The mountain biking teams best and worst trails to ride
October 3, 2022
The Richfield course only gains about four hundred feet of climbing per lap. On the contrary, the Mantua
course gains about 550 feet of climbing per lap. Big difference, right?
The Richfield course is flat and dusty with large sections of wide trail called “double track” for passing.
But the Mantua only has about .5 of a mile for passing and the rest goes to thinner, longer trails called
“single track”. The Mantua trail is also a lot smoother and not as dusty as Richfield. Again, big
differences between the two courses.
said Jackson Chapman, A sophomore at Davis this year.
What Luke says about the finish is interesting. Most people would think it would be nice for the finish to
be downhill so you can go fast. But the ending is the part of the race where everybody pushes as hard as
they can and they try to pass people, and when there is a lot of passing happening in a small space going
extremely fast, there will be a couple crashes guaranteed.
“The race is a lot smoother and less dusty.” said Harvey Robbins.
problems, it would be a bad race for you.
and faster than Richfield.” said Robbins.
It seems the main consensus is that the upcoming Mantua race will be a lot less dusty than Richfield. A
big thing in a lot of the answers from the riders was that the race will be a lot faster and less dusty than
Richfield.
opinions. Some people said that they were super excited for the race, and a lot of people said just the
opposite, saying that the race would be horrible. I personally think that the race will be a bit of both, some
really good parts, and some bad parts.