Can't remember the exact size but I think it was a 9 or 10". That 220 in the pic would still be better than nothing though
WORLDS
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that's just silly.
And 14 seconds to the #3 spot. Wut.
I care little for actual race results though and shall be calculating my 2015 Worlds winner through a combination of:
final time,
snazziness of special edition worlds bike,
how well the special snazzy bike matches their special snazzy kit
amount of patriotic/motivational messages on top tube
amount of times rider mentions 'it's just one race, anything could happen' in pre race interviews
amount of time rider mentions 'I've been riding hard all season and it all came together today' in post race interviews
so far Danny Hart has done well on all possible fields with a very snazzy bike and kit, union jack top tube and motivational message sticker on the bars and several mentions of how he's done it before and it's all coming together, but anyone could win. At this rate he'll be hard to catch
final time,
snazziness of special edition worlds bike,
how well the special snazzy bike matches their special snazzy kit
amount of patriotic/motivational messages on top tube
amount of times rider mentions 'it's just one race, anything could happen' in pre race interviews
amount of time rider mentions 'I've been riding hard all season and it all came together today' in post race interviews
so far Danny Hart has done well on all possible fields with a very snazzy bike and kit, union jack top tube and motivational message sticker on the bars and several mentions of how he's done it before and it's all coming together, but anyone could win. At this rate he'll be hard to catch
Aaron gwinn
Hard to win that way. Not impossible, but pretty hard.
Truth, but given that he crashed sliding out on the wooden bridge which can pretty easily catch anybody out, I'm relatively confident he'll flourish if its steep and muddy
11 seconds!
So I know timed training and blahblahblah, but if I was one of the other women, I'd be looking at the 19.2 seconds Rachel put in over me and be awfully nervous about it come race time. Rachel is definitely on a different level then all the other women right now. I'm not sure if its because she rode with faster riders in the off season and worked harder, or if the other top riders are just going slower then last year, but whatever the case holy shit.
The women's field isn't nervous... Cuz they mentally conceded months ago that it's a race for 2nd.
There was much drunken debating and googling over dinner last night here in whistler on when to watch the race.
Fortunately one of us got it right.
shit i just missed the race
back to the shed, batman!
back to the shed, batman!
back to it: a real nice photo-epic from PB
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/photo-epic-rise-and-shine-vallnord-world-championships-2015.html
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/photo-epic-rise-and-shine-vallnord-world-championships-2015.html
interesting that the men's xc event and DH event will be won on 650b wheels.
I wonder if the track will dry out enough by tomorrow for mud not to be a factor. I agree with jstuhlman, the lack of seeding, or rather the lack of importance of seeding, means there's no real reason to lay down a full fast run. so we have no idea who's really on it. It's going to be an exciting race nevertheless.
Vital Raw3: http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/features/Vital-RAW-World-Champs-3,29780/sspomer,2
I wonder if the track will dry out enough by tomorrow for mud not to be a factor. I agree with jstuhlman, the lack of seeding, or rather the lack of importance of seeding, means there's no real reason to lay down a full fast run. so we have no idea who's really on it. It's going to be an exciting race nevertheless.
Vital Raw3: http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/features/Vital-RAW-World-Champs-3,29780/sspomer,2
If it's truly greasy tomorrow, I'm thinking a syndicate bro or any number of the fast UK mud masters will take the win. Gwin seems to have struggled with wettish tracks since Champery (which he did crash on, wooden bridge or not). He never seemed comfortable at MSA this year (wettish), but he clearly wants the stripes badly, so maybe he'll pull something out (and henceforth earn the name mud messiah).
To be honest, Nino is a phenomenon. He would win the XC race on XC skis if he had to.
"all good at the Santa Cruz pit! We did a few runs the first day, then it pissed down so we got drunk haha."
"This morning; got involved...woke up saw some stars what? thought I'd set my phone wrong cos it was pitch black and then did a steady practice and timed run. I don't know if you can read much into the times because everyone's doing all sorts of weird sh*t. - Josh Bryceland - Santa Cruz Syndicate
qualies results will be very interesting
sounds like it was just slick chaos.. in the 2nd raw you can def see them going faster
well aint he just cool as a cucumber....
vital slide
http://www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/Counting-Down-World-Champs-Downhill-Timed-Training-Slideshow,9387/Slideshow,0/sspomer,2?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=spotlight
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FUCK YEAH WAKE ME UP IN THE AM WITH COFFEE AND BLOODY MARYS...ITS WORLD CUPZZZZ BITCHEZZZZZ.....
Wild ride from Mik! That last jump and corner was crazy.