One of the differences is the giant slalom competitors get to predrive
sections at a time, or at least they used to. So you can practice your lines
beforehand. Trouble is, the course is usually much faster when done in one
chunk, and the lines are difficult to hold. Hmmm, not enough adhesion. :)
Wrong tires (er, wax), wrong edges. That kind of thing. It gets almost as
technical as setting up a car, except for the knees. :)
In a downhill, large is better, for some, but being able to cut wind
resistance is very important. That's why you see them 'tuck' to cut that
down. A big person has more to tuck or fold. I never did a downhill, just
way faster than I wanted to go, and too much crap can happen. The results
can be pretty bad.
--Pat K
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>From: Kevin Stevens <autox@pursued-with.net>
>To: Pat Kelly <lollipop487@comcast.net>
>Cc: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>, Bryan Nemy
<bnemy@pacbell.net>, autox@pursued-with.net, 'Anthony Tabacco'
<tony@atarchitects.com>, ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Solo2 sucks!
>Date: Tue, Aug 3, 2004, 12:24 PM
>
>
>
> On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Pat Kelly wrote:
>
>> I relate it to skiing's giant slalom, one car at a time through the
>> cones. That makes it easy to understand. A downhill, well, that's much
>> faster, and a 'slalom' is too tight and tricky, more like at gymkhana.
>> --Pat K
>
> Yes, as a non-skier I was surprised when I saw a giant slalom, and
> realized how similar it was. I was watching with some friends, and they
> were surprised at how easy I found it to predict who was heading for
> disaster "Nope, late on turn-in, gonna scrub a bunch of speed!".
>
> BTW, when are these downhill guys going to realize that what they need to
> win in their sport is some big, fat, athletic guys who can generate some
> gravitational horsepower? Offensive linemen would be perfect! They'd
> have to create a SS class for them!
>
> KeS
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