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Track super duper loamy and sandy type dirt. Never really paid much attention to it in the past.
It seems most tracks these days are going this direction to keep the dust down and develop huge deep ruts.
We know they bring in outside dirt to achieve this because in the past all tracks were hard packed and dusty 20 years ago so I think sandy tracks are pretty much the norm these days.
It is cool to see the roost come off the back and there is zero dust. The dirt just settles and falls back to the ground because of the mixture they bring in.
Night and day from tracks in the past. Just so pretty and loamy and so much traction. It’s not natural though it’s all stuff brought in from the outside.
There was a local track that did the same thing and the dirt was so deep and loamy that my 250f would get stuck and lose power when first groomed and you were first rider on it.
It seems most tracks these days are going this direction to keep the dust down and develop huge deep ruts.
We know they bring in outside dirt to achieve this because in the past all tracks were hard packed and dusty 20 years ago so I think sandy tracks are pretty much the norm these days.
It is cool to see the roost come off the back and there is zero dust. The dirt just settles and falls back to the ground because of the mixture they bring in.
Night and day from tracks in the past. Just so pretty and loamy and so much traction. It’s not natural though it’s all stuff brought in from the outside.
There was a local track that did the same thing and the dirt was so deep and loamy that my 250f would get stuck and lose power when first groomed and you were first rider on it.
The Shop
http://pulpmx.com/app/uploads/2019/07/2019-Redbud-Lawrence.mp3
I know what you mean though, that's the only one I can think of and of course is some yrs ago now. And re-watching; it doesn't even look that bad but the riders and teams have become very accustomed to pretty much one sort of dirt. I miss the variety of the 90s.
Pit Row
What I’m saying, is these tracks, big air, Redbud etc they’ve all had their blue groove years, but, and I could be totally off base, underneath the clay is sand. If you dig these tracks deep enough for decades, you’re going to get to sand. I know they’ve all brought sand/mulch/wood chips etc over the years, to keep the dirt how the riders Prefer but Redbud could be a lot sandier if they just kept discing. That’s just my theory anyway. I just know most places I ride over here, can get as deep as you want but in order to keep the tracks shaped well, mulch/black dirt, even fresh sand needs to be mixed in at some point or it just becomes soot.
It's cool like it is, but I'd like to see what they could do if they loamed it up with a lot of sand and wood chips/sawdust. Save the clay for the jump faces and landings. It would totally change it's personality but it might be cool too.There's no operator in the Portland area that build a loamy track. Albany MX is close but it's not full loam. Mountainview would be awesome if they'd loam it up but they don't have the budget.
It's been cool and dry here in the PNW lately. Be interesting to see how Washougal turns out for the National. Hope to hell it doesn't rain.
Mike
If you want variety that's fine, but don't sit there and complain about injuries and then in the next breath ask these guys to race on asphalt.
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