uhm yes?
snow shooooooooo
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this is what i'm talking about. half of the united states doesn't even know it's history, i'd be hard pressed to believe that most of the rest of the world even has any idea what it means....
just remember, half the world is below median intelligence
I think we already have...
also:
@jackalope and @SuboptimusPrime can't arrive with their macho man savage suit for wyn too soon! get up there, lads!
@jackalope and @SuboptimusPrime can't arrive with their macho man savage suit for wyn too soon! get up there, lads!
MOAR.
looks like it's gonna be proper sloppy. you know you like west virginia sloppy....
looks like it's gonna be proper sloppy. you know you like west virginia sloppy....
It can go from that to extra thick peanut butter your bikes won't fucking roll real fast.
I am fully aware of that horrible soil from years living in Virginia.
But the sloppy statement reminded me of a joke I heard long a go. A sailor on leave meets a lady with a questionable reputation. After a few drinks he finds himself servicing her erotic needs orally and starts to get little bits of food in his mouth until he declares that he is going to get sick and the nice lady responds with "that is what the last guy said".
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at 3:51, is the course marshall saying "double red"?! footage skipped a whole section of track... if I'm not mistaken, one of the gnarlier rock gardens... any reports of bad injury out there?
i am so pleased all these dudes are getting to experience the real 'shoe
Where is the rider union when you need it? 
Watching those videos and pictures it seems to be that:
- the track is rather flat or even uphill in some spots (WTF, it is 2022!!!)
- nobody anticipated it would rain
- parts of the track were build last minute, no chance of letting it sit (see pics of digger during track walk)
- lots of unpadded trees close to/on the track
- riders scared by the track
Why are the tracks not build in good time and at least tested in a local event, e.g. like in Andorra?
Watching those videos and pictures it seems to be that:
- the track is rather flat or even uphill in some spots (WTF, it is 2022!!!)
- nobody anticipated it would rain
- parts of the track were build last minute, no chance of letting it sit (see pics of digger during track walk)
- lots of unpadded trees close to/on the track
- riders scared by the track
Why are the tracks not build in good time and at least tested in a local event, e.g. like in Andorra?
at least they have enough marshalls this time, unlike the us champs
Rolling that way with @jackalope in literally 10 minutes. As at the other races, our presence will be felt!
The Bernard Kerr track walk showed some sections that still needed some work up top and some veeeery soft fresh features as well. They'll still make it work I'm sure but I kinda expected more prep in the lead up to a WC, unless there's been some issues cropping up over there?Where is the rider union when you need it?
Watching those videos and pictures it seems to be that:
- the track is rather flat or even uphill in some spots (WTF, it is 2022!!!)
- nobody anticipated it would rain
- parts of the track were build last minute, no chance of letting it sit (see pics of digger during track walk)
- lots of unpadded trees close to/on the track
- riders scared by the track
Why are the tracks not build in good time and at least tested in a local event, e.g. like in Andorra?
Whats the go with padded trees in the US? I heard it mentioned in previous rider videos as well as a bit of an urban legend around here that you can't pad trees in the US, because if a rider manages to hit an unpadded tree it would show negligence? Is that for real? Beats me.
The Instagram videos look loose AF
the prior years snowshoe hosted the WC were later in the summer, i think it's less likely to rain then.Where is the rider union when you need it?
Watching those videos and pictures it seems to be that:
- the track is rather flat or even uphill in some spots (WTF, it is 2022!!!)
- nobody anticipated it would rain
- parts of the track were build last minute, no chance of letting it sit (see pics of digger during track walk)
- lots of unpadded trees close to/on the track
- riders scared by the track
Why are the tracks not build in good time and at least tested in a local event, e.g. like in Andorra?
also, no trash talking snowshoe unless you want me to have a new intense USA USA USA
You could always place your cheering efforts by the SunRace-made Box cassettes
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ah the joke is that I picked up a NOS intense SS2 from a local dude on behalf of irider, still haven't had a chance to pack it up and ship it to DenmarkYou could always place your cheering efforts by the SunRace-made Box cassettes
So I went to have a look at my fantasy team to see about tweaking it a bit. Only to discover "the event is live, teams are locked". Was thinking of switching Amaury out for Loris or Bruni. But in watching the Vital Raw video, Amaury seems more comfortable and committed to his lines than Bruni. Loris looks good too.
Wonder how qualis will go. Looking forward to watching this live...
Wonder how qualis will go. Looking forward to watching this live...
Looks like rain today, then dry for race day. Hopefully an exciting combo of fast/dry in the open sections and greasy rox in the woods.
Good day to have a big "P" next to your name for sure!
Good day to have a big "P" next to your name for sure!
I won’t give any love as I think Snowshoe can be lacking on some trail maintenance. However Kerrs track walk was a little whiney if you ask me. Pouting about rain ruts at the top? It has been raining all week, pretty much impossible to not have rain erosion.Where is the rider union when you need it?
Watching those videos and pictures it seems to be that:
- the track is rather flat or even uphill in some spots (WTF, it is 2022!!!)
- nobody anticipated it would rain
- parts of the track were build last minute, no chance of letting it sit (see pics of digger during track walk)
- lots of unpadded trees close to/on the track
- riders scared by the track
Why are the tracks not build in good time and at least tested in a local event, e.g. like in Andorra?
Aside from some of the fresh sections upper and lower hairball have been there for 20+years. I think I first ride that trail in 02 maybe?? It has been ridden and raced a lot. Snowshoe is also a temperate rain forest, it’s wet. The last couple times they were there they got lucky. I really have no idea how you could not anticipate mud at snowshoe, and that’s what makes it great.
I am just happy the see the pros riding in the same shit that we all ride in 85% of the time there.
i made some swaps too. Hart because he's good in these conditions and has done well at snowshoe in the past. added Dak because he rides there a lot (lives near windrock) and might have a hot race after just winning national champs