[ridea]

^^^^^^^^^ nico on flats ey!? anyone else given in?

I recon itl be sam first, minar will be in the top 5, maby brendan or atlesst he'll be in the top 10 id put nico 5th or lower maby peat in the top 5 as well he's a real good allrounder. Blenkinsop might even be up there who knows. Probably be mainly a flat pedal wash out other than minar and peat(unless they switch but i doubt peat will)

 

[ridea]

ooops
"Almost everyone is running flat pedals, even Minnar, Nico and Peat! That gives you some idea how technical the track is. " (vorb)

 

[Cant Climb]

Nico, minnarr, peat...all on flats?

Has that EVER happened other than in a photo shoot?

I don't believe it for a second......

 

[Wobbler]

http://www.vorb.org.nz/ftopict-60961.html

An article on nicos bike, with flat pedals

 

[jvnixon]

I don't believe it for a second......

Humm...
http://www.littermag.com/theskinny/nicoday1.jpg

 

[rosenamedpoop]

I don't believe it for a second......

Yeah, I would have to see Peaty on flats to believe it.

 

[rosenamedpoop]

How old is Nico now?

 

[jvnixon]

31 i think. Peat is a year older than him.

 

[dhkid]

31 i think. Peat is a year older than him.

peat is 33.

 

[scottishmark]

maby brendan or atlesst he'll be in the top 10

hhmm not so sure about Brendan this time unfortunately as he's bust a ligament in his hand and had to miss Ae the other week. Hopefully he'll be good but that course looks like a killer on the hands!

 

[jvnixon]

Nico was born on February 8, 1976

 

[Akula_7]

Yeah, I would have to see Peaty on flats to believe it.

He had a big pair of Rennie Sig 5.10's on today. The two fo them where doing their freight train thing!

 

[Cant Climb]

Humm...
http://www.littermag.com/theskinny/nicoday1.jpg

you're positive thats a flat pedal.....plus its just practice.....

 

[dhkid]

He had a big pair of Rennie Sig 5.10's on today. The two fo them where doing their freight train thing!

hopefully rennie is fit enough for the race.

cant climb, you can clearly see he is wearing 5.10s

 

[jvnixon]

you're positive thats a flat pedal.....plus its just practice.....

Yea its a flat pedal... more of him on 5.10's from that michelin tire testing... (here's his bike on vorb from today)

 

[Cant Climb]

Yea its a flat pedal... more of him on 5.10's from that michelin tire testing... (here's his bike on vorb from today)

that was just a photo shoot....

...if he's wearing 5-10s then it must be true....thought he be wearing 661's though.....whatever....

 

[Transcend]

More updates and photos in from Gary and Chris on Transcend.

 

[stiksandstones]

Also looks like 'Cully' pedals on Nicos bike...some cully love, how nice.

 

[dhkid]

Also looks like 'Cully' pedals on Nicos bike...some cully love, how nice.

yea, i noticed that on the other thread too. wonder why easton ever stopped producing them. that and 2in rise dh bars.

 

[stiksandstones]

Nico might have the coolest bike....

I was thinking it was pretty ghetto looking, but to each their own.

 

[stiksandstones]

Not that I remember every single race I ever attented, but in 10 or so years of watching first hand Nico race, I can not say I ever seen him race with flats. Saw him 'try' many times, but never race them.

 

[jvnixon]

Jill Kitner, video footage DH

http://jillkintner.com/movies/mtb/swissdh.mov

 

[S.K.C.]

Is it the camera angle, or does the wheelbase on this thing seem insane?

 

[Jeremy R]

Also looks like 'Cully' pedals on Nicos bike...some cully love, how nice.

Do you have any in your garage laying around for sale?
Seriously.

 

[stiksandstones]

Do you have any in your garage laying around for sale?
Seriously.

Sorry Jeremy, I have ONE pair and those are for the momento box.

If you NEED them, might check some UK resources, I heard they bought a ton from easton before production ceased.

 

[dhkid]

Do you have any in your garage laying around for sale?
Seriously.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=2896

you can get them, but for a price. a very big one...

my self, i got two sets.

 

[S.K.C.]

Jeremy I'm surprised you missed it - about 2 months ago a couple of online shops have been selling NOS Cullys. Cambria had them for a bit, but no more.

I'll see if I can dig up the U.K. shop that had em'...

EDIT: nevermind (see above)

 

[Rick205]

By the looks of it only the suspension designs the same on nico's bike compared to my lapierre its based on.

His is longer, slacker, lighter looking - looks smaller too (standover wise).

This is going to be one interesting WC, you can really see how mental steep it is in that video.....

Rick

 

[Jeremy R]

Sorry Jeremy, I have ONE pair and those are for the momento box.

If you NEED them, might check some UK resources, I heard they bought a ton from easton before production ceased.

I gotcha. I would keep them too.
I have the Flatboys now, but I always liked how narrow the Cullys were.

 

[Joe]

who gives a crap about the track when the DHers are going thick, full beards like this http://www.jillkintner.com/home_blog/http:/www.jillkintner.com/home_blog/IMG_6089.html... damn that's sweet!!!!! thanks for the image Jill.

ha, thought that was obe wan konobe (sp?) aka Ewan magreggor!

 

[stiksandstones]

More like King Leonidas from 300

 

[Joe]

maybe

On a less important issue. I hope that course is open to ride this summer!

 

[vitox]

totally unrelated

 

[rosenamedpoop]

Is it the camera angle, or does the wheelbase on this thing seem insane?

Cam angle fo-sho. Nico is a wee wee maan, wis a wee wee bike.

 

[stiksandstones]

^ stood next to Nico many times...and at 6'1" he was not much smaller than me.

 

[Whoops]

More on Vorb here;

http://www.vorb.org.nz/ftopicp-1336166.html#1336166

cooool


and
here on Nico's bike

http://www.vorb.org.nz/article-60961.html

 

[davetrump]

More on Vorb here;

http://www.vorb.org.nz/ftopicp-1336166.html#1336166

cooool


and
here on Nico's bike

http://www.vorb.org.nz/article-60961.html

someone is late to the party... all this was posted 2 pages ago (post #76 and #84)

 

[Toshi]

^ stood next to Nico many times...and at 6'1" he was not much smaller than me.

i've heard multiple times that he's 5'9". wasn't there footage of him standing on tippy toes on the podium in alpha project (?), with him in first, of course , where peat was on a lower step yet just as tall?

 

[ÆX]

i know there is no stock ss 12x135 rear hub save hope,
but i am nobody and WTB and I9 made me one so my rear is dishless and
strong like a 150. you would think nico could get one.

 

[Whoops]

someone is late to the party... all this was posted 2 pages ago (post #76 and #84)

ahhhh. my bad, I blame beer.