Is it just me or does it look like they were going tubeless without any sealant? Inside of that tire looks awfully clean...DT Swiss
In my experience, tubeless and DH just don't mix. But that's just me.
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In my experience, tubeless and DH just don't mix. But that's just me.
the sealant may possible have been removed while doing an entire DH run on a bare rim.
Not on the rim, but on the inside of the tire. I can't imagine that tire ever had sealant in it.
SylentK might be on to something .... 'not gwinning' conspiracy?
SylentK might be on to something .... 'not gwinning' conspiracy?
Yes, I get that. Point is it looks really clean. There should be sealant everywhere on the rim and the frame too. Just sayin...
are you saying....... SABOTAGE!?!?!?!?!?!?!
This. Especially the rear tire.
I hate to squash a good conspiracy theory but it looks a little moist around the valve stem hole and on the inside of side wall. They probably use way less sealant than most people in their tires to save grams because racing.
that was just the remnants of the uncontrollable ejaculation of the crowd at gwin's riding
According to occam's razor, you're right.
Either some mechanic spent time putting just the right amount of sealant in on race day, but missed it by .05 oz and the rim blew off with the left over amount slowly picking up minuscule amounts of dirt and dust all the way down the track.
OR
There never was any sealant and that stuff on the inside is crowd jizz.
I don't know how I didn't see it before.
there was so much awesome that it created a space-time vortex, and the jizz found itself inside the tire before it ever blew off.
It was the Immaculate Ejaculation.
rep added!
Aaron Gwin's race run was just on ESPNEWS with Keith Olberman yelling his name out. Good stuff.
Why, oh WHY, did they not allow Luca a re-run?
Why, oh WHY, did they not allow Luca a re-run?
i missed the luca thing, can someone give me a tl;dr version?
he caught the rider in front of him and had to pull up for a bit.
slide 11 for his words. http://www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/26-Aint-Dead-Leogang-World-Cup-Downhill-Race-Slideshow,7746/Slideshow,0/sspomer,2
oh bummer. did he file a protest for a rerun with an official?
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I wouldn't of thought they'd do anything about it. Don't believe there's a rule that guarantees a clear run
rule 4.1.034: A rider must act in a sporting manner at all times and must permit any faster rider to
overtake without obstructing.
Yup, but we're not saying that he was deliberately held up. Still sounds like a no-go. I'd take the "15s" in the Vital clip with a sizeable pinch of salt
deliberate or not it's still an obstruction.
I doubt that Loris, having just concussed himself, was not being sportsmanlike. Probably just didn't know wtf was going on.
Still goes down as "sh*t happens" imo and, assuming he raised it with the commissaire, the official's opinion too
so then how is the interpretation of the rule different than the peaty/brayton situation? because there was a course hold?
and brayton wasn't being unsportsmanlike when he OTB'd
Difference is Peaty got red flagged and forced to coast due to medical emergency on the track.
If Loris was up and "racing," there was probably not enough reason to red-flag, even if he was way off pace.
If Loris was up and "racing," there was probably not enough reason to red-flag, even if he was way off pace.
i never said a re-run was warranted, i was just pointing out the most likely rule that would have been violated if that were the case
How can a re-run not be warranted in that situation? He was the fastest qualifier and last guy down the hill. Even if he's only held up briefly it messes up his run. If that had happened in Elite there definitely would have been a re-run.