Neko consistently moving up. I think 8th, 3rd, 5th? Watch out now....
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Ft. Bill - World Downhill Enduro Race
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neko was back in 23rd. 5th is his overall position after that race
It would seem only Emmeline had the new bike. And she was pretty stoked on it.
A case of the flats™
Looking at wyn master's little pit bits, it's pretty obvious brosnan was tweaking hard on this race. In retrospect it's like watching kind of the consumate athlete mental prep game. This is the first race I can remember where watching literally all the top 6-7 guys ride was like watching 6-7 pretty much flawless runs. Shtz gettin hard yo!
I thought this was the best Fort William race to watch since Kovarik won.. but as with every year, cameras in the woods section are desperately needed.. As impressively fast as all the top guys are the track is almost exactly the same every year so they probably do ride everything other than the tiny woods section pretty much flawlessly..
Do you have a source for this? The rules still say the commissaire needs to find an advantage.
What a race! Brosnan has been my favorite rider since I started hearing about him when Neko was battling with him a few years ago in juniors. He just defies the odds. He's tiny but he out-powers Minaar on the speedway!(?) He is also always happy and in a good mood...just a great kid and unbelievable rider.
But yeah, top 6..when Gwin came down I thought (and hoped) he had won it, when Hill came down I thought that did it and Hart looked on pace too. What a race, but I agree I just wish there was a way to film those technical sections.
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I read it somewhere after the PMB race, maybe they didn't physically change the wording of the rule but it said that all riders and teams were notified of how the rule would be enforced from now on. Rob Warner also talked about it a little during the race, maybe when Minnaar was coming down, and he said the same thing.
Are those tech sections in heavily wooded areas with no exposure to the sun? If there is some daylight maybe someone could maneuver a camera equipped quadcopter over the track.
Standing in the woods with RedBull.tv on the phone at the same time FTW
Actually, that's not quite how we did it but were there for Blenki, Hart and Brosnan's race runs - flawless (not counting Blenki obvs). Also went up there for practise - Smith, Rawk Jezus, Hill and Bulldog micro-sectioned it a bit, all pretty awesome. Bulldog was smashing it, Smith and Jezus were ridiculously smooth and Hill just seemed to take different lines to the rest.
Slugger was also smashing his way through in Slugger style, Gee ripped through with a foot off the pedal at one point (he did get wild), but most of the top guys were as fast, smooth and as in control as you see elsewhere. Annoyingly un-spectacular!
Didn't receive 1 midge bite between the two of us!
Did get to watch a #ENDURO rider wipe the floor in his 1st ever World Cup though
Did get to watch a #ENDURO rider wipe the floor in his 1st ever World Cup though
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Not really, having "Downhill" in the name kinda gave away that it was a downhill race
And that right there is why redbull needs some damn cameras in that section. Just watching the feed, it looked like 5 guys should have won.Standing in the woods with RedBull.tv on the phone at the same time FTW
Actually, that's not quite how we did it but were there for Blenki, Hart and Brosnan's race runs - flawless (not counting Blenki obvs). Also went up there for practise - Smith, Rawk Jezus, Hill and Bulldog micro-sectioned it a bit, all pretty awesome. Bulldog was smashing it, Smith and Jezus were ridiculously smooth and Hill just seemed to take different lines to the rest.
Slugger was also smashing his way through in Slugger style, Gee ripped through with a foot off the pedal at one point (he did get wild), but most of the top guys were as fast, smooth and as in control as you see elsewhere. Annoyingly un-spectacular!
Oh well. I can only bitch about "absolutely fvcking free" so much.
So anybody got a tally of how many 650b tire/rim combos left their riders running on feces flat tires? Only thing that sucks about being on the World Cup is being a guinea pig for enginerds and marketing gurus. 
as for Martin winning the juniors, didn't Loris Vergier beat him at an EWS round last year in les deux alps so we'll just put it down to both are Amazing MOUNTAIN BIKE riders.
onto the wheels/tires debate
of the main ones ive seen
ratboy and minaar flatted in seeding on 26" ENVE(prototype)/Maxxis
race
Blenki on 27.5" Easton/Schwable
Rach 27.5" Stans/continental
Manon 27.5" DT swiss/continental (could be 26" not 100% sure on that)
seagrave 26" schwable tires not sure what rims anyone?
onto the wheels/tires debate
of the main ones ive seen
ratboy and minaar flatted in seeding on 26" ENVE(prototype)/Maxxis
race
Blenki on 27.5" Easton/Schwable
Rach 27.5" Stans/continental
Manon 27.5" DT swiss/continental (could be 26" not 100% sure on that)
seagrave 26" schwable tires not sure what rims anyone?
