Quantcast

Steve Peat: The KING has finally been crowned.

S

Santa Maria

Monkey
Aug 29, 2007
653
0
Austria
What a wonderful day - Yeah Peaty!!! Finally the jersey is yours and i hope i will see you next year wearing this jersey on the WC again

By the way: The MAN does not need any aero shi?, or a short travel bike with a Boxxer up front or a dh bike with single crown fork, just his trusty steed with a semi slick tire.....
 
Damo

Damo

Short One Marshmallow
Sep 7, 2006
4,603
27
French Alps
I finally got Internet access and managed to watch the top ten guys.
Oh my god. That was some of the best racing I have witnessed.
Such an awesome thing for Steve.
 
A

andy_n

Chimp
Mar 12, 2003
22
0
Hopefully this works.

It was an awesome result, I so bad wanted one of the two in this picture to be the winner



I have no voice today from yelling so hard.

The Chicks were soooo fast too, Made me wonder just how slow I would be down the course. haha
 
S.K.C.

S.K.C.

Turbo Monkey
Feb 28, 2005
4,096
25
Pa. / North Jersey
LoL - I am aware of that BUT:

1) It's beer.
B. It's Newcastle.

I doubt if someone were to hand him one, he'd say "No".

:D
 
Last edited:
R

redride

Monkey
Sep 23, 2007
215
0
Kuala Lumpur
Mlody said:
YEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am sooooo stoked! I prolly looked a bit stupid - running all over my house in my boxer shorts, screaming and jumping - when he won. But even that doesn't describe how happy I am.
He totally deserved this title. Peat The King!!
Click to expand...
there were many boxxer wearing fans out there at that moment!!! u were not alone! hahahaha...

Peat... well n truly deserved. u were hungriest (is there such a word?)!!!
 
C

creddy

Chimp
Sep 2, 2009
37
0
Fresno, CA
Doesn't he have his own brewsky? There's a 2 second section in Between the Tape where he's holding a bottle with his name on it.
 
Sverre

Sverre

Monkey
Aug 26, 2004
400
0
Norwaii
Awesome vid. That´s real life cough on tape. So stoked for Peaty!

The Parkin bros make the gratest videos. Will all this Wc and Wch material be edited into a dvd? It would be the best race vid ever.
 
D

DIRT-HQ

Monkey
Oct 18, 2007
226
0
Wales
Sverre said:
Awesome vid. That´s real life cough on tape. So stoked for Peaty!

The Parkin bros make the gratest videos. Will all this Wc and Wch material be edited into a dvd? It would be the best race vid ever.
Click to expand...
Yeh, we'd love to get it out on cover-mount DVD on Dirt, I'll see what we can do.
 
DBR X6 RIDER

DBR X6 RIDER

Turbo Monkey
Jun 22, 2004
3,288
0
WEST SEATTLE - checking my rotor bolts.
gav_dub100 said:
0.05sec translates to 80cm! just over a wheel length. Talk about a photo finish! Peaty, what a hero!
Click to expand...
Thanks for that - I was guessing (not calculating) that it was somewhere in the region of a wheel length. Pretty frickin' close, no doubt!!! There was one corner up top I remember Greg getting a little loose on and that was likely the difference. He did make up just over two seconds in the lower section, though. He was down 2.22 or something like that at the last split. What a race!!!!!!!!
 
L

LMC

Monkey
Dec 10, 2006
683
1
creddy said:
Doesn't he have his own brewsky? There's a 2 second section in Between the Tape where he's holding a bottle with his name on it.
Click to expand...
Theres a Whiskey Distillery near fort william that blend whiskey for you and put your name on the label, i assume that was one he got made up.
 
SuboptimusPrime

SuboptimusPrime

Turbo Monkey
Aug 18, 2005
1,659
1,636
NorCack
I haven't been so excited about anything sports related since I was in college. My girlfriend and I were screaming at the computer during the race and both choked up watching the race and post-race interviews. What a fantastic story. Hope to see Peaty racing in years to come his well-deserved stripes prominently displayed on his jersey...
 
TA..

TA..

!
Aug 21, 2007
228
0
Bionics department
Peaty you LEGEND!

Congrats :thumb:

Iron will determination and perseverance pays off and no one has shown that's what it takes more!

LEGEND............

Also one for the ole-school, and on a real bike a DH bike not some 6incher!

Ya da man!

Peaty will give up beer before racing!!

The rainbows will be there next year and I'm betting if he dosen't do the double this year, he'll be back for another crack at the overall title for the World Cup as well just one more time!

There's still plenty of fire there:thumb:
 
Transcend

Transcend

My Nuts Are Flat
Apr 18, 2002
18,040
3
Towing the party line.
spocomptonrider said:
I'm curious to see if he retires or not. After all he is still damn competitive.
-edit- this was the best worlds in recent memory, the two most deserving riders took the crown in both respective disciplines, Graves in 4x, and now Peaty in DH, the monkey is officially off the back.
Click to expand...
Not retiring. I asked him very specifically and he said no way, he is racing next year in this jersey.
 
G

General Lee

Turbo Monkey
Oct 16, 2003
2,860
0
The 802
Transcend said:
Not retiring. I asked him very specifically and he said no way, he is racing next year in this jersey.
Click to expand...
no way he'd win worlds and not do a victory lap. He has 3 international wins this year which is amazing for anyone. only reason to retire would be to move on to something new after so many years traveling and racing.
 
B

Bert

Chimp
Jan 17, 2002
10
0
Cincinnati
"Happy" isn't even the right word. Satisfied, just, and proper all come to mind. Would've been a right shame had the old man retired without ever winning the big one, and I can now finally watch a race without wishing he would get his due. The world of sport of fair after all, and I am just so f*cking stoked for him I can't even believe it. Don't even know him, but it would've been eternally unsatisfying had he never won. Good on ya Steve!
 
RUFUS

RUFUS

e-douche of the year
Dec 1, 2006
3,480
1
Denver, CO
SOOOOOOOOOO excited to see Peaty become a 2x world champion at MSA next year. Yes Lee, I will be right by the truck again taking pics. :D
 
slothy

slothy

Monkey
Sep 21, 2007
259
0
Ireland
Transcend said:
Not retiring. I asked him very specifically and he said no way, he is racing next year in this jersey.
Click to expand...

yes, why would he retire...... you hear it so many times in sports... oh they should retire at the top of their game, what a load of ****e.


He is having a great time travels the world, has a laugh,
He has many wins to come. He is hugely marketable, in the sense that he is perfect for a brand but also riders of all ages can really identify with him. He has a load more money to earn!

Many great athletes retire way too early only to regret it,

Steve dont ****ing retire!
 
Patan-DH

Patan-DH

Monkey
Jun 9, 2007
458
0
Patagonia
Peat is been a big influence since the early days, watching him go nuts on the LTS and after on the DHI in the sprung video series.

He earned his stripes
 
Demomonkey

Demomonkey

Monkey
Apr 27, 2005
857
0
Auckland New Zealand
It was quite possibly the best day ever for DH MTB racing. I'll admit to having a tear in my eye at the time.

It seemed like the whole (DH MTB) world simply willed it to happen and that helped propel the big man down the course faster. When THAT much good will and vibes are being sent, it cant help but help.

Mick Hannah's comments post race were so gracious and true.

No one deserved or earned it more. Finally the big man has achieved all his goals. I bet he is still smiling.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom