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2018 Very Respectful World Cup #1: Lošinj
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I have absolutely no problem with Sam, just with the reason for that video. Why do it in the first place? I know, 22k views...
I wonder how many places actually put bids together? For all we know, this was the best new place on offer.
It's no Val-di-Sole, Schladming or Maribor, but I'm still excited to see the world's best ride the ever living shit out of it.
Good marketing move for Haibike or WTF that thing is called?
I was discussing this with a friend yesterday and we both hoped they'd throw a few plywood jump into the mix, a la Valpo Cerro Abajo
It takes finesse and technique to be able to speak and pedal at the same time, even more when you are dealing with rocks and jumps. Claudio has what I believe it's a Master's Degree on that matter. Sam on the other hand seemed to be throwing that line down for the first or maybe second time.
That track looks friggen awesome... the urban part is alittle boring though, just flat turns ya? no drops or anything..
anyways the first 75% of the track looks dooope
stoked
anyways the first 75% of the track looks dooope
stoked
Aren't banks usually located in towns? Suddenly it makes so much sense.
Say what you will about EWS racing, those guys know how to find race locations. They're racing in goddamn Colombia, that's rad!
TI'll bet this was the best track that put in a bid, I doubt many of the tracks we really want to see even bothered to download the application forms. While I agree with the minority in that it's not the 4th coming of satan, it is a sad sign of a long simmering trend. Great tracks are losing races, or walking away from hosting, and allowing 2nd rate tracks to have them all. May as well have a WC stop in Fontana. Not to knock Fontucky, it's a fun racing venue for sure, but it is most definitely not a WC caliber track.
The problem is UCI, all the great resorts are walking away, allegedly, because it no longer makes financial sense to host a WC race.
I want to see him do a helmet cam on a fast track with an open face helmet. I bet his teeth would whistle like a tornado siren.
Shouldn't we wait and see if the race turns out to be a good one before we start bitchin'?
Good courses not always make for interesting racing. I pretty much liked Willingen because of the pure amount of line choices, so not everybody tried to hit the same line just a little faster than the next guy.
Do you guys remember World Champs in Canberra? Everybody was complaining about the lame track, then Peaty won and suddenly it was a "proper" track. And he won on a frickin V10 and not an enduro bike.
Good courses not always make for interesting racing. I pretty much liked Willingen because of the pure amount of line choices, so not everybody tried to hit the same line just a little faster than the next guy.
Do you guys remember World Champs in Canberra? Everybody was complaining about the lame track, then Peaty won and suddenly it was a "proper" track. And he won on a frickin V10 and not an enduro bike.
i would also like to see a wc race at bad wildbad where they run the ixs series sometimes, like so:
Patience young padavan ... as it is an east yurp country, I am expecting them to dig the isht of the streets for drainage or gas line repairs on Friday before the race.
Nope, not me. To this day, I still think Steve Peat won his coveted rainbow jersey on a lame-ass track. I know I'm the odd-man out on this one, but I'm not a big fan. I know he's done a lot for the sport in England, but I always found his too-cool-for-school, his "I'm so hardcore" schtick, and especially his nationalism to be off-putting. So, that he won his champs on a shitty track is a bit of schadenfreude I'll gladly own up to.
It was a halfazz track preview on a track that isn't finished on an e-bike by a slopestyle rider. Of course it doesn't look rad. Danny Hart will be fun as hell to watch flying down that track. The boys will tear it up. Can't wait.
It really is a savage track. Videos don´t do it justice. I basically grew up on that track and oh boy did it bite a lot of people every weekend and the amount of rims/wheels it killed is probably higher than any other. Would be fun to see Pros race there and change wheels after every run
What you see in that video is even a heavily smoothed out version of what it used to be
The rocks are great to ride on though, always grippy even during winter so you could really haul ass through every section.
If anyone is near it some day, you should definitely check it out!
+1, it's a savage track!!It really is a savage track. Videos don´t do it justice. I basically grew up on that track and oh boy did it bite a lot of people every weekend and the amount of rims/wheels it killed is probably higher than any other. Would be fun to see Pros race there and change wheels after every run
What you see in that video is even a heavily smoothed out version of what it used to be
The rocks are great to ride on though, always grippy even during winter so you could really haul ass through every section.
