The new yellow stakes??

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Edited Date/Time 5/18/2012 5:47am
I assume these are only for inside corners?


http://instagr.am/p/KvX0ZXFt4p

(Don't know why it won't let me imbed it)
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newmann 5/17/2012 1:02pm
5/17/2012 1:02pm
Gotta love the three unprotected wooden stakes sticking up above the safety barrier. LOL That at the Mexican GP?
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Falcon 5/17/2012 1:48pm
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I like those, but I hate the fact that they become an impediment to good cornering form.

They've done similar things with tractor tires at amateur events all over, and I always hated turning around those. The inside line always seems to form too close to the barrier and you can't lean the bike over.
aFACEdismembered 5/17/2012 2:49pm
5/17/2012 2:49pm
Falcon wrote:
I like those, but I hate the fact that they become an impediment to good cornering form. They've done similar things with tractor tires at amateur...
I like those, but I hate the fact that they become an impediment to good cornering form.

They've done similar things with tractor tires at amateur events all over, and I always hated turning around those. The inside line always seems to form too close to the barrier and you can't lean the bike over.
That's not the tires/barriers fault. Sometimes people take shitty lines and don't keep that in mind when creating them.
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IceMan446 5/17/2012 3:51pm
5/17/2012 3:51pm
I think they will keep people from cutting the track on the inside of corners like we saw a few times last year.

They are pretty freaking big though, DC said they were made out of soft foam. Wonder what happens when you run one over?

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Falcon 5/17/2012 3:54pm
5/17/2012 3:54pm Edited Date/Time 5/17/2012 3:54pm
Falcon wrote:
I like those, but I hate the fact that they become an impediment to good cornering form. They've done similar things with tractor tires at amateur...
I like those, but I hate the fact that they become an impediment to good cornering form.

They've done similar things with tractor tires at amateur events all over, and I always hated turning around those. The inside line always seems to form too close to the barrier and you can't lean the bike over.
aFACEdismembered wrote:
That's not the tires/barriers fault. Sometimes people take shitty lines and don't keep that in mind when creating them.
True, but a hay bale has never caused that problem for me.
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neverwas 5/17/2012 3:58pm
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Falcon wrote:
I like those, but I hate the fact that they become an impediment to good cornering form. They've done similar things with tractor tires at amateur...
I like those, but I hate the fact that they become an impediment to good cornering form.

They've done similar things with tractor tires at amateur events all over, and I always hated turning around those. The inside line always seems to form too close to the barrier and you can't lean the bike over.
aFACEdismembered wrote:
That's not the tires/barriers fault. Sometimes people take shitty lines and don't keep that in mind when creating them.
Falcon wrote:
True, but a hay bale has never caused that problem for me.
I remember trying to squeeze inside of a guy and hitting my front brake lever on a hay bale and going over the bars.

How solid are the yellow markers,Will they move if slammed into?
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jasonv43 5/17/2012 4:24pm
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Why not just make everybody wear a shock collar and when they cut the track....

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ocscottie 5/17/2012 5:01pm
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jasonv43 wrote:
Why not just make everybody wear a shock collar and when they cut the track....

ZING!!!
Like those electric dog fences LMAO!! Woohoo
Sheriff245 5/17/2012 5:26pm
5/17/2012 5:26pm
newmann wrote:
Gotta love the three unprotected wooden stakes sticking up above the safety barrier. LOL That at the Mexican GP?
At a track nearby the stakes are metal. The wooden ones were always broken. Smart move by the owner.
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jtiger12 5/17/2012 5:49pm
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newmann wrote:
Gotta love the three unprotected wooden stakes sticking up above the safety barrier. LOL That at the Mexican GP?
Sheriff245 wrote:
At a track nearby the stakes are metal. The wooden ones were always broken. Smart move by the owner.
ShockedShocked
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kardy 5/17/2012 5:55pm
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ocscottie wrote:
[img]http://distilleryimage9.instagram.com/f67ae832a05911e18bb812313804a181_7.jpg[/img]
Holy crap. Really?
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SEEMEFIRST 5/17/2012 6:36pm
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newmann wrote:
Gotta love the three unprotected wooden stakes sticking up above the safety barrier. LOL That at the Mexican GP?
Sheriff245 wrote:
At a track nearby the stakes are metal. The wooden ones were always broken. Smart move by the owner.
Makes about as much sense as a tractor tire. I know 2 guys who have broken legs because of those. They don't move, and the lugs provide very good traction.

Those yellow blocks look like they'll be ending up in the track to me.
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Xeno 5/17/2012 7:03pm
5/17/2012 7:03pm
What's wrong with good 'ole hay bales? It is a cost issue?
Dutchmenmxpark 5/17/2012 7:32pm
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Hay bales are cheap. Pain in the azz. They move,get hit,come apart. Relatively inexpensive though. Truck tires-definitely-No. I purchased this place and they used to have 900 riders an event and the truck tires were everywhere. I tried it one event in one section. A kid that was here today broke his tib/fib catching his foot on a slow inside and my son jumped a single and hit one and broke his wrist. That was two years,ago. Bad mistake. I like dirt in the corners. Build a wall with it .
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GuyB 5/17/2012 7:37pm
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ocscottie wrote:
[img]http://distilleryimage9.instagram.com/f67ae832a05911e18bb812313804a181_7.jpg[/img]
kardy wrote:
Holy crap. Really?
I'll second. Those are hideous.
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SEEMEFIRST 5/18/2012 2:48am
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GuyB wrote:
I'll second. Those are hideous.
I figured the photogs would love them....Nice bright color to break up all that dull brown dirt. Plus they can hide behind them to get those candid shots of guys coming out of corners.

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Phillips467 5/18/2012 2:51am
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To me, they don't look very 'professional'. Could just be me though...
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Jakes Dad 5/18/2012 4:02am
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And you think they're going to stay plain and yellow right?
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aaryn #234 5/18/2012 4:08am
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ocscottie wrote:
[img]http://distilleryimage9.instagram.com/f67ae832a05911e18bb812313804a181_7.jpg[/img]
kardy wrote:
Holy crap. Really?
GuyB wrote:
I'll second. Those are hideous.
Photographers dream! like a track full of yellow hi vis vests lol
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ocscottie 5/18/2012 4:54am
5/18/2012 4:54am Edited Date/Time 5/18/2012 4:55am
ocscottie wrote:
[img]http://distilleryimage9.instagram.com/f67ae832a05911e18bb812313804a181_7.jpg[/img]
kardy wrote:
Holy crap. Really?
GuyB wrote:
I'll second. Those are hideous.
Sheeeit, they look like left over pieces of the big plastic stick together play things they have for kids...cant think of the name now....goin on 5am and my brain is mush Dizzy

...anyone know the things i am talking about? almost like giant Legos.
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CrashMaster 5/18/2012 5:28am
5/18/2012 5:28am
So what would be the perfect solution for side markers. I agree those are hideous, but i did like the small plastic ones they used...
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Trauma 5/18/2012 5:33am
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Massive waste of plastic.
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Bob454 5/18/2012 5:38am
5/18/2012 5:38am
It is funny that you guys are bitching about track markers, who honestly gives two shits?
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davis224 5/18/2012 5:46am
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I liked the smaller ones they were using before. These just look like something else to block spectators vision and impede photographers. fugly
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karnivool 5/18/2012 5:47am
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Bob454 wrote:
It is funny that you guys are bitching about track markers, who honestly gives two shits?
didn't you see barcia go headlong into a plastic wrapped hay bail last year...i bet he cares...

whats wrong with hay bails?

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