That pass was awesome. What a great course, it reminded me of downhill domination size (huge)...had a very unreal look to it in some of the jumps. What a great site...
Fabien Barel beats out Minaar and Hill for WC win
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Stupid looking baggy outfit? Are you on crack?Transcend said:
Peat has an excellent point. What do you think makes DH look cooler to the masses, a tight ass skin suit or the Moto gear? Like it or not, thats who they need to sell the sport to.
kinda funny now that brands like kona and marzocchi which are now so well associated with freeride can now boast rainbow stripes for world championship race winning equipment.
do you think Peat was determine to win?? 
Expression on the face says it all!!!
Expression on the face says it all!!!
Hill pinning it!!
What a 4X course !!! an insane high speed triple, three huge stepdowns, the last jump wasn't a 'jump', they bunnyhopped it (46 feet far ) etc etc...
Mickael Deldycke (on a Rotwild Hardtail) impressed me the most.
He jumped and railed like I have never seen before.
But Eric Carter was riding super clean and fast, he deserved to win.
Gracia crashed during 4X qualifications, his foot slipped of the pedal in the very last corner.
So he decided to pull some backflips on the hipjump during 2e practice.
I was standing in the corner where Peat crashed.
A 'strange' place to crash, considering the rest of the track.
He would have won, no question about that.
) etc etc...Mickael Deldycke (on a Rotwild Hardtail) impressed me the most.
He jumped and railed like I have never seen before.
But Eric Carter was riding super clean and fast, he deserved to win.
Gracia crashed during 4X qualifications, his foot slipped of the pedal in the very last corner.
So he decided to pull some backflips on the hipjump during 2e practice.
I was standing in the corner where Peat crashed.
A 'strange' place to crash, considering the rest of the track.
He would have won, no question about that.
god damn i feel bad for peaty.
So you are saying either Barel should have had an e.thirteen, or a skinsuit...bcd said:
you do what it takes ot win
mountainzone.com
"Barel smashed his chain retention device and lost enough time to finish 2nd just .15 slower than Peat, who was wearing a skinsuit for better aerodynamics."
Either would have worked in that case I guess.
dw said:So you are saying either Barel should have had an e.thirteen, or a skinsuit...
Either would have worked in that case I guess.
lol good catch
i am pro skin suits.
that is if you are a top rider loosing by .2 or a stricklly speed event I.E. kami here i come!
OMGAcadian said:Hill pinning it!!
I want a berm like that!
I wanna be like Hill!!profro said:OMG
Nice Bike 
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dw art:
i wouldn't wear s skin suit on a slow course, or because i am slow. But if i was that fast, you could bet your ass i would be wearing one. I also think it looks better 90% of the time, then the idiots who ride without armour and their jerseys flapping all over. Not to mention the ghetto shorts that are usually WAY too big.
Oh my god!! The untold truth comes out!! The dw link works as stated but only at the cost of spontaneously exploding underneath the rider!!! Ride at your own peril!![un] said:
dead link...bizutch said:
MMM bioracer skinsuits. They cost a bloody fortune, but are oh so comfy. I wanted to order them for the transcend team this year, but they are about $100 each with a minimum of 6. (and that is a special sponsored price we received). ouch.bizutch said:
What?!?! He won on a freeride fork???? Sorry... Couldn't resist....
Peats crash looked painful.... Also, seems to be a lot of skinsuits in those pics... Ironic though... In a sport where a win can be decided by hundreths or thousanths of a second, building a one race, sub 30lbs bike is ok, but a skinsuit is considered so bad....
Brian
Peats crash looked painful.... Also, seems to be a lot of skinsuits in those pics... Ironic though... In a sport where a win can be decided by hundreths or thousanths of a second, building a one race, sub 30lbs bike is ok, but a skinsuit is considered so bad....
Brian
Sub what?Brian Peterson said:
Sub 30 lbs only achived with factory rider only purple box helium filled 888s.
OK....I corrected it. Anyway, it's the photo of hom from Pinkbike's coverage....and if you look close, he's got the new lower crowns too.Acadian said:
lots of skinsuits, cos its worlds, and you gotta wear your national kit, I think it seems to be a common thread amongst national federations to place very little importance on dh'ers and just give them skin suits each year, Minnaar was rocking the moto shirt (first time for SA not to have a skin suit) Could a skin suit have shaved off 0.58 seconds, maybe ?
for the "moto-look" lovers
you sure about that?bizutch said:and if you look close, he's got the new lower crowns too.
yeaahh, austria's anita molcik, too bad that she crashed hard and couln't race !bcd said:holy bermshot batman!
AFTERAcadian said:do you think Peat was determine to win??
Expression on the face says it all!!!
BEFORE
http://sports.freecaster.com/Media/Files/196_large.movconleycm1 said:
Fabien
http://sports.freecaster.com/Media/Files/195_large.mov
Peat
http://sports.freecaster.com/Media/Files/197_large.mov
4x final
Jana Horakova winning the Women's 4X final (16MB)
http://sports.freecaster.com/Media/Files/198_large.mov
Vanessa Quin's winning run in the Women's DH (15MB)
http://sports.freecaster.com/Media/Files/194_large.mov
right click save as.
Horses for courses boys. DH is still cycling, and if anything it's roots lay more in DH skiing than MX, and as such (and seeing that I have a closet full of lycra) I think that skinusits are rad. When i get in the gate in baggy race gear I feel like some sort of insecure homophobic fool. When i get in the gate in a skinsuit, I feel like it's a real bike race, and not some sideshow, and I ****ing rail.
To me skinsuits mean a commitment to doing whatever it takes, and total preperation. I really don't understand the people who say that somehow skinusuits are holding back tv coverage of the sport.... I think that's a load of fat bald man insecurity, homophobia and prejudice. F*ucking Palmer didn't invent DH.
To me skinsuits mean a commitment to doing whatever it takes, and total preperation. I really don't understand the people who say that somehow skinusuits are holding back tv coverage of the sport.... I think that's a load of fat bald man insecurity, homophobia and prejudice. F*ucking Palmer didn't invent DH.
the lower crowns in that photo sure don't look like the ones on mine. if they're not the 05's, what do the '05's look like?Acadian said:
neaky: I kow you got a photo somewhere.Wasn't it just a year ago that Peaty and his mechanic went all out to build the lightest DH bike they possibly could just for the Worlds?kidwoo said:
Brian
insert closet joke here.SuspectDevice said:
neaky: