GWIN FOR THE WIN!!!!
Windham WC DH 2015 - Murricaaa!
- Thread starter Mo(n)arch
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Gwin. By 3.5 over Minnar
Lucas Shaw 16 place +7sec
Mullaly 44 +17
Lucas Shaw 16 place +7sec
Mullaly 44 +17
The Missile wrecked, but finished. She won the race to me! You'll always be FUCKING RAD to me Missy!!!
gwin ride is almost flying again..no contest for that]]
bummed for luici, but happy for Verger!!!
an Australian Wetter who got in top 10? a freerider guy? nice anyway
bummed for luici, but happy for Verger!!!
an Australian Wetter who got in top 10? a freerider guy? nice anyway
Wow, nothing says ball sports doldrums like jeebus actually caring about bicycle galas. Gwin is just fortunate WC races don't occur during late tacklesport season, which as we all know is his preferred past time.
There's a reason the race is on Saturday. Jeebus is way too busy with NASCAR on Sunday.
Has Mulally like lost a limb or something this season? Seemed that last year he was poised to win won of these races, now he can't even top ten?
no voice lol... were you with @kickstand at the beginning part of the track? we were watching the end of juniors/ beginning of womens at the time
No I didn't make it up the mountain until just before men's started
Just got done watching the rerun. What an amazing production Redbull put on. So many cameras, well put together all for free. Friggin nice.
Anyways, what a run by Vergier. And what a run by Gwin. How he pinged through those rocks was amazing. Like controlled chaos. It was like he was ready to sacrifice a few spokes. Brosnan looked to be on a flier as well.
what a great race.
Anyways, what a run by Vergier. And what a run by Gwin. How he pinged through those rocks was amazing. Like controlled chaos. It was like he was ready to sacrifice a few spokes. Brosnan looked to be on a flier as well.
what a great race.
THANKS OREDBULL
God damn why couldn't have attendance been this good the past few years?
I agree. It was a huge crowd compared to last year. What a shame it's not coming back next year.
What a race.
Gwins run was completely nuts. Like Hill in Val di sole he was totally on the edge, but whitout crashing in the last turn.
Ratboy in the whoops was so cool to watch.
Bruni with the entry through the rocks on this left hander. The kid is so good, but has so much bad luck. I couldn't believe that he got a puncture.
I am more and more a fan of Minnaar. The guy is a pure class act.
How he went to Bruni and was gutted for him showed a lot to me. "When do you finally get some luck dude?"
Gwins run was completely nuts. Like Hill in Val di sole he was totally on the edge, but whitout crashing in the last turn.
Ratboy in the whoops was so cool to watch.
Bruni with the entry through the rocks on this left hander. The kid is so good, but has so much bad luck. I couldn't believe that he got a puncture.
I am more and more a fan of Minnaar. The guy is a pure class act.
How he went to Bruni and was gutted for him showed a lot to me. "When do you finally get some luck dude?"
first time windham had something that looked like a crowd, what happened?
these ^
no windham or even any US stops for '16 makes me seriously bummed. what a bangout
where is the shotgun in the shop for this monday?
possibly a good amount of people knew it was the last race
fuck... what a race
Agreed, although I might add Gwin's grundle punching of the field at VDS a few years ago (maybe 2012?) where he won by like 7 seconds or something. Interestingly, Minnaar finished 2nd in that race as well. Point being, given how hot and dry it seems to be Yurp these days, we may be in for another Gwin top rope elbow drop at VDS. My guess is he almost has the overall wrapped up with Loic's result, but perhaps GM is close enough to force him to finish with at least a decent result at VDS (i.e. basically don't DNF).
Not sure about the dryness in the homeland at the moment. It is hot, yes, but there are thunderstorms rolling in almost every day at the moment. I don't think that Val di sole is that dry at the moment.
I will definitely try to get to the race and bring my best cowbells.
I will definitely try to get to the race and bring my best cowbells.
