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William42

William42

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Jul 31, 2007
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didn't he have brake issues before worlds too? Anyway, losing worlds because both brakes simultaneously failed might be enough to convince somebody to switch from a strong brake to another strong brake.
 
Gallain

Gallain

Monkey
Dec 28, 2001
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William42 said:
didn't he have brake issues before worlds too? Anyway, losing worlds because both brakes simultaneously failed might be enough to convince somebody to switch from a strong brake to another strong brake.
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It was only one brake that failed and it was because of a crash earlier...
 
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davet

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Jun 24, 2004
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Gallain said:
It was only one brake that failed and it was because of a crash earlier...
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Really?

Aaron said at the finish line – “I really don’t understand what happened. I warmed up as usual, tested the brakes as usual at the top, walked down the course to have a look at how the track was running, went into my run, brakes working fine for the first minute or so, and then bang, nothing. I crashed and got up as soon as I could, pumped to see what was there, but it wasn’t enough, and knew my day was run”.
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tuumbaq

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Jul 5, 2006
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davet said:
Really?
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yes really , Shimano did a video with Monk a while back explaining the brake failure on that ONE brake.

Your quote is taken out of context, Aaron said he first got the impression he had no brakes but in fact he still had the front.

Beside, we've all seen him carried on down the track pulling whips and doing silly stuff...I dont know about you but there's NO way I would keep riding my bikes downhill if I had ZERO brakes :thumb:
 
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ritche

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Dec 3, 2011
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just saying, Charre won the worlds on production saint brakes....modified!
 
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slyfink

slyfink

Turbo Monkey
Sep 16, 2008
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I guess that was my point. Yes, it's been in the works for a long time, but it never made it to market. Perhaps the impending competition from DVO and Suntour is was spurred them on to finally release their fork, before they lose too much market share.
 
Wa-Aw

Wa-Aw

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Jul 30, 2010
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Mo(n)arch said:
So, looks like Gwin really adopted Demo9's riding style...
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I'd have to go against you on that one. His feet positioning and slammed back seat give away the fact that he's having a hard time adjusting the higher yaw angle measurements of the demo compared to the session
 
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the law

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Jun 25, 2002
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Wa-Aw said:
I'd have to go against you on that one. His feet positioning and slammed back seat give away the fact that he's having a hard time adjusting the higher yaw angle measurements of the demo compared to the session
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I believe he meant "Demo9's riding style", not the best style for the Demo.
 
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csermonet

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Makes me laugh when people say Aaron has no style lolol clearly you haven't seen the video of him testing the Session 9.9 in Whistler, or the video of him riding Griz's jumps on his Yeti back in the day, or his 3 Minute Gaps segment. Style for daysss. Unfortunately he's still dull and bland and probably not much fun to drink a beer with. Oh thats right, he doesn't drink beer. Or tequila. Or whiskey. Or scotch. Or any other of Satan's concoctions.
 
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