downhill is dangerous man. What if he scraped his hip and couldn't carry his removeable chinbar in his fanny pack at the next race!
Val di sole - WC finals 2017!!!
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Some American friends told me that his Morpheus exploded under him in Whistler, so he went and got a demo bike.Dakota Norton with a great result on his Sessi....I mean Morpheus
Seriously though, great results for him, Charlie Harrison and Bruce Klein.
In any case, my money's on Gwin or Hart. Agree with others that Rachel probably won't win, but disagree that it's due to her shoulder. I think she's just not that into DH anymore. She wants to be a tube strapper.
Didn't she deny that in a recent interview with Warner?
Footage starts after the crash:
Lots of people deny lots of things in interviews. Especially with the likes of Rob Warner.
TBH, I'm just making shit up here. I saw a couple IG posts from her regarding respect for Enduro and loving riding her "little bike."
Gotta love blanket guy moving in to cover the bike corpse. I was actually expecting Kathy Sessler to magically appear and just throw her body onto the broken frame.
I don't care if the bike breaking caused the crash or the other way around, there's no way that was a gentle slam. It sucks that his main concern is hiding the bike. The number of phones out pointed that way shows it's justified though. Limbs in one piece would be a little higher priority I'd think.
You gotta hide that shit and get it out of there fast before Pakistan invites China over to have a look.
That thing has like 70" wheelbase. He either 50/50'd a lump or drove the front end into something. I don't think I've seen a frame fail like that any other way.
Guess they need to thicken up the wrap when you keep increasing the leverage on that thing. Either way it's sick that he pretty much matched gwinn in qualis after that. That's burly.
did it say anywhere he got injured? my guess is that its unlikely given his quali time. he may have even been a little cautious as a result of the crash tho.
he was limping after the crash - i lizardly assumed that meant pain and injury.
wait - am i also supposed to know what all the photographers look like? this sport just keeps getting harder and harder...
it's certainly possible. guess we'll find out tomorrow.
i also assumed that he'd be sore after a crash since i'm sore if i bend over too far without stretching first. sometimes i forget these guys aren't middle aged.
<insert bending over and stretching joke here>
greg is one of the oldest guys racing.
Just imagine all the dentists that will reconsider their purchase if we don't quickly put this jacket over the frame that's split in two. Quick Boris, quick!
Thanks for reminding me that those things exist. God dammit.
crash footage right at the beginning:
https://www.facebook.com/RedBullBike/videos/vb.572719819512238/1401626809954864/?type=2&theater
https://www.facebook.com/RedBullBike/videos/vb.572719819512238/1401626809954864/?type=2&theater
interesting - new style dork logger:
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/cecile-ravanels-quarq-electronic-brake-monitor-val-de-sole-dh-world-cup-2017.html
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/cecile-ravanels-quarq-electronic-brake-monitor-val-de-sole-dh-world-cup-2017.html
Edward ScissorLegs, is that you?
I've crashed to bed harder than that. Besides, he crashed in a flower bed for F'sake. There's not a rock for 25' in any direction! Get up you dirt roadie and ride that POS the rest of the way down...
What pussies!
What pussies!
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come on, how often are you riding somewhere with immovable, vertical pieces of wood all over the place?
... now with extra UV protection!
looked more like the front end got stuffed and it overtorqued?
probably a combination of both - twisted and weakened then poled and brokened.
Looked more to me like the new tire let loose in a rather abrupt manner. the tree hit did the frame in. it's all the new tire's fault.
fortunately, rarely. cactus generally have some give to them.