FWIW Bryceland's 26"er suffered a flat in Qualis too.So anybody got a tally of how many 650b tire/rim combos left their riders running on feces flat tires? Only thing that sucks about being on the World Cup is being a guinea pig for enginerds and marketing gurus.
I know she had a flat. I would like to know what she had that had her sick in bed for the better part of a month. Can we expect her to fully recover this season? If not, any victory in the women's field seems a bit hollow.
i don't think flats have any correlation to wheelsize. isn't Fort Bill known to have high speed rocks?
i guess on one hand you are running low tire pressures, you have burping issues with tubeless and pinch flats with tubes.
i guess on one hand you are running low tire pressures, you have burping issues with tubeless and pinch flats with tubes.
The same thing that multiple Supercross riders have every weekend during that series - "food poisoning"?
A top tier athelete being sick in bed with a cold for 2 months isn't super believable.
Maybe she had a baby?
Also, having no experience with 650b tires, I'm not applying this comment to them, but with 26", getting flats usually comes down to "do you run enough pressure in your tires." A lot of riders gamble and try and run less. If you do that, its nobodies fault but your own when it doesn't work out. Tires aren't magical.
Also, having no experience with 650b tires, I'm not applying this comment to them, but with 26", getting flats usually comes down to "do you run enough pressure in your tires." A lot of riders gamble and try and run less. If you do that, its nobodies fault but your own when it doesn't work out. Tires aren't magical.
I was thinking more along the lines of how many pairs of 650b wheels left riders on the podium. I think gee's the only 26er yeah?So anybody got a tally of how many 650b tire/rim combos left their riders running on feces flat tires? Only thing that sucks about being on the World Cup is being a guinea pig for enginerds and marketing gurus.
Look I was trying to steer the conversation towards civility because I didn't want to say EPO withdrawal outloud.
She was in austraila.......probably got alcohol poisoning from a spider bite.
perty sure the new fury is 650b. i think the only 'results' team still on 26" is santa cruz.
they would need to run syntace rims then...
doubt wheel size matters.
flat tires = lighter tires and lighter rims run tubeless with lighter spokes, etc
less wheel stiffness, less tire structure, less bead support, etc etc.
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Having double punctured (f&r) in the exact same section of track on back to back runs running dual plys with mx tubes at 40psi I've gotta laugh at some of these comments..
At Fort William it's down to nothing more than bad luck..
Next run that day I pulled off the track before the section I was puncturing in, looked at my line and found a sharp square edge rock that had not been exposed earlier in the day..
At Fort William it's down to nothing more than bad luck..
Next run that day I pulled off the track before the section I was puncturing in, looked at my line and found a sharp square edge rock that had not been exposed earlier in the day..
As much as it pains me to say it he's ^ right. Gary weighs roughly twice what I do and I'll still puncture (with dual plys and thick tubes) more up there than any other track. It's the only track I know of where I always up my tyre pressures before riding, and even that won't necessarily be enough
and I'll still puncture (with dual plys and thick tubes) more up there than any other track. It's the only track I know of where I always up my tyre pressures before riding, and even that won't necessarily be enough
But still the bike industry is more concerned about making a bigger diameter tire instead of making a flat proof tire that doesn't weigh a ton.As much as it pains me to say it he's ^ right. Gary weighs roughly twice what I do
Maybe I'm a simple caveman, but it seems like the weight is the main issue. As in they simply can't provide enough sidewall stiffness/puncture protection without having it weigh more than the average DC fork these days. Likely a poor analogy, but MX tires can weigh 8-11 pounds, and even something that weighs half that is still significantly heavier than most DH tires. Plus, when you consider how much pedaling factors into many modern courses/races, guys probably want to minimize the rolling mass as much as possible. Now maybe something like Champery you could get away with beefcake rubber, but most places require some real human powered acceleration.
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Can we hope?But still the bike industry is more concerned about making a bigger diameter tire instead of making a flat proof tire that doesn't weigh a ton.
Bib mousse, baby.
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