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Follow on Google News | Mark Duffus and the Different Types of Mountain Bike RacingAlthough biking itself is a pretty tough task after a long while, mountain biking is something Mark Duffus finds his most strong point.
By: Representative of Mark Duffus What is biking? It can be a way to get from here to there, a hobby, or even a sport. For mark Duffus, biking is all of that and more. Although biking itself is a pretty tough task after a long while, mountain biking is something Mark Duffus finds his most strong point. Below, is listed some o the different types of mountain biking. • Cross- • Downhill - Downhill (DH) racing is a time trial event. Riders start at intervals that can vary from 30 seconds to three minutes-depending on the stage of the competition - and the rider with the lowest time wins. As the name of this discipline implies, DH races are held in steep, downhill terrain, resulting in higher speed than in cross-country racing. The terrain is also often somewhat rougher than in cross-country racing. The bike is specialized and has a long travel suspension and powerful disc brakes. • Freeride – A Favorite mountain biking style of Mark Duffus is freeride. Freeride (FR) competitions are not so much a race as they are a competition of skill. Courses contain varying cliffs, drops, obstacles, and ramps. There are usually a large number of ways in which to complete the course, and scoring is dependent on the competitor's choice of routes, the fluidity of riding and tricks performed (style), and sometimes also the time in which the course is completed. • Dual Slalom/Dual - Dual Slalom (DS) is a ski-inspired event which pits two riders against each other on two identical man-made tracks side-by-side with the same jumps and berms, with a rider on each track, and the first across the line wins. The contest has a knock-out format. Dual (DL) events are similar, only two riders share the same course/track. So dual is a contact sport. • Four cross - (4X, also known as 'mountain cross' or 'bikercross') • Marathon - Marathon (XCM) is perhaps the toughest form of mountain biking because riders often have to cover more than 80 km in one race on mountaineous terrain. The distances usually vary from 60 km to 100 km. Races often exceed 100 km, but are then termed Ultra-Marathons. Recently UCI has inaugurated the Marathon World Cup. Basically it equals point-to-point (PP) discipline and that means that riders have a mass start from point "A" and they finish at point "B". Mark Duffus excels in marathons. • Stage Races - Stage Races consist of several races - 'stages' - ridden consecutively, usually over a period of several days. A stage is usually similar in length and structure to a Marathon mountain bike race. The competitor with the lowest cumulative time to complete all the stages is declared the overall, or General Classification (GC), winner. Stage races may also have other classifications and awards, such as individual stage winners. • Bike trials - Slow negotiation of man-made and natural obstacles where setting a foot down constitutes a penalty. • Dirt jumping – mark Duffus thinks that if you are looking for biking on a more fun side, dirt jumping is the way to go. Dirt jumping (DJ), similar to freeride, it is a competition of skill, differing that it involves the rider to jump off mounds of dirt to perform the best tricks with the best style. It differs to freeriding that the jumps are usually much larger and designed to lift the rider higher into the air and the bicycle is different to its counterpart. • Mountain bike orienteering (MTB-O or MTBO) is an orienteering sport on a mountain bike where navigation is done along trails and tracks. The major focus becomes route choice while navigating at bike speed. Special equipment used is a map holder attached to the handlebar of the bike. The sport is governed by International Orienteering Federation. If you are thinking about joining a mountain biking event, Mark Duffus recommends you do so as soon as the season starts. You definitely will not regret it. Resources: www.wikipedia.org # # # About Mark Duffus: A well respected, determined, successful man. All the things that make Mark Duffus the good person that he is today. End
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