Bromont to Host QC-Champ Sept 21-22

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silverstone67 (Sep 11, 2013 at 16:41)

As a regular at Bromont I must admit that they have done a lot of work to improve the DH trails this year , & they seem to be trying to get more people interested in the sport ...

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dhman13 (Sep 11, 2013 at 19:48)

To everybody that like our sport racer or week end warrior, I am organizing a non official meeting at Bromont on Saturday evening right after the RedBull Whip Off contest. I think we need to talk about our sport and where it is going or where we want our sport to go… Come to see me at our Cycles Performance boot Saturday for more info. We need your comments.

A tous les amateurs de notre sport coureur ou rider, j’organise une réunion informelle a Bromont samedi en fin d’après midi immédiatement après le Red Bull Whip Off contest. Je crois qu’il est temps de prendre en main notre sport et de le faire évoluer. Venez me voir à notre tente Cycles Performance Samedi pour en discuter.
Luc

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louif23 (Sep 11, 2013 at 15:22)

This will be a great w-e that everybody should enjoy while it last. Rumors are that Bromont bike park is not making enough$$$ for the owners and that no more money will be injected in the mountain for DH... Hope this is all bs and we will still ride at Bromont for a long time...

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thecrazyfrenchman (Sep 11, 2013 at 15:39)

From what I heard, it's the opposite. They're injecting money for the next couple of years to try and bring back some life into downhill. Which would make sense as the trail crew has been hard at work this year compared to the last few years. There has been some trail makeovers, a new trail early this season and some maintenance done a bit all over the place. I don't agree with all the trail changes, but at least they are working

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germinois FL (Sep 11, 2013 at 16:03)

chainless race into the 21 track

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louif23 (Sep 11, 2013 at 16:21)

As a rider, I would really like to see the bike park get better and better. But the reality is pretty much like RoverDover wrote... MSA is another good example of this trend. No they wont close it next year, but they will let it die by itself... Right now the two major bikepark in our area (MSA and Bromont) are at a crossroad, either inject massive amount of $$$ to have a great bike park, or expand a waterpark, build a new one or new real estate... I'm just leaving you to guess wich road is going to be taken...

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dzeeboy (Sep 11, 2013 at 16:32)

@germinois I'd pay to see brakeless on the 21

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myanh (Sep 11, 2013 at 16:36)

yeah trail crew did a good job on the 7

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guigui333 (Sep 12, 2013 at 0:13)

sorry but MSA is not in the same situation as bromont... syndicate employes at MSA.... Also this year it got destroyed by the rain after the winter also MSA probably make all their money with the world cups week and the winter... no matter the rest of summer

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z05m (Sep 12, 2013 at 5:14)

"Rumors are that Bromont bike park is not making enough$$$ for the owners and that no more money will be injected in the mountain for DH.."

That's Bullshit, I'm a regular at Bromont and I have spoken to the administration and they said that this year they surpassed their objectives by over 30%. It's quite the opposite, Bromont is getting better and stronger. MSA is having serious problems though.

Btw, Brakeless on the 21, yeah that would be really kool but one of these years I'd love to do the BMAXX on the 7. I was told they were considering doing a race on the 7 but the High-Speed section would be too dangerous for intermidiate riders.

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RoverDover (Sep 11, 2013 at 15:59)

Ski Bromont has work pretty hard the last few years to make trail riders feel unwelcome by destroying some of the oldest and nicest trail to build roads and high end houses. Erosion is rampant beacuse of all the trees chopped down to put more and more chairlifts up and ski runs to get as many people on the ski hill as possible. They have realized that trail riders (who dont keep the lift running) are are growing segment and Dhers are not growing at all. 10 years ago everyone went to Bromont, now there are a dozen places within a 2 hour drive that have nicer trails and a more welcoming attitude. Mountain biking is just an inconvenience when you are a real estate developer bulldozing the forest so rich people can have million dollar homes. One day soon DH tracks wont be worth insuring anymore and they will just forget about DH and expand the Waterpark.

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olishit (Sep 11, 2013 at 15:19)

Yes!!!!! Bromont

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type-r (Sep 11, 2013 at 15:21)

the worlds were in 1992 at bromont, 1999 was dh and cross.

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MaaxxEvents (Sep 11, 2013 at 15:27)

Yes, you're right.

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Mathhhh (Sep 11, 2013 at 15:24)

sick!

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cedric-eveleigh (Sep 11, 2013 at 19:19)

An enduro race at Bromont would be cool!