If anyone is near it some day, you should definitely check it out!
Jesus it costs more than an MX national....WTF. So much for that idea. Yeah the UCI sucks Donkey Balls
For once. The It's not really the UCI.
Ft William WC is a deal between the Rare management, UCI, Ft William tourist board and Nevis range.
Nevis range. (The Ski centre/company who own the lifts at Fort William). Are basically greedy bastards.
Why do you think we have had to put up with tired ol' *Fort William on the calendar every single year since the deal was done?
http://mediacentre.visitscotland.org/pressreleases/mountain-bike-world-cup-passes-ps30m-milestone-for-highland-economy-1273746
Ft William is a shit hole with a population of around 10000 BTW. The WC gets 20000 spectators.
*If the WC was a 10 or 12 race season I honestly wouldn't mind. But c'mon. Out of 6 races Ft Bill is in a WORLD series EVERY year?
Ft William WC is a deal between the Rare management, UCI, Ft William tourist board and Nevis range.
Nevis range. (The Ski centre/company who own the lifts at Fort William). Are basically greedy bastards.
Why do you think we have had to put up with tired ol' *Fort William on the calendar every single year since the deal was done?
http://mediacentre.visitscotland.org/pressreleases/mountain-bike-world-cup-passes-ps30m-milestone-for-highland-economy-1273746
Ft William is a shit hole with a population of around 10000 BTW. The WC gets 20000 spectators.
*If the WC was a 10 or 12 race season I honestly wouldn't mind. But c'mon. Out of 6 races Ft Bill is in a WORLD series EVERY year?
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To be fair, I'd rather watch Greg Minnaar win Fort William year after year than watch the odd Canberra type races that somehow always sneak their way in.*If the WC was a 10 or 12 race season I honestly wouldn't mind. But c'mon. Out of 6 races Ft Bill is in a WORLD series EVERY year?
But the track is pretty legit. The flat bit in the middle sucks but it's fucking awesome up top.For once. The It's not really the UCI.
Ft William WC is a deal between the Rare management, UCI, Ft William tourist board and Nevis range.
Nevis range. (The Ski centre/company who own the lifts at Fort William). Are basically greedy bastards.
Why do you think we have had to put up with tired ol' *Fort William on the calendar every single year since the deal was done?
http://mediacentre.visitscotland.org/pressreleases/mountain-bike-world-cup-passes-ps30m-milestone-for-highland-economy-1273746
Ft William is a shit hole with a population of around 10000 BTW. The WC gets 20000 spectators.
*If the WC was a 10 or 12 race season I honestly wouldn't mind. But c'mon. Out of 6 races Ft Bill is in a WORLD series EVERY year?
I ain't complainin. Not about that one.
There are a ton of other "pretty legit" DH tracks around the globe that don't get a look in.
You mean the gravel bit where Gwin "crashed"?. that's probably a 10second long section and it's still rollable. From the wall ride. through the woods, over all the jumps in the open right down to the tissot jump (ie. the entire last km of track until the finish arena) is fairly flat though. (avg 10% gradient)
I'm doing something you probably don't recognize.
We call it "looking at the positives"
We call it "looking at the positives"
QFT...It really is a savage track. Videos don´t do it justice. I basically grew up on that track and oh boy did it bite a lot of people every weekend and the amount of rims/wheels it killed is probably higher than any other. Would be fun to see Pros race there and change wheels after every run
What you see in that video is even a heavily smoothed out version of what it used to be
The rocks are great to ride on though, always grippy even during winter so you could really haul ass through every section.
If anyone is near it some day, you should definitely check it out!
Bad Wildbad is one of my favorite tracks in Germany together with Todtnau and the old Bischofsmais “king of bikepark” track.
so, what's positive in croatia?
Gary what happened? Did you travel in time to the present?
Also youtuber or not there is little point to the video. Kind of like most youtubers though.
You talkin' 'bout Argentina there?
Clearly Fake News. Where is the MEAT?
It's certainly in my travel wishlist for the same reasons exposed in this thread.
with regards to the use of YouTube as a social/business promotional tool and source of income it
seems I have a better grasp on the present. You should probably be embarrassed. Very embarrassed.