UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championship

Was mentioned on Good news week about the MTB world champs here. He also described Canberra as a flat planned City. planned City yeah but obviously he has never ridden up the hills around here.

Wasn’t the hockey world cup run here recently?

Canberra hosted the Athletics world champs in the 80’s sometime.

dvaey said :

Felix the Cat said :

At least the MTBs aren’t disruptive to traffic etc like the V8s were.

Maybe Ive been living under a rock, but before those big flashing signs appeared on the main roads, I had no idea this was coming. The signs I speak of, are the ones saying ‘MTB CHAMPIONSHIPS’ ‘DELAYS EXPECTED’. So, even though you think it wont affect much, apparently someone at TAMS thinks theres enough disruption to Canberras roads for the next week that its worth putting signs up.

Dry your eyes princess

Sorry, my bad I thought it was only World Cup rounds for Cairns.

Just one other World Champs in Canberra that I could find: ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships, held 19 November 2006.

Australia has never hosted the MTB World Championships

Yes it has. Cairns hosted a round of the World Cup in 94 and 95, then the World Champs in 96.

But we were wracking our brains at home the other day to work out whether Canberra has hosted a World Championships for other sport(s) and if so which ones and when??

Country relay tomorrow – yippee!!

Hey Felix the Cat…couldn’t have said it better myself. People…..chill out!!!!

Yes dvaey, I have seen the flashing signs and yes I imagine there will be more traffic than normal along the surrounding roads to SFP but it’s not like these are major thoroughfares and they aren’t going to be closed off. Do you get your panties in a bunch as well when Commonwealth Ave virtually turns into a carpark because of the increased traffic due to Floriade?

What is it with people, why can’t they be a bit more tolerant and embrace different ideas and events instead of being negative about them all the time?

Personally I don’t really care either way about the MTBs. I’m not really “into” them and probably won’t go to this event but I can appreciate people have different tastes than me and do like this sort of thing so I think good on them. I’m not a huge fan of Floriade either, been a couple of times in previous years and can take it or leave it, but can appreciate the time and effort put into putting on the event.

Every “event” such as the ones I just named or others like Summernats or even just a sale at a local shop/business is bound to bring more people into the area, that’s what the purpose of them is for. If that impacts directly on you because you happen to live nearby or it’s on your way to work/school then just deal with it. Leave home 10-15 mins early on your commute to work/school/wherever and this should allow plenty of time even allowing for extra traffic. Or try an alternative route, or even an alternative method of transport (if you can’t beat them, join them – ride a bike to work – can be quicker than driving a car in some cases!). No one is forcing you to attend the event, if you don’t like it then don’t go. It’s only on for a week. Get over it.

I’d imagine there will be delays at least on Uriarra Road, Cotter Road, and Coppins Xing Road, over Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun. So if you take the back roads between Belconnen and Weston Creek to work on those days, I’d be taking the Parkway/William Hovell instead.

Felix the Cat said :

At least the MTBs aren’t disruptive to traffic etc like the V8s were.

Maybe Ive been living under a rock, but before those big flashing signs appeared on the main roads, I had no idea this was coming. The signs I speak of, are the ones saying ‘MTB CHAMPIONSHIPS’ ‘DELAYS EXPECTED’. So, even though you think it wont affect much, apparently someone at TAMS thinks theres enough disruption to Canberras roads for the next week that its worth putting signs up.