Fort Willy
- Thread starter Westy
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Gonna be slickery
Will be keeping Reece on my fantasy team.
Will be keeping Reece on my fantasy team.
PIT BITS 1 - Fort William World Cup Downhill
We've got an early kick off to pit bits from the Fort William World Cup. Stay tuned for a great weekend of racing, action and tech with more to come! Pictured above, Danny Hart's CUBE being built up.
Thats awesome. Is Rachel doing it as well?
she's on the start list, but there was a post on her IG that sounds like she won't be racing. doesn't rule out practice runs.
This is all very exciting! ^^^
Combined with the least fun-looking terrain on the planet….
However, I’ll probably still get up at ridiculous-o-clock to watch the survivors of practice and qualifying preserve the remainders of their season.
Combined with the least fun-looking terrain on the planet….
However, I’ll probably still get up at ridiculous-o-clock to watch the survivors of practice and qualifying preserve the remainders of their season.
Rain makes it better up top, and the course doesn't have much to make it get super greasy nowadays
Bummer, Finns out now too.
Would have been a good course for that Crazy Canuck built like a hockey player.
Would have been a good course for that Crazy Canuck built like a hockey player.
Bernard Kerr had a
Need to update my fantasy team. He was a great value.
greg minnaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. he's been racing ft bilbo world cups as long as there have been world cups there
Yeah, it does sound like him. I just don't think Greg will win this one because he seems to peak late season, and he said he didn't ride much this offseason.
Sounds like he doesn't even bring a DH bike back to South Africa for the off season, which may be a key part to having a long career.
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Mmmm Haggis 
Hater's gunna hate, but Ft William is always one of my favorites. Hope we see both Athertons back on track, even if it's just to shake the cobwebs.
Hater's gunna hate, but Ft William is always one of my favorites. Hope we see both Athertons back on track, even if it's just to shake the cobwebs.
Mmmm Haggis
Hater's gunna hate, but Ft William is always one of my favorites. Hope we see both Athertons back on track, even if it's just to shake the cobwebs.
They have work to do shilling bikes. But it would be great to see Rachel back and competitive.
To me, Ft. Bill has always been funny like that. As compared to other tracks it's not much to look at, but all the racers treat it with a huge amount of respect and make it seem like one of the hardest races to win. I guess it's more evidence that the camera doesn't tell the whole story?
I tend to agree but I had a giggle when they used former Ft Bill winner Troy Brosnan as an example of the wrong body type for the course.
That was out of bounds, wasn't it?He isn't tall but that big ol' noggin gives him a high center of gravity.
He'll be cryin' himself to sleep tonight on his huge pillah.
Interestingly, he also thought that maybe high pivot bikes won't be quite so great for the track due to the flat upper spots, although he acknowledged that Amaury won with the proto Commencal HP. I would have figured the rocky sections would favor them, and that they'd make or break the track more than bermy sections.
I get his point about wanting to be able to pump the corners but I reckon he's potentially off the mark there. I reckon the HP bikes would be epic on that sort of track personally, saving heaps of energy and allowing a good strong finish. The lack of fatigue would have to be bonus on a track that brutal surely?
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