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Since: Feb 17, 2004
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(Msg. 31) Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 7:50 am
Post subject: Re: GNCC Rnd 1, Gilmer TX: Race Report!!! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Brian Jahelka" <webmasterb AT blackjackenduro DOT com> wrote in message news:<1024r5blnh2vo59.DeleteThis@corp.supernews.com>...
> "txmxrider" <txmxrider.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1023iiqr0fqkd53@corp.supernews.com...
> > Great ride report Brian. Sorry I missed you. I must have looked right at
> > your rig and failed to recognize it but it was kind of a sensory overload
> > with so many trucks and trailers jammed in there. Too bad about the flat
> > tire but at least you got to ride. Did you see the guy selling the tire
> > balls? That looked like the ticket to me. Pretty steep at $260 per tire
> but
> > they last virtually forever and when you look at $100 for a foam insert
> that
> > only lasts maybe 6-8 races the tire balls aren't such a bad deal. It's
> still
> > too much for me but if I were serious about racing and a flat tire meant
> > losing a championship then I'd be running them.
> >
> > Everett
>
> I think its an interesting concept. Problem is, I think they would be a
> total bitch to mount tires using those. I've been pretty religiously
> putting on a new tire every race. I change compounds depending on the
> terrain, or take off a tire I just raced on and save it for another race,
> and put an older tire on for practice. Did you sit there and watch him
> mount a tire with those things?
I watched Wade mount a couple tires at Loretta Lynn a couple years
ago. He made it look very easy. At the time he just threw down a piece
of astro turf and changed it on the ground... no stand. Back then he
used several customized vice grips to hold the bead as he worked
around the tire. I saw on the web page where they have invented a
custon tooltool for holding the bead in the center groove and it
appears you only need one, but it is expensive at $70.
Everything on that site is expensive. I am wondering if it's too
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Since: Jan 27, 2004
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(Msg. 32) Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 8:18 pm
Post subject: Re: GNCC Rnd 1, Gilmer TX: Race Report!!! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Brian Jahelka" <webmasterb AT blackjackenduro DOT com> wrote in message
news:1024r5becau9158@corp.supernews.com...
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> "roost4u" <mcmurria.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:kMmUb.179512$5V2.885081@attbi_s53...
> > "txmxrider" <txmxrider.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:1023iiqr0fqkd53@corp.supernews.com...
> > Did you see the guy selling the tire
> > > balls? That looked like the ticket to me. Pretty steep at $260 per
tire
> > but
> > > they last virtually forever and when you look at $100 for a foam
insert
> > that
> > > only lasts maybe 6-8 races the tire balls aren't such a bad deal. It's
> > still
> > > too much for me but if I were serious about racing and a flat tire
meant
> > > losing a championship then I'd be running them.
> > >
> > > Everett
> >
> > Do you know where to get more information about these tire balls?
>
> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.tireballs.com" target="_blank">www.tireballs.com</a> ?
Actually, you are correct!
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(Msg. 33) Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 1:12 am
Post subject: Re: GNCC Rnd 1, Gilmer TX: Race Report!!! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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> Everything on that site is expensive. I am wondering if it's too
> expensive to succeed?
I agree. Seems a better business model would be to price it lower. Let
demand build and then increase the price.
Keith
'99 200mxc<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: GNCC Rnd 1, Gilmer TX: Spoiler |
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(Msg. 34) Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 3:18 am
Post subject: Re: GNCC Rnd 1, Gilmer TX: Race Report!!! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 00:12:59 GMT, mxcrider <mxcrider DeleteThis @sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
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>> Everything on that site is expensive. I am wondering if it's too
>> expensive to succeed?
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>I agree. Seems a better business model would be to price it lower. Let
>demand build and then increase the price.
>
>Keith
>'99 200mxc
Or maybe they could refer to the Big Guy model and hire Indian
labor to keep costs down?
Fred
'85 RM 250
'79 YZ 80
'81 DT 80<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: GNCC Rnd 1, Gilmer TX: Spoiler |
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(Msg. 35) Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 10:00 am
Post subject: Re: GNCC Rnd 1, Gilmer TX: Race Report!!! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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They have moved the start area at the Loretta Lynn GNCC , it is no longer on
the MX track. Bigger starting area now in one of the fields near the track.
"dsc" <Dudley.Cornman.TakeThisOut@eku.edu> wrote in message
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> "Brian Jahelka" <webmasterb AT blackjackenduro DOT com> wrote in message
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> > Hey Rick,
> >
> > This wasn't an enduro. Or even a hare scramble really. Cross country
type
> > stuff. A lot more open trail than you will usually find in an enduro,
or
> > even the hare scrambles around my neck of the woods. It was a three
hour
> > race however, so endurance was definitely a factor. Especially at the
> > speeds you needed to go to be competetive!
> >
> > That pic was of the 'morning race', which was the C classes, the senior
and
> > vet classes, industry class, women, and kids. It was a two hour event.
I
> > think the afternoon race had at least as many as that, maybe even more
lined
> > up. I think they said there were around 600 bikes there, and 500 quads.
> > Needless to say, the pit area was HUGE!!!
>
> I think the Loretta Lynn race is usually one of the biggest on the
> GNCC series. I rode in it a couple times a couple years ago and I
> think there was around 900 bikes on the start of the morning race each
> time. Also at Loretta's the start is boxed inside fences/walls. Pretty
> much wall to wall bikes like sardines. The 2 cycle smoke gets really
> thick and burns your eyes while you wait for your line to come up.
> Then there's always a HUGE (did I say HUGE) pile up at the first right
> hand turn (More than 90 degrees into a funnel).  <!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: GNCC Rnd 1, Gilmer TX: Spoiler |
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(Msg. 36) Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 7:57 am
Post subject: Re: GNCC Rnd 1, Gilmer TX: Race Report!!! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Taylor" <Taylor DeleteThis @AtekRacing.com> wrote in message news:<UO1Vb.240687$xy6.1268197@attbi_s02>...
> They have moved the start area at the Loretta Lynn GNCC , it is no longer on
> the MX track. Bigger starting area now in one of the fields near the track.
>
Oh... sounds good. Like I say, I haven't been in a couple years. <!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: GNCC Rnd 1, Gilmer TX: Spoiler |
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