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Postby dalai47 » Sun Jun 15, 2014 6:48 pm
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Postby Wakatuki » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:17 am
This looks great.
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Postby toolonglegs » Mon Jun 30, 2014 3:39 pm
You only need a paddock / playground etc to make CX course...you can put one together in a couple of hours with a little imagination ( no giant bloody diggers required ) .Race on it the next day then forget about for a year.Wakatuki wrote:Oh why oh why do I live in QLD.. Other than the weather...
This looks great.
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Re: AU's first permanent CX course Melbourne
Postby dalai47 » Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:17 pm
This is why it is great to have a CX venue available...toolonglegs wrote: You only need a paddock / playground etc to make CX course...you can put one together in a couple of hours with a little imagination ( no giant bloody diggers required ) .Race on it the next day then forget about for a year.
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Re: AU's first permanent CX course Melbourne
Postby Wakatuki » Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:39 pm
I will tag his thread
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Re: AU's first permanent CX course Melbourne
Postby toolonglegs » Mon Jun 30, 2014 5:18 pm
Yeah great if you have one... Just saying that you don't have to have anything special to organize a cross race... Of the 50 or 60 races held close by to chez moi non are more than paddocks or parks uses once or twice a season.dalai47 wrote:This is why it is great to have a CX venue available...toolonglegs wrote: You only need a paddock / playground etc to make CX course...you can put one together in a couple of hours with a little imagination ( no giant bloody diggers required ) .Race on it the next day then forget about for a year.
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Postby dalai47 » Mon Jun 30, 2014 5:41 pm
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Re: AU's first permanent CX course Melbourne
Postby cancan64 » Tue Jul 01, 2014 1:37 pm
The goats could be a unique obstacle...wont be long before it will catch on in EuropeWakatuki wrote:Yeah, that's why the local school said he loved the idea but the mess.... I know a man with some land, but he keeps goats on it
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Re: AU's first permanent CX course Melbourne
Postby ldrcycles » Tue Jul 01, 2014 2:09 pm
That was my first thought too! I wonder if specially trained obstacle goats are a valuable niche market?cancan64 wrote:The goats could be a unique obstacle...wont be long before it will catch on in EuropeWakatuki wrote:Yeah, that's why the local school said he loved the idea but the mess.... I know a man with some land, but he keeps goats on it
I will tag his thread
In all seriousness though, my block would fit the bill pretty well i think, 45 acres basically consisting of a fairly steep sided valley and a little bit of flat ground at the bottom. 3 dams atm and another 1 or 2 to go in, so good scenery and plenty of water to mix up the mud if the sky doesn't cooperate..
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Re: AU's first permanent CX course Melbourne
Postby Blakeylonger » Tue Jul 01, 2014 2:32 pm
In theory, sure. And there are plenty of paddocks out in woop woop, but only the die hard cx tragics will be there, you won't get a DDCX style event with 350 racers, and even more spectators, schlepping out for that. The poor turnout at Lysterfield proved this.toolonglegs wrote:You only need a paddock / playground etc to make CX course...you can put one together in a couple of hours with a little imagination
Race on it the next day then forget about for a year.
Stewards of parklands, schools etc are very reluctant to turn their grounds over to anyone, for any purpose, even if the damage done is superficial and disappears in a month. NIMBYs (see photo above) are a powerful force. Plus most parks in Melb are either 'passive' recreation, aka unorganised activity only, or if they're 'active' then they're cricket/footy fields and stewarded by the sporting club who definitely won't let it happen.
It's much easier for them just to say no than to work out a way to make it happen.
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