I really liked that one! All of it!
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I recognized Vink. Who's the other rider? that was fantastic... but dat crash tho...
He ends up riding it with a 27.5 rear and 120mm front, I mean yeah, it's an XC race bike, but he sets it up more like a DH bike in the end, would have been much more realistic to set it up 100/100 with the actual wheels.
Anyway, yeah it can be fun to rail a lighter bike, but when the speed really gets up there in the rough, it gets less fun real fast IME (just got back from riding mine).
It’s a few locals. The first one in the red pants is Mateo Verdier who crashed. He’s a mechanic at Switch5, the small bike shop at the bottom of the hill. I like how hard he sends it so I try to get him to film some stuff when he has time. (I started with Vinny T the same way). He‘s a really stoked and helpful guy who does year round summer between Queenstown and Châtel. He’s on a Ransom with a double crown but most of the time a single crown.
The guy going backwards or no handed is Antoine Buffart.
Kristof Lessens is at the end and usually looks so chill on camera but reality he’s usually the fastest guy on any given day. (he is a trailbuilder in Champery/Morgins in the summer and works with Nico Vink a lot on his projects as well).
It's a 120 34 SC, I have one. Pretty stiff too, nowhere near the noodle of a 32 SC, which is what most people do XC races with (which I also have). Fairly dramatic difference between the two. I think in the end the comparison is really watered down. You can still rock an XC race bike pretty damn well in the rough, but you usually don't have all that many things helping you...maybe a dropper, and that's about it.
I just thought it looked taller than 120mm. Also, Nino runs the 120mm frame all the time so is 100mm still the norm for XC? That video of Claudio following him in Chur is pretty impressive on his race bike.
Edit:don’t know how to embed the video straight to here.
This is just insane. Don’t know how I’ve never seen this before. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCEwVjmH2WU/?igshid=1q9qgip8unpst
This is just insane. Don’t know how I’ve never seen this before. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCEwVjmH2WU/?igshid=1q9qgip8unpst
I liked that!
ça c’est la vie, mec!
ça c’est la vie, mec!
Dunno if this is a repost, but for anyone into bmx "go fast pull up" about Jimmy Levan is streaming for free on redbulll
he's hitting some good stuff in wv and md...missed the goods here in nc when he came through pre-pandemic tho.
east coast jank? what a douche. east coast rox.
I love the Shed and the shed hates Exo Tires
x3 ... incredible. that kid is insane.
Gotta love that checkers or wreckers style of Pierron, definitely one of the best guys to watch on or off the clock
fuhhhhhhhhh
that remy vid makes me want to simultaneously go ride the piss outta my bike and also just quit
that remy vid makes me want to simultaneously go ride the piss outta my bike and also just quit
crazy. as cool as it is to watch the 20 minute videos of him picking apart the lines and rolling them slowly, watching him slay the ever living shit out of them is pretty friggin' awesome.
so rowdy.
I'd love to see him show the Châtel crew around in there...
Rumour has it Remy filmed that video after following @Da Peach around this past weekend.
(honestly, that sure makes me want to move to Squamish)
I've ridden a bunch of those trails and the video just doesn't do the consequences of a mistake justice. That's friggen mental doing them at that speed. Boy is wild.
I just sent that vid to the boys who showed me around Squamish and asked them why they didn't show me the "local" pace to do them. Deadset silly.
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