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[QUOTE="fun2ride, post: 1363811, member: 109804"] Thought I would take a min. to give some feedback to the club about this race as well as ask a question or two. I've waited to add to this thread for while because I wanted to bring my frustration level down so I wasn't responding out of emotion. First off, I think everyone would agree riding a dirtbike at Marquette is one of the most fun and enjoyable places to ride anywhere! Second, everyone knows the different sections of rocky area there are tough,technical and demanding. Those elements as well as the other areas are what create the fun and pleasure of going to ride the Loose Moose. The trail and course itself were very enjoyable to ride. What I didn't understand was how the race was laid out! My first question to the club is this: For the level of diffuculty the race was for the average rider, why was it neccessary to make most all the transfer sections trail? For example: B's and A's had to ride trail that wasn't that easy to the restart of the 5th section on 'The Mountain'. There was road right next to the trail we could've taken. You were already going to take a ton of points in the last 2 sections. What was the thinking or advantage to that decision? I'm sure it was no big deal to most A riders but for the average B rider it made riding 'The Mountain' not so fun. 'The Mountain' is very, very fun to ride just not under those race conditions. Like I said you were already going to take gobs of points, why make it that much harder? I didn't ride well so that added to my frustration but I still didn't understand the need to make this race more diffucult than it needed to be. For the average B rider to the C rider there was almost no time at the pauses in between sections to catch much of a blow. It's wasn't like there was a couple of short test sections thrown in to break it up. In my opinion even 1 or 2 short tests can help break up the longer sections and provide a little relief! Is there a reason why there is almost never any short sections in a Loose Moose? The Sandstormers do an outstanding job hosting races and I have attended for the last several years(even the heat wave of 2005) but I have left the Loose Moose a couple of times frustrated and feeling like I did not have fun riding some of the most fun trail that exists. 2009 was one of those years. Not sure if I will return for 2010. Still feeling some dissapointment. I just think there must me some way you can still race all the same types of trail and competitively take points without pounding riders into the ground! I respect the Sandstormers a great deal and hope that none will take offense to my comments! I know its tough to please everyone and I understand I may be in the minority. I can accept that! Thanks Sandstormers for all your work!!! [/QUOTE]
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