1/10th Off Road on the rise?
 

Seems to be more and more people starting up 1/10th and also joining it from other classes like 1/8 Nitro and 1/10th On Road.... Is this the Renaissance period?

Left it for girls and booze 20 years ago need to escape the girl and kids 20 years on. Hence we are flocking back:p

£10 for every time we've heard that when people come back!

Thats Ok Neil, I only stopped 14 years ago for beer and women and only restarted to try and keep me out of the pub less frequenly - It hasnt worked however, Therefore im keeping that £10 for 3 pints of Directors :thumbsup: Maybe see more of you after the new year :p

I think its on the up for sure, alot of TC lads in my area are coming over to 10th off road, cost is a factor as touring is expensive on the latest kit you need and tyres at £25 a club meeting gets expensive.


Its great to see :thumbsup:

That is spot on.
Time for me to come back to off road!

This section has been on the rise for the last 8 years!!!
Your a newby to the section really haha :lol::thumbsup:

also people are leaving touring cars for buggys, i know quite a few including me that have had enough of the TC world:)

offroad 1/10th revival
 

1/10th offroad is where it all started for a lot of racers...it is great to see the increase in numbers :thumbsup: really positive for the sport...and the club scene with strengthen with extra support in numbers....all good vibes :)

Agree.
 

I am back from a 22 year break, left for real cars and women at 18........ now i have a permanant woman and bored with real cars and shes happy for me to go "play" with model cars, I thought, why not.

Glad this section has been added after i mentioned it last week......

althou there were mixed replies to the sugestion!"!!!! lol.....

10th off road, thats where its at!!!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Add me to that list.

yep add me to that list also my son is just old enough to race at six so I have an excuse for playing out:lol:

Same as everyone else, girls cars etc then came back to the hobby.

I think off road is popular as its easy to get into, and you can spend £100 on a RTR that you can drive in your garden.

Its not really any cheaper than on-road at club level. If anything you spend much more on spares as Buggies get a lot more wear and bangs compared to TC's due to the nature of the racing. (I've spent £10 on parts all year for my TC)

I just like the fact that there seems to be more people coming back to the hobby. I think most people just want to have fun, most of the onroad guys have a buggy and vice versa. As a side note we have had a upturn in the two onroad clubs I go to over the last few months.

Snap..... quit racing in 96 for women and booze.

Came back 4 years ago and suffered touring cars for about 3 years, gave off road a shot and haven't looked back since :thumbsup:

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
 

Looks like most of us are in the same boat, or at least the same river.....

either way, Its GREAT to be back...............

Rubin's Racin People! Lets get rubin!!!!!:woot:

Came over about a year or so ago from 1/8th RallyX the last 2 winter's were killing cars plus nitro, tyre, engine etc ...... prices were going up and up!
But still have a few of them to race in better track / weather conditions, but thoroughly enjoying the 1/10th scene and the lack cleaning a car caked in nitro and mud after a meeting:thumbsup:

I'm gonna give nitro a go next year aswell.:thumbsup:

hmmmm
 

I am tempted......... but loving the 10th/elec at the moment, so not sure what to do............

1/10th
 

Came back after 7 year brake couldn't afford racing at oulton park and Cadwell park anymore £120-£150 for entry fee and £110 for front Dunlop tyre.

ouch....................
 

sounds expensive............:cry:

I'm also back to r/c after a long break. Last week I had my first race since 1999, it was so much fun and I didn't finish last. :D I also did some recreative karting during my break and you can not believe how expensive it is.

One day I was at a track here in Belgium with my kart. I set up my gear and a couple of new guys set up next to me. It's their first day so I help them get started. They bought secondhand gear so of course a lot stuff doesn't work or they don't have. During the day they must have spent over 500 euros each in the track's shop on tires and parts.

So sometime during the day it starts raining. The track has a huge party tent which is completely empty, so we move our stuff in there. Just three guys in a tent that can hold about 30 karts easy. Suddenly the track owner comes storming into the tent, demanding us to get out of there. Because the tent is FOR CUSTOMERS!!!! How's that for customer service? Welcome to karting boys! You've just spent a significant part of your paycheck with these people but apparently that doesn't qualify you as a customer.

You should have seen their faces! We put the owner in his place and he left us alone, but the whole thing was ridiculous. Kind of like watching the karting version of Fawlty Towers. I could never imagine this happening in this hobby. Last weekend I paid a 12 euro race fee and the people of the club were incredibly friendly all day.

You raced at the Black Country Arena??
Couldn,t meet any nicer persons!!!
But they talk funny though, and I cant understand them:eh?::eh?::eh?:

Didn't we have another thread last week moaning about the death of 1/10th due to all the fantastic new 1/8th electric buggies?

I'm a 1/10th man myself despite 25 years off (racing bikes rather than women and beer)

the man has a point
 

I have shelved my tc for next year to do two wheel drivw off road. i was getting tired of tc, the tyre, the lack of smiles, finding myself in the c and d finals when only 1 second a lap down at most... i also like the fact that there are three traxks within an hour of my home

A second a lap is still alot in buggy racing too but you will get more smiles racing buggys cos it's ace :)

I'm lucky ive have been around since early 90's started with a tomy intruder and a cougar 2wd been through the lot lazer zxr all the cats pred losi xx XXX rc10 b2 ,3,4 as our local club converted to TC we followed suit

now enjoying off road again with my boy at worksop thanks to muzz and the schumacher indoor series looking forward to doing a bit more maybe !

Fid and Mitch

retern
 

:thumbsup:why are all us blokes ruled by our trouser snakes.i stoped racin bout 20 years ago for girls and drink and hope to race a bit more 2012:thumbsup:

I also think this is because the rtr buggy market is better.

I for one spent £100 on a Mad Rat rtr and have found it so much fun that im looking into upgrading to the pro model in the next year.

£100 to get away from home on the weekend and race buggies with people is cheap and fun..

Why not.

Dont think we have much to worry about,raced 1/10th 13 or so years ago then had a break went on road now had 1.5 seasons of it since and loving it again.
We have a nitro track near me they bought 1/8th electic spent money on the gear,and only last 15 mins if that,now not be funny but i did 1.8th nitro (dont hit me) liked it but when you race it you need 2 people per car, then £45 on tyres a meeting if you are lucky.
Not trying to upset people but if people go to a meeting see the fast nitro guys,most will say how fast will that go,plus how much does that cost when you say £300 for a engine then 450 for a car ish then all the rest you can see why people run.
Gone off track but :confused:
However did the f345 this season gone i think Paul Worsley said 400%increase in the 1/10ths strongest they have had,and i dont think the lipo and brushless have done us any harm in fact so much easier to be as fast as the brca A finalists (at least down the straight) no black magic needed for motors,etc.
Little knowlage for the escs but forums like OOPLE shed light on a number of things everyone tries to help each other.

RTR are popular too with the main ones as the losi,associated and kyosho do them only other to come out is durango if they will.

At my local track Trccc there has been an average of about 40 drivers at each meeting which i think is good as where we are in the SW we dont have that big of a catchment area as tracks in the midlands do.

So i do think we have nothing to worry about this season apart from 1 think a am affraid is the weather cant stand racing in the wet:thumbsup:

can you get rtr trousers snakes? :)

ive moved over from 1/8th nitro. much cheeper to run 1/th buggy and more clubs in my local area. but still race the nitro summer months.