Fat Tyre Flyers Downhill MTB

 Here are some useful files that you might like to spend an hour or three reading. I hope that they find an audience, and maybe get developed a bit further.

Some items are available as DOC files, some are simply PDFs which were sourced from the MTBA web site.

 Riders Code of Conduct

 MTBA Event Organisation Guide

Code of Ethics for Officials

Social Ride Information

Everyone hates them, but we have to have them...here we try to clear up a few of the more common misunderstandings that crop up every year in Downhill racing.

Category Age Brackets

 This is a doozy...and I cannot count how many times I have explained how this works (I was similarly confused when I got involved so don't be shy).

The rule is deceptively simple : If you pass the age stated in the category before the end of the year in which the season finishes, you cannot enter that category.

So, if you are 14 right now, but will turn 15 in 2010, you cannot race under 15 in the 2009-10 season that is underway. (You will not be under 15...geddit?!)

Think of the age groups as 12 to 14, 15 to 16, 17 to 18...I do, and it makes more sense that way...you are just getting a few months leeway to complete a season. Sigh...I read that and it still seems unclear!

Be warned : If you enter the wrong category, not only are you fooling yourself (the worst crime in DH) but your points will be stripped from you and you will be moved up to the correct category. It has happened...don't take the chance!