[math2014]

Hi all,

Since i am Athenian, i reckoned it would be good to be at the men's xc race to get some pics and enjoy the fun for my fellow monkies. The course was described by my friend Roasted in another thread. It looked much more impressive when you were actually there.... the dropoff was biiiig only an Aussie guy pulled a 7footer drop, the rest rolled down the chute, full of berms, singletrack, rocks, roots, and a couple of tabletops, oh and a platform like the big one in whistler (ofcourse nobody attemted any manuals or endos there... )

So here is a small pictorial for starters....

 

[math2014]

some more action, a swiss guy broke his chain .... (shimano probably...hehe no powerlinks) shame for the guy coz he was running good. :mumble:

 

[McGRP01]

Thanks for the pics! I bet those guys wished they could stop and drop their seats on some of those sections! They probably felt like they just got :nuts:

 

[math2014]

ah yeah their seatposts where like the Eiffel tower or something.... at least several of them had discs, but only 3-4 FS bikes (3 scalpels, 1 Epic)

 

[I Are Baboon]

Very cool pics! Thanks for sharing. I'm looking forward to watching the race at 12:30 tonight.

 

[Mike B.]

The Swiss guy that broke a chain was Christoph Sauser, probably the one favored for gold. I was hoping he'd pull it off since the doped up Mierhaege was out of the way.

Check out those fancy rotors on his Olympic bike

 

[splat]

Nice Pics , Thanks !!!

 

[MMcG]

Thanks for the photos Yannis!!

 

[TheMontashu]

does that rotar have the pad material on it?

 

[Mike B.]

does that rotar have the pad material on it?

No, that one is pretty much brand new.

 

[Tully]

A 7' drop? Maybe I'm going blind and missed it in your photo collection, but would you happen to have a photograph of it?

 

[Sherminator]

Thanks for the pics I didnt get to see any of that race,too late.

 

[Echo]

Cool, that must have been awesome seeing that in person!

 

[Instigator]

Thanks for sharing the pics!

It looks like the rotor may be made of carbon fiber?

 

[blue]

Men's was tons of fun to watch...Why is it that most of the European riders race on hardtails, whereas the trend here is to ride FS? And second, where did the Dutch dude get the carbon Giant HT?!? I WANT IT NOW!!!

 

[math2014]

Ok the 7ft drop (rough measurement) is on the pics as a part of the course but i got no pics of the ozzy that took it as a drop and not as a roll down.
The 3rd pic depicts a rider at the lip, and the 4th another rider at the rolldown/landing zone.
The race was fun to watch but i am still having a headache from staying for 6hrs in the sun....
I am more than happy to have provided my friends with pics Enjoy.

 

[TN]

very cool pix. i bet it was a blast being there. have you ridden the course?

 

[math2014]

nope i havent ridden it since i mostly live in the UK. I will though at some point in the future (next summer?) given that the course will still exist...

 

[KleinMp99]

Exclusive to ridemonkey, yet I posted them on bikeforums also.

 

[Skookum]

Awesomeness, personally there's just something about the race being the "Olympics" which makes it very special....
If i was in your shoes i would have definately made that race to witness and photog, thanks for sharing, very very cool.

 

[math2014]

Exclusive to ridemonkey, yet I posted them on bikeforums also.

Lol, come on Klein, you know i got friends there, and bikeforums brought me to RM. If you noticed i opted for posting there as well 2 days later so that i wouldnt let any of my friends dissappointed. What do you want? to re-edit the thread title ?


Skookum, i got loads of more pics from the event, 5mp resolution, i am just waiting to get back in the UK (DSL) so that i can handle them more easily....

Yannis

 

[Ian F]

Nice pics!

Got any more?

 

[stosh]

These pics rock!! I'm so so so so pissed I missed watching these guys on TV. It was the only thing I wanted to see too.

 

[math2014]

Yep i got more, problem is... RM has a limit for attachments...

 

[dh girlie]

Very cool pics! Thanks for sharing. I'm looking forward to watching the race at 12:30 tonight.

Oh come on...that gay dancing with the ribbons is FAR more interesting to watch than mtn biking...sheesh!

 

[dh girlie]

Nice pictures...

 

[indieboy]

Men's was tons of fun to watch...Why is it that most of the European riders race on hardtails, whereas the trend here is to ride FS? And second, where did the Dutch dude get the carbon Giant HT?!? I WANT IT NOW!!!

the dutch rider is riding a giant carbon bike (think it's still called the mcm). it's a european model only or it has been over the last couple of years.

oh and the euro riders choose the hardtails b/c they know how to actually ride their bikes