^^ that's cool
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Yeah, hoping Eliot is doing an analysis wrap up like he did for Lourdes. AND, put him back in the booth. Send Claudio packing.
... well, I guess, they're all getting packed up at the end of this season.
i mean how many times can you explain the theory of saving effort at the top to spend it at the end? what a brilliant analysis!
3 for 3 for Pierron. Thats pretty slick...
I don't know if anyone could just talk for an hour and a half without being boring or saying something stupid. Personally I'd just make jokes about muddy ass cracks and shimmz.
I could but you're thinking about it all wrong in your first sentence while recognizing the solution in your second sentence. It wouldn't be boring but saying something stupid would be the staple that keeps it not boring. Rob Warner created the template on freecaster. It's not our fault some dipshit at redbull corporate diabetes LLC decided mountainbiking should sound like NFL. Sometimes shit gets wild on a bike run. The commentary should reflect that.
I want Amaury Pierron to do color commentary, just making bike noises the whole time. Perhaps he can just dub over the race after the fact.
Whapopopop, bzzzzz, cachow plap plap plap
Conor Fearon in 18th on the trailbike. Pretty much an average result from when he was on a Kona DH bike. But hey, it is the chain on DH bikes that slow people down.
That sh!t baffles me. How in hell are you able to hold these lines and the speed in this kind of conditions. Sacre bleu!
Minnaar's nac-nac is sweet. That man is 40.
What is Steve Peat's role with the Syndicate? Does he get paid to grow that stupid facial hair?
Minnaar is rad AF. and one of the first guys to bring nacs and cans over to DH BITD and has always had a unique kinda style when pulling tricks.... glad he hasn't forgotten how. Being sooooo old 
Peaty's earned the right to do whatever the fuck he wants at WCs. Paid or not! including whaterver the fuck he wants to do with his facial hair!
#KinLegends
Peaty's earned the right to do whatever the fuck he wants at WCs. Paid or not! including whaterver the fuck he wants to do with his facial hair!
#KinLegends
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Couldn't watch for 8 straight minutes, but it's truly amazing how stable most of those bikes are.
Pierron is something special for sure, talk about delivering when it counts.
Can't help but think Vergier would have won both races this year if it wasn't for a crash and a mechanical.
A 7th with a crash in lourdes and a 6th yesterday with no chain just 2.4 back. Mind blowing stuff.
Can't help but think Vergier would have won both races this year if it wasn't for a crash and a mechanical.
A 7th with a crash in lourdes and a 6th yesterday with no chain just 2.4 back. Mind blowing stuff.
I can’t wrap my head around that the top 4 guys were within a second of each other on a track like that.
Luca Shaw on Instagram: "Sliding into Monday ahh this is helping me cheer up."
26K likes, 639 comments - luca_shaw on May 23, 2022: "Sliding into Monday ahh this is helping me cheer up.".
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I bet he regrets that attempted scrub this morning.Luca Shaw on Instagram: "Sliding into Monday ahh this is helping me cheer up."
26K likes, 639 comments - luca_shaw on May 23, 2022: "Sliding into Monday ahh this is helping me cheer up.".
That's pretty funny... 
In the Inside Line podcast, Neko said that he flatted and broke a rim in the upper section, right before the end of split 2. Said he was on pace for around 30th or so until that point. He said a lot the other big names (Gwin, Bulldog, etc.) who also didn't qualify also had mechanicals of some form or another. He said visibility was just awful even with tear offs, so it was just a total dice roll as to whether or not you hit something slightly offline.
In the broadcast Warner mentioned a rock that popped up in a rut that was taking out wheels of riders that had been riding that line. That is where having big team that can share course info is a big advantage.
So anyone else surprised how many riders were dropping their transmission concatenations? If I was dropping chains in practice, I'd be scouring the local FB marketplace for chain guides with upper and lower retention (or at least a lower roller for all these magic HSP designs) . I'd damn sure have one on the next time I raced the Scottish quarry.
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Holy shit:
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Vital MTB on Instagram: "@luca_shaw sliding into Monday after Fort William. Rumor has it that he’s still going… So bummed to see his run end this way, but the internet is helping make it a little better . #mtb #fortwilliamworldcup #dhmtb #mountainbike"
36K likes, 480 comments - vitalmtb on May 23, 2022: "@luca_shaw sliding into Monday after Fort William. Rumor has it that he’s still going… So bummed to see his run end this way, but the...".
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this gave me a whole new level of respect for luca
do you even read the thread?Holy shit:
Vital MTB on Instagram: "@luca_shaw sliding into Monday after Fort William. Rumor has it that he’s still going… So bummed to see his run end this way, but the internet is helping make it a little better . #mtb #fortwilliamworldcup #dhmtb #mountainbike"
36K likes, 480 comments - vitalmtb on May 23, 2022: "@luca_shaw sliding into Monday after Fort William. Rumor has it that he’s still going… So bummed to see his run end this way, but the...".
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Lotsa broken Shimano chains also. And high pivot Sessions are apparently terrible at holding chains. I mean, it shouldn't surprise us, since the chainring gets about 30% of chain wrap.
Good point about the lack of chain wrap. I thought I saw a manufacturer trying to bodge together some kind of chain guide for a HSP awhile back. Regardless, sucks that a lot of runs were trashed because of drivetrain issues. Make Chain Retention Great Again
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the new Session apparently rides quite low, so low that the front sprocket has unexpected tendencies to bump into rocks. Loris wrote on his insta that the wind pushed him off line and a rock broke some teeth of his chain ring.
Maybe time to make bashguards great again?
Maybe time to make bashguards great again?
MTB product managers: "we don't need bashguards, most people out there are running 30t rings after all".
Another level of 29er suckiness has been achieved.
