I'm a well known troll but at least I make the effort to understand your posts. People who are spectators at every worldcup for years often say he is fast and that in their opinion he COULD WIN or BE ON THE PODIUM and that he looks faster than top 5 guys. In that context 13th place is a dissapointment when people pick you to fight for the win. Especially since they say that about him for the last 5-6 years.
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Yup, Lobo. And the DHi Sure was eventually a great "bike", but if you google "Rock Shox Deluxe", you'll know what I'm referring to.
Granted, 1/3 of the field was handicapped by that turd, but if you were on a GT, yours was blown for sure.
Exhibit A:
I had one on a Cortina Europa. Didn't expect much out of it, and it seemed to last the season or so I had it. In fact, it's still sitting in the basement of a shop I used to work at. I should go grab it as wall art.Yup, Lobo. And the DHi Sure was eventually a great "bike", but if you google "Rock Shox Deluxe", you'll know what I'm referring to.
Granted, 1/3 of the field was handicapped by that turd, but if you were on a GT, yours was blown for sure.
i had a Schwinn S20 and Homegrown URT with the Deluxe back in the day and i thought it sucked even for time.
To be fair, what was he competing against on the Lobo? Suspension design was so bat **** crazy and the shocks so incompetent I think a modern hardtail would be faster.
The Vprocess bikes Nico was on were a leap above what everybody else had. Am I right in thinking it's the same era as the Cannondale with jackdrive, the Giant ATX, a fledgeling M1 etc?
The Vprocess bikes Nico was on were a leap above what everybody else had. Am I right in thinking it's the same era as the Cannondale with jackdrive, the Giant ATX, a fledgeling M1 etc?
Giant's were typically equipped with the Deluxe. Fox was an actual shock design and manufacturing company, so granted their stuff worked OK (not amazing)...but rarely did a Fox hose your keister with a few ounces of suspension fluid every 3rd run like the Deluxe.
aaahhhh but what about the better Coupe Deluxe, and the frankly AWESUM Super Deluxe?!
Wat? the vprosexczs was a single pivot, non-linkage driven frame. That means it's inferior and you're going to die. The sunn had a nice little rocker link, but the vproshegz was about as simple as they come. They didn't even add an idler until the second generation. I'll give you that the BOS stuff was probably worlds better than anything RS chortled out, but to say that the vproblems was better than the lobo or atx or m1 is probably glossing over a ton of important factors.
dunno how that frame isn't still winning wc's with its 2 foot chainstaysyou're selling yourself short there - pull shock FTW!
You spelled vpropres wrong...
I had the Super Deluxe on a Mongoose NX9.7 that I ran about 2000 (?) I think. Red knob for rebound, Blue knob for blow shock and bleed oil everywhere.
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Hahahah, true story. Good times.
A lot of riders around me that started riding in those days refuse to touch the blue knob even nowadays.
Its sort of like monkeys, ladder and a banana.
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Is that so hard to understand ? Brandon looks fast, because in training he IS fast and faster than most other guys. He adapts to difficult sections/tracks fast, because is damn good on a dh bike. Hes creative in line choices and makes hard stuff look easy without much effort. Come race day when everyone has their lines and puts race hats on, he falls a bit back.
You sure that's not a Pro Deluxe with the piggy-back??
I never had a deluxe on a dh bike. Can anyone comment - did it overheat like my DNM Burner which turned into a piece of solid metal mid run? It was quite strange to go from 240mm to 0mm of travel in 3 minutes. Put a radiator on it to help.
well ,with a 10 sec win at the US nationnals, I predict the return of the gwinning machine in MSA
Against who though....
Yes, it was a big margin, but don't forget that it was on a 6 min course. We'll see, I hope he does well..it's good for US racing to have a guy up on that podium.
1. Aaron Gwin, Wildomar, CA 5:14.017
2. Logan Binggeli, Saint George, UT 5:25.759
3. Mitch Ropelato, Ogden, UT 5:25.821
4. Kevin Aiello, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 5:26.623
5. Cody Warren, Alpine, CA 5:33.959
6. Graeme Pitts, Nevada City, CA 5:35.708
7. Trevyn Newpher, Steamboat Springs, CO 5:36.094
8. Austin Hackett Klaube, Dillon, CO 5:38.140
9. Chris Higgerson, Deansboro, NY 5:38.672
10. Ryan Condrashoff, Larkspur, CA 5:41.377
You get a moar stacked field at the Scottish Nationals!
did Gwin come down in the downpour like the top JrX's?
Vital only mention the Jnrs having to ride in the wet
From Gwins interview I think youre right. Guess the pros had to wait for hours but didnt actually have to ride in the downpour?
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