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World Cup #1 - South Africa

Akula_7

Monkey
Nov 15, 2004
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Yeti kit looks half decent, most of the others look pretth arse, especially Peat and Bryceland.
 

dw

Wiffle Ball ninja
Sep 10, 2001
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MV
Graves looks sick! that guy has got to be the most photogenic DH rider in terms of body position...he's always on point in every picture i've seen of him.....
Grubby's the man. Total 2 podium threat, kind of like Cedric was 6 or 7 years ago.
 

- seb

Turbo Monkey
Apr 10, 2002
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UK
Watching helmet cams is weird, they seem to go on for hours, yet you knew if you were riding it'd all be over in the blink of an eye!

Definitely not the steepest or most technical track in the world, but looks pretty flat out fast and plenty good fun!!
 

Cant Climb

Turbo Monkey
May 9, 2004
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Definitely not the steepest or most technical track in the world, but looks pretty flat out fast and plenty good fun!!
Yeah, where is this 800 meter flat-to-slightly-uphill section.....?........he didn't take more than 2-3 pedal strokes at a time.
 

davetrump

Turbo Monkey
Jul 29, 2003
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Yeah, where is this 800 meter flat-to-slightly-uphill section.....?........he didn't take more than 2-3 pedal strokes at a time.
take note of the time he runs of 4:23.... and compare that to the Kovariks winning time last week of 3:56.

there is 27 second difference (and yes I subtracted the first 13 seconds out of braytons time as he sits in the gate)

that's a whole lot of pedaling that needs to be done to be on that pace
 

davep

Turbo Monkey
Jan 7, 2005
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looks like shimano has already started proto's of the PRO dh bar...
they may be proto'ing something, but they have a whole bunch of MTB components and have for a bit....

http://pro-bikegear.com/publish/content/pro_site/sbx/Pro_Landing/EN/Products.html


FRS product, DH bar:

FRS OS downhill
Oversized high-rise freeride / downhill handlebar
Colour: SB black
Thick-wall AL-2014 T6 material for ultimate strenght
Size: 70 cm / 31.8 mm diameter
Riser height: 40 mm
Weight: 295 g.