There have to be some cowbell banging, chainsaw wielding or camera mooning monkeys visible on the replay. Reveal yourselsves!
Overall points now:
1 GWIN Aaron 1089
2 MINNAAR Greg 954
3 BRUNI Loic 869
4 BROSNAN Troy 823
5 BRYCELAND Josh 709
Don't know what it would take for GM to win, but assuming they both qualify close to one another, I'd guess Gwin would have to have a quite poor result and GM would need to either win or be second. Hope Monarch is right and some sky jizzle makes things interesting.
1 GWIN Aaron 1089
2 MINNAAR Greg 954
3 BRUNI Loic 869
4 BROSNAN Troy 823
5 BRYCELAND Josh 709
Don't know what it would take for GM to win, but assuming they both qualify close to one another, I'd guess Gwin would have to have a quite poor result and GM would need to either win or be second. Hope Monarch is right and some sky jizzle makes things interesting.
whoa whoa whoa... this kind of conversation needs to be in the VDS UCI CHAMPSZZ thread.
but if it rains my money is on hart attack
He also gave a master's class on how anyone who isn't Gwin should ride a DH bikes. So smooth, in control, and smart. That guy is such an amazingly talented and wise rider.
And in the freetime he does Supermen has some of the best whips in the business, and teaches Ratboy and Peaty how to flip. And all that in between model jobs.
http://www.redbull.com/uk/en/bike/stories/1331740254742/windham-2015-world-cup-downhill-finals-highlights-video
Redbull highlight video in RAW!!!
The sound of Gwins bike on the drop around the 3 minute mark...
Suspension or tires?
Redbull highlight video in RAW!!!
The sound of Gwins bike on the drop around the 3 minute mark...
Suspension or tires?
We were with our friends from PA, they're blue mountain area peoples.
The only picture we got this weekend with a racer, this was about 5 minutes before the juniors went off, Missy was stoked to be racing, and banged up as shit.
Got home at 2am last night, scored a second place in cat 1 30-39 (only 4 people fucking showed up? wtf?) wife had a good clean run and was not too far off pace from the other girls (I think she got 8 out of 9 in pro women), watching the world cup and being a part of the crowd and seeing that shit in person is so fun I can't even explain.
Best weekend of the summer second year running.
Probably a feature of the new X2 (nope tires)
To be fair thats probably one of the only tracks which doesn't suit Minnaar as it is so short. I think his only weakness is not getting up to speed quickly. In that heatmap-statistics by Dirt he alsmost always seemed to be getting faster and faster as long as the track got. Gwin seems like a more complete rider when he's on but I don't know if he will match GMs consistency with his strategy...
i'm thinking tire on seat.http://www.redbull.com/uk/en/bike/stories/1331740254742/windham-2015-world-cup-downhill-finals-highlights-video
Redbull highlight video in RAW!!!
The sound of Gwins bike on the drop around the 3 minute mark...
Suspension or tires?
Naive question, but does anybody know how the XC race crowd was? It would appear that certain members of the Saturday contingent would be hard pressed to be ambulatory on sunday.
Ehh, I'm pretty sure that's the death rattle of a bike that is getting obscenely abused. The UN may send bikeatarian observers to the next race to document the egregious treatment of these poor, innocent gravity chariots. I look forward to the somber NPR report afterwards.
There was a fair amount of people still there. The ESC hosted the citizens race, and the XC race was going on, so there was still about 50% of the people that watched the DH still around to watch some XC racing and some more DH and or race ourselves.
I'm not sure how many people were actually "watching" the XC race ourside of the riders friends/family and pit help though.
Those points are still close enough that(assuming Minaar is aiming to win VDS) Gwin has to aim for top 5 Qualy and Finals to make sure he takes overall. Top 5 means he's still racing instead of playing it safe.
'Mericuh!!!!
That's the hat Wyn Masters was wearing on his WynTV segment!MURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRKKAAAA
