It's great to see footage of other team's hijinks instead of the Syndicate, which has dominated a lot of the racing vids.
Gwin was running a Semi-slick High roller on the rear and the Bling Bling on the front from what I gather.I WAS serious.... but now I see that I am just clueless.
Having seen the tire as new that Gwin was running it makes a little more sense. The tire in that pic looked almost bald in the middle. Thats what threw me. Gives you a sense of how abusive a WC run is on equipment.
exactly what i thought.
****ty Ti for sure !!!!!!
I repeat my question, have you any idea of the rear tyres used by the top ten ?
Its not ****ty ti, its good ti, a good ti bolt will break on a run if your down at the split, the whole essence of ti is to snap and loose parts on the way down, a good set of ti bolts like mick had can save up to 3 seconds by the end, the only problem is that mick is too much of a novice to ride with no handlebars.
i think peat was on a hr ss and minnaar was on a cut hr.
Kaisers and Rain Kings are tubeless? Not acording to Continental guys at Munich Bike Expo.
that's what it can be read in #14... http://www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/2011-UCI-World-Cup-Pietermaritzburg-Pits-and-Fun,2242/Slideshow,18198/sspomer,2
More burps on non tubeless tires would be my guess for a reason. Though I never tried contis.
also shows how much of a champ Gwin was being about it. That training must be paying off HUGE because the most physically pedalling track of the season was "not that difficult". Pretty obvious who wanted it more and put in the time during the offseason.
if it was so lame, why did he have trouble with it? some of these guys really need to grow up and stop whining like little school girls....I was rooting for him, but it always leaves a bitter taste when they just can't man up and do the job they're there for. On another note, Brendan kills it when he's racing solo, when Sam's around he seems to struggle, living in the shadow killing his flow??
watch the video you will see that it is sun glare, not a dent.
He is such a dude, I'd love to see him win a round again this year.
Or finally fight for the overall. I must say I wish I had his work/training ethic.
I would have never thought that was the case when I was reading his dirt section
One of these days he is going to stay injury free all season and be right up there, who knows, it could be this year! id love to see him do it too.
Good one !
