the best thing to come from my neck of the woods.
i hope the local paper does a article about him. its depressing reading the news and seeing something a local pinner on the WC circuit would be great
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i hope the local paper does a article about him. its depressing reading the news and seeing something a local pinner on the WC circuit would be great
Ah I see. Fair play.
Go him.
Go him.
Kiwi's are on it!! Blinky, Wyn, Brook and Scoles!!
I'm calling 2 Kiwi's in the top 5. 4 in top 15.
I'm calling 2 Kiwi's in the top 5. 4 in top 15.
do teams ship their trucks and or buses over to N.A. for the races here, or do they just have other support vehicles that they have here?
http://www.velovert.com/information/2843/coupe-du-monde-champery-resultats-des-qualifs-dh-
Don't see Gwin on this list. Am I missing something?
Edit: I see him on the start list for tomorrow, so nevermind.
Don't see Gwin on this list. Am I missing something?
Edit: I see him on the start list for tomorrow, so nevermind.
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GWIN IS IN!
Yeah buddy!
U S A!
U S A!
U S A!
Yeah buddy!
U S A!
U S A!
U S A!
Dirt is announcing that Gwin is in.
Lots of teams pit out of Minivans and ez-ups on the NA swing. Trek, Yeti and Giant are among the few teams that have setups on this continent. Specialized still has the same trailer they've been using since Ned and Palmer- but Monster pits out of their own setup.
http://dirt.mpora.com/news/dirt-tv-champery-thursday-practice.html
Lots of guys complaining the jumps are too short. I love Minnaar's comment, "People need to realise we're not going that slow." Yeah, no kidding!
And holy cow, the guy that crashes on the open jumps looks a mess...
Lots of guys complaining the jumps are too short. I love Minnaar's comment, "People need to realise we're not going that slow." Yeah, no kidding!
And holy cow, the guy that crashes on the open jumps looks a mess...
I only recall Minnaar complaining.
where is the start list?
i figured the companies that have a strong N.A. presence would have something for the teams, but was curious with teams like M.S. Evil, Commencal, Mondraker....
the Monster guys did pit out of a minivan at the US Open, but prior years had a trailer getup.
So qualies was a **** show. Utter mess. The monsoon rains that champery is known for came right on schedule...as the top 10 men left the gate. It then happened again 2 more times, evenly spaced out throughout the massive men's field. And then afterwards. Now it's quite nice, go figure. It does explain some of the odd results though.
Gwin may have a broken hand, but still not officially sure if he was DSQd or not. Guys were having 2 and 3 wrecks per run, and still qualifying.
Danny hart through the sickest 2 whips i have ever seen back to back at the bottom of the track.
Gwin may have a broken hand, but still not officially sure if he was DSQd or not. Guys were having 2 and 3 wrecks per run, and still qualifying.
Danny hart through the sickest 2 whips i have ever seen back to back at the bottom of the track.
Does this mean Minnar is the only one not going that slow?
Didn't he injure his thumb/hand at Sol Vista last weekend?
Is this the same injury or a new one?
Thx for the coverage!
he says the same things every race.
fairclough seems to like it. i think he even said he was "giggling the whole way down"
Not correct.
As a protected rider, you still have to follow the rules. A DNF means you qualify in that position and run 20th + the number of riders ranked outside the top 20 who qualify inside of it.
A DSQ for going out of the tape however, and you are out. DSQ. Period.
The case in point however may be reviewed, as a few sections here are completely un-walkable in the dry, let alone today's conditions.
I find this hard to believe Fraser, do you have a link to an official ruling? Logically it makes no sense.
I second that!!!! Get it get it get it!!!!!!
You have to rejoin the track in exactly the same place you went out. Mitch Delf's was DSQ's in Leogang for this exact thing. The UCI did decide differently for Sam Hill and Steve Peat in the 2 earlier rounds, go figure.
The problem here is that the track is so steep, and so slick in sections, that walking back up is a literal impossibility.
The original results I saw showed a DSQ. My guess is the UCI will change it's mind overnight after a petition and 81 will qualify tomorrow. There is no way in hell he could have climbed back up where he went off.
The problem here is that the track is so steep, and so slick in sections, that walking back up is a literal impossibility.
The original results I saw showed a DSQ. My guess is the UCI will change it's mind overnight after a petition and 81 will qualify tomorrow. There is no way in hell he could have climbed back up where he went off.
I'm not debating that he should have been DSQed, I'm sure he should have. From the qualifying run. Your previous post implied that you believe he will be disqualified from the race period, and won't get to start tomorrow despite his top-20 position.
The "Q" next to his name here (quite rightly, IMHO) suggests that you're wrong:
http://62.50.72.82/ftpuci/ftppoelman/ftptouci/MTB/2010/36892_RiderResult_DHI_ME.pdf
Anyway, going back to the Women's. Didn't I all tell you a year or so back that Manon was going to be one to watch? 8th place in the last two rounds, and now qualified in FOURTH today! (And only 0.02 off of 3rd). Woop!
http://62.50.72.82/ftpuci/ftppoelman/ftptouci/MTB/2010/36892_RiderResult_DHI_WE.pdf
http://62.50.72.82/ftpuci/ftppoelman/ftptouci/MTB/2010/36892_RiderResult_DHI_WE.pdf
That's an oddly worded question. But anyhow, I just meant that after watching all of the videos his comments (complaining, bellyaching, etc.) stood out.
In the same video as Minnaar's comments about the track Marc Beaumont also had a little gripe about the length of some of the landings saying how he massively overshot a jump on his first run, whilst attempting to jump everything. He seemed quite amused by the whole event, rather than moaning like Minnaar seems to have done.
Fair do's to Greg he's a professional and dangerous tracks can ruin a riders career, he has a right to voice his opinion, especially when prompted to. I doubt he approached the Parkin bro's saying he wanted to slag the track of. Yet having said that he doesn't need to mope about saying how the poor all the tracks are when there are so many good things to comment on.
Fair do's to Greg he's a professional and dangerous tracks can ruin a riders career, he has a right to voice his opinion, especially when prompted to. I doubt he approached the Parkin bro's saying he wanted to slag the track of. Yet having said that he doesn't need to mope about saying how the poor all the tracks are when there are so many good things to comment on.
I have a huge amount of respect for Minnaar and I think he can win anywhere, anytime. It's all good.I'm no fan of Minnaar's (too clinical, too boring) but I don't think he came across as whinging in that video at all, cut the guy some slack!
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I don't understand the minnaar hate, he's a fricken badass rider and is not boring to watch, ever.....
qfmft!
Minnaar is to mountain biking what Alain Prost was to Formula 1.
I'm gonna go ahead and say he crashed. Just a guess.
Start times are up on Dirt, what times it gonna start raining? 
Edit. Really really need to stop reading the comments on Dirt.
Edit. Really really need to stop reading the comments on Dirt.
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Agreed, he started off the interview by saying he was having fun so far and had a smile on his face the whole way through the interview, even the bit where he was talking about the jumps. This was no whinge!I'm no fan of Minnaar's (too clinical, too boring) but I don't think he came across as whinging in that video at all, cut the guy some slack!
I have a feeling that is all you watch for, to hear him complain. Not a personal slam on ya, I just know when I find someone irritating, I think I find myself just looking for the annoying parts? ya know?
I likes me some Minnaar though he is one of the many guys that give the sport some flavor.
