Would be great to have WC race in the Cape next Year. The biggest problem with DH tacks are land access and shuttle access. and the sport is not popular enough to be noticed. I think we need decent bike parks that cater for DH, XC, BMX and jumpers...

Just to complicate things further, one needs to consider how the technical difficulty of a track changes as you start to go faster.

I must admit that I'm terrible when it comes to maintenance of my rides. Maybe that's why I favour the KS posts. Well... and cos the Joplin doesn't come in 27.2mm But here's the general user opinions on the one vs the other. http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?p=6753264

@Candyman, the bike park jumps are smaller and easier than most of the spruit ones. The table-top line on the dirt jump track there is a great place to start. There is however a line of ski jumps on an off-shoot of the spruit. In fact I took a friend there on tuesday. Some of them are kinda big and one gets about 2m height, and 5m distance... but they're all on a descent, so one can literally just roll off them. No gaps to worry about. They're very DH style (the biggest being about the size of the big ski jump in the original Helderkruin line, but without those nasty rocks to land on, and no sharp berm at the bottom). A good place to learn to jump at speed. The jump pictured though... that line is more slopeslyle... requires some finesse. But when you do a smooth flowing run on that line... the feeling is amazing! Then you get the Scout hall dirt jumps. Those haven't got huge gaps (biggest being about 4m), and they don't require much speed... but they shoot you high! As for building... on a DH run you'll want more of a ski jump type setup. A launch with a landing on a descent. Rocks, logs, concrete blocks and even car tyres make for good backfill. Then you just shape the jump with the right kind of dirt. Water it. Compact it. And tadaah! you have a jump that should hold up, and probably get stranger the more you ride it.

since there is no "Western Cape"Dh series yet ( we need sponsors ) we'll define this as the "World Cup" discussion