*please be the turf builder*2012 team rumour and speculation
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What a surprise!
I wanna see him riding his cheese bike!
I wanna see him riding his cheese bike!
well that was anti-climatic
Only exciting thing seemed to be an allusion to a new bike.
Brendan helped specialized a lot with their bikes, going to be cool to see his input on their gravity line.
kinda of interesting move when you consider that scott sells an FSR suspension bike outside the US...
Aren't they all linkage driven single pivots?
looks like it, just checked their yurp site. At one time they were making an FSR clone, or am I thinking of a completely different company?
stop hating on the climate!
yawwwwn, I forgots a letter in my hastes
Up untill 09 or 10 they were all Horst outside the US they are now not. You are not crazy
well i wouldn't go that far. i knew they were doing it, wasn't sure when they stopped. i think there were a few other companies that did it as well.
That would be sick!
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Khs and possibly azonic although they may have stopped making the frame prior to that year.
Sabrina Jonier on Labyrinth bikes (and BOS suspension) with Remi Thirion
Infos VTT : Saison 2012 : Sabrina Jonnier chez Labyrinth
Infos VTT : Saison 2012 : Sabrina Jonnier chez Labyrinth
I did that 3 times across 4 urinals once.
from his FB page
Ohhh, my fingers smell sooo bad...
Australian National DH Round 1 Qualifying - Thredbo
Elite Men
1 Jared Graves 5:37.74
2 Troy Brosnan 5:39.06
3 Ben Cory 5:40.28
4 Sam Hill 5:48.42
5 Kaine Cannan 5:49.33
6 Doug Dunn 5:52.63
7 Rhys Atkinson 5:52.79
8 Graeme Mudd 5:52.95
9 Lindsay Klein 5:53.71
10 Ben Power 5:53.72
Elite Female
1 Tracey Hannah 6:14.81
2 Michelle Crisp 6:53.69
3 Claire Whiteman 7:10.77
4 Trudy Nicholas 7:31.31
5 Philippa Rostan 7:44.87
6 Holly Baarspul 9:36.72
Only qualis. but great to see Hill and Graves there. Race tomorrow. I'm sure you can all make many rumours from these times
Elite Men
1 Jared Graves 5:37.74
2 Troy Brosnan 5:39.06
3 Ben Cory 5:40.28
4 Sam Hill 5:48.42
5 Kaine Cannan 5:49.33
6 Doug Dunn 5:52.63
7 Rhys Atkinson 5:52.79
8 Graeme Mudd 5:52.95
9 Lindsay Klein 5:53.71
10 Ben Power 5:53.72
Elite Female
1 Tracey Hannah 6:14.81
2 Michelle Crisp 6:53.69
3 Claire Whiteman 7:10.77
4 Trudy Nicholas 7:31.31
5 Philippa Rostan 7:44.87
6 Holly Baarspul 9:36.72
Only qualis. but great to see Hill and Graves there. Race tomorrow. I'm sure you can all make many rumours from these times
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the 40 second female gap didn't jump out at you! Ahahhahahaha
its almost a 6 minute course, but brosnan and graves are up almost 10 seconds on hill.
are there any other women who can compete on a world level from australia? might have something to do with it, we might see hannahs time being a little closer if atherton or mosely was racing.
are there any other women who can compete on a world level from australia? might have something to do with it, we might see hannahs time being a little closer if atherton or mosely was racing.
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you'd think on a 5 and a half minute track that some of the riders are saving quite a bit for finals!
And Davinci.
I'm just really surprised to see that Hill is doing the whole Aussie series, big commitment for a guy that lives 2000km + away from the races. Contrary to popular opinion he is clearly motivated to win again after two seasons of injury. Graves is gonna be a major treat on certain world cup courses this year also. Why Ben Cory diesn;t try to go after some World cups again is beyond me.
Other then that, the "re-brand" of the UCI MTB World Cup should be coming soon, It'll be nice to have a fresh look to the series and not just the same old road-esque UCI look to it. Nice to see some changes coming in the sport and some real competition and dare I say real professionalism coming to the sport in terms of off-season preparation and physical preparation.
Other then that, the "re-brand" of the UCI MTB World Cup should be coming soon, It'll be nice to have a fresh look to the series and not just the same old road-esque UCI look to it. Nice to see some changes coming in the sport and some real competition and dare I say real professionalism coming to the sport in terms of off-season preparation and physical preparation.
Great to see Graves doing so well so soon. He's been training his ass off since the end of last season, trying to completely reshape his body to get into DH shape. He'd spent the last ~5 years of his life with an extremely specific training plan to have maximum power and efficiency for the +/- 45 second effort it takes to win 4x. His goal going into 2012 was to drop over 20 pounds in muscle mass in order to be more fit for the longer format DH races, and it looks like it's paying off. The dude is an animal.
Australian DH Series, Thredbo Round 1 Finals:
1-Troy Bronsnan
2-Sam Hill
3-Jared Graves
From Sean Heimdal's twitter
1-Troy Bronsnan
2-Sam Hill
3-Jared Graves
From Sean Heimdal's twitter
Troy is absurd. We need some times!
Tracey still destroyed everyone
i didnt think Troy was over 19 yet. i thought he was still in the same class as Fearon
Elite Men
1 Troy Brosnan SA 5:31.54
2 Sam Hill WA 5:33.87
3 Jared Graves QLD 5:34.63
4 Ben Cory ACT 5:38.76
5 Rhys Atkinson NSW 5:42.15
Elite Women
1 Tracey Hannah QLD 6:15.73
2 Claire Whiteman ACT 6:56.24
3 Michelle Crisp NSW 6:59.05
4 Holly Baarspul WA 7:25.46
5 Trudy Nicholas ACT 7:27.98
Might be safe to say that Fairclough left specialized to avoid being the third wheel. I honestly think Brosnan will continue to outshine Hill..which will be an odd position for Hill to be in.
Great to see Graves' apparently successful focus on DH. He's always been one of my favorite riders! I hope he can keep up in the techinical.