There's some gold in there -
So obviously Josh has moved onto pastures new, was that a shock for you?
Dickhead! [laughing] It was a little bit of a shock, I mean Rat is his own free spirit, he's his own man and he always has been. There's obviously something that he feels he needs to do and I wish him good luck. He will need it with those bikes! [laughing]
Josh fell out of love with downhill towards the end of it, can you relate to that in any way?
Yeah, I could relate to it from Josh's side. I don't agree with it, but I do relate to it. I think that injury in Hafjell really set him back a bit. It put him off a little bit and although he came back really strong that next year and had quite a good year, I think he didn't like the speed that he had to ride at on the tracks to try and do well. I think that was a massive thing, the tracks really forced him to fall out of love with downhill, he's a proper technical rider and loves riding all that tight and techy stuff. Tracks are just not like that anymore, so I think that was a major part in his decision... and the fact that he couldn't smoke weed and ride his bike as he’d get tested! [laughing]
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/interview-steve-peat-reflects-on-retirement.html
Also if you read the whole thing and string some points together, he basically credits his longevity to drinking![Cheers :cheers: :cheers:](/images/smilies/xcheers.gif)
So obviously Josh has moved onto pastures new, was that a shock for you?
Dickhead! [laughing] It was a little bit of a shock, I mean Rat is his own free spirit, he's his own man and he always has been. There's obviously something that he feels he needs to do and I wish him good luck. He will need it with those bikes! [laughing]
Josh fell out of love with downhill towards the end of it, can you relate to that in any way?
Yeah, I could relate to it from Josh's side. I don't agree with it, but I do relate to it. I think that injury in Hafjell really set him back a bit. It put him off a little bit and although he came back really strong that next year and had quite a good year, I think he didn't like the speed that he had to ride at on the tracks to try and do well. I think that was a massive thing, the tracks really forced him to fall out of love with downhill, he's a proper technical rider and loves riding all that tight and techy stuff. Tracks are just not like that anymore, so I think that was a major part in his decision... and the fact that he couldn't smoke weed and ride his bike as he’d get tested! [laughing]
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/interview-steve-peat-reflects-on-retirement.html
Also if you read the whole thing and string some points together, he basically credits his longevity to drinking
![Cheers :cheers: :cheers:](/images/smilies/xcheers.gif)