrote on 01/23/19 at 12:47am:

Which is amazing, looked like a CX race at the start!

First weekend of racing images are up over on Icon Media Asheville:

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some guy was doing an A+ job heckling/cheering and taking a video, looked like he had some high tech equipment, anyone know who it was?

AMitchell47 wrote on 01/28/19 at 7:25pm:



I put it up this morning.

Oh & then there was our pal Mario with SUPER CYCLING Race Photographer, found these of Race #2. 

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pearl wrote on 01/21/19 at 8:29pm:


There's a huge "underground" mountain bike scene in Charlotte that just shows up to race on club built trails, keeps their trails (Dixie River, and BYT back in the day) to themselves and never posts on the board.  

Robert C. wrote on 01/29/19 at 12:47am:

That’s a bummer... I guess

The hecklers yelled out that they would be checking for AARP cards at the finish line in the masters class.   

If I wasn't already about to vomit, I would have been laughing pretty hard.  There was also a guy who would heckle AND cheer us on with some positive stuff - nice work 659! That was really cool.  Every little bit helps my failing old brain!

They asked my friend with plus tires and a large camel back if he was going camping after the race.

the heckle crowd by the rock was weak. it sounded like i was riding through a library.

AMitchell47 wrote on 01/29/19 at 6:29pm:



I think that was Jake, I didn't see him for race 2.  I didn't get heckled any at the "pro" line; mostly encouragements and I even screwed it up the last time!

Robert C. wrote on 01/29/19 at 12:47am:


Just a clarification: Dixie is not open because its not complete and there is no parking. Once both of those tasks are checked off it will be open to the public

you seemed very confused....

Wears my bike wrote on 02/04/19 at 4:45pm:

TOO MANY OPTIONS

Not sure my wife would approve of me paying $5 for a picture of you Dicky. I would certainly pay that for a picture of my son this Sunday in the Kids free race.

ciao
Santana

big shout out to the crowd at the A line again!

AMitchell47 wrote on 02/11/19 at 5:22pm:



Yeah, Sunday can be a bad day to race if you are looking for peak performance.  Especially if Saturday is your long ride day.  No worries, though. Like you said, still fun and a great way to add some intensity into your riding.

pearl wrote on 02/12/19 at 6:31pm:


As much as I'd rather be in the woods, if you take away the gravel, you get rid of the majority of the passing opportunities.  Lapped riders can add crucial seconds to a lap in such a short period of time already.  I'd hate to be stuck in slower traffic any more than is already happening.  

Keep in mind, this is coming from a dumb single speeder racing 50+ who loses a butt ton of time to the other riders when they open it up on the gravel/pavement.  It doesn't play into my favor.

I'm all for making more technical options and rewarding those who can get through them quickly.  Way, way back in the day (think dinosaurs) the NORBA pro course in Traverse City had at least four sections that had options, one technical and one way longer.  I can only remember the log pile (where Travis Brown broke his collar bone in practice, dashing his Olympic dreams) and a huge gap over small pond with an 4' inflatable alligator in it.  Folks like Tinker and Tomac getting crazy air time while their rivals went the long way around.  Soooo good.  


The fact that I can't find one image on the internet is great disappoint.  

Signed, 

Stupid in Charlotte

Or pop back onto the gravel after some more woods, just not all the way to the parking lot.   

Worth a try for next year?  We could build a new A line!  Or would it be a C line?

This year we I only built the 1 new berm to let the trail settle a bit before making more changes. We had three years in a row with big changes each year and it was a struggle this year. Also, i need to fix the double drop downhill we built last year to make it more stable and more fun. That is a project i have planned for the summer. 

But yes, for 2020 there will be some more evolution to the trail like we saw in the past to keep interest high. But right now i think we have almost the right balance between gravel and trail with my desire to add a little more trail, maybe 10% more. 

But there are a few things i have to work on for next year: 

The city will be building a new building which is located on the fenced in yard. There may be some reroutes to get around construction. 
Fix the double drop downhill
add more options features for risk reward vs more trail. The A line B line has been really effective in adding a strategy/fitness/skill element and would love more of those. Caveat is Neal does not want any on trail merger points and i do not blame him due to the risk of collisions. The A line B line works because it dumps onto the gravel road and leave room to mess up and merge. 
Making the berms bigger and continuing to armor the trail. 
A section of the gravel road may get split into trail on the left and right which merges back on the road. A choose your path decision of equal lenth, and making the trail a flow trail/pump track section. 
Adding another Aline B Line somewhere on another climb. 

I also have some other land which may add trail to the front third before you punch back into the woods. It would add another downhill section and climb, with the goal of keeping the same fast action which makes the series fun. 

Lots of ideas as i like making the trail fresh every year.