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Oh Yes - Camaro SS... Wow. Any one from 67-69!

I would take this over any sports/super car any day!

Definitely going to get this!

The police forces search for the SRAM photo fiend has shifted into high gear......

So you turned around and SRAN.......

His rear wheel decided not to believe it either..... This is how it eventually decided to react: http://thesensus.com/strait-and-cam-zink-g-shock-commercial-and-what-happened-to-the-rear-wheel/

I will also be riding an alloy GT Fury for 2012!!!! Mine wont be the AL1 spec like Deans, but rather the AL2 as pictured at the beginning of the thread - so amped for my new sled!

This morning the UCI confirmed what appeared to be a lack of 4X on the official World Cup Calendar released yesterday. Following the publication of the 2012 Mountain Bike calendar, the UCI confirms that Four-cross events will form part of the programme of the 2012 UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships to be held in Leogang, Austria. However, due to the high costs of constructing tracks and their impact on the environment, the UCI has decided to withdraw this speciality from the programme of events at UCI Mountain Bike World Cups from next season. -- UCI Official Release We can only wonder how many top athletes will bother to race and train 4X for World Championships only? There still appears to be a reasonable 4X circuit in Europe or at least parts of Europe, however 4X has been pretty much gone from North America for several years. All of the bigger North American events including Crankworx. the Sea Otter Classic, and the US Open have switched to a GS or Dual Slalom format for the past few seasons. With Jared Graves committing full time to DH next year he won't really miss it, but how about athlete's such as this year's women's World Champion Anneke Beerten or US 4X racer Melissa Buhl? Graves in one of the early rounds in Val di Sole this year. Graves has officially retired from 4X to concentrate on DH next season. Did he see this coming? While 4X may have been taken out of the World Cup Circuit there is still a decent 4X scene in Europe with several National Series and also the Scwhalbe Euro 4X Series which winds up this weekend in the Czech town of Pec pod Snezkou. We're waiting to hear the results of a 4X Alliance meeting tomorrow morning, we'll post what we find out. UK 4X racer Scott Beaumont had this to say on his facebook page 4X Alliance statement will be issued on Friday. It's not over yet #excitingtimes -- Scott Beaumont

I think the new section makes sense as it is a more sustained gradient (as you stated). Even though it eliminates some gnarly stuff, at least the momentum will be kept up - I am sure you could add one or two rock gardens to snarl it up a bit. We riding Cascades this Sunday, if you are there maybe you could show me the proposed section - if we have time.

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Yeti-303-WC-Eurobike-2011.html

Gwin had a crash and became intimate with the netting. http://www.pinkbike.com/news/World-Championships-2011-Danny-Hart-wins-in-Champery.html "This year's World Championships downhill was all about who could handle the greasy mud on the super steep track at Champery, and all about Danny Hart! Marco Miliventi held the lead for quite a while as rider after rider struggled and crashed in the mud. Then Remi Thirion took the hotseat with a 1.9 second lead, look at the time! With rain pouring down, Brendan Fairclough put down an awesome run taking the lead by 6.63 seconds. Fabien Barel put in an incredible effort riding with 4 broken ribs to move into 2nd place in his last ever World Championships, he ended up 10th when it was over. And then came the rider that many were waiting for, Sam Hill. Still riding with a shoulder injury, Sam put in an amazing run looking so loose and picking singular lines that could have given him the win if he'd had the strength, but he couldn't manage better than 2.76 seconds back from Brendan and ended up in 7th place. Damien Spagnolo started his run fast, 0.8 up at the first split, and ended up smashing Fairclough's time by 1.436 seconds to put himself in the hotseat. Josh Bryceland looked liked he had an insane run going but he went down with a spectacular crash in the same place that Hill crashed in 2007, and unfortunately his bike tomahawked off the course and into oblivion, ending his chances of even finishing his run. Sam Blenkinsop made some mistakes at the top and was 2.65 back at the first split looking like it was all over, but he made up some incredible time at the bottom and even with a few more mistakes ended up only 1.29 seconds back to join Spagnolo on the hotseat in second place. After that rider after rider failed to put in a clean run as conditions seemed to get worse with the rain. And then Danny Hart hit the course with just 4 riders left. An astounding 4.5 seconds up at the first split, he was pulling tear offs in places where other riders could barely even hang on. Up by an almost unbelievable 10 seconds up at the second split, he threw a huge whip over the jumps at the finish and he moved into the hotseat, 11.69 seconds up on Spagnolo. Could anyone beat him? Gee really struggled with his run and was 11 seconds back at the first split, and then crashed again and again to finish 52 seconds back in 52nd place. Greg Minnaar started off 9.14 back at the first split and was out of the running, leaving only Aaron Gwin in a position to take Hart out. Gwin was giving Hart a serious run for his money, less than a second back at the first split, but he crashed and got tangled up in the netting, leaving Danny Hart with the win by over 11 seconds!"

Just watched Harts run this morning........ No WORDS!!!!!! "How can he sit with balls that big"

Misery Index: The Illuminaught!!!

Sorry Tumbleweed, I dont understand your meaning?

HART!!!!!.... BROSNAN!!!!!! Wow!!! I was rooting for Gwin to get the win to become the first male ever to win 5 in a row. I think he deserves it.

Awesome Frame - That romo paintjob is sweet!!! I reckon go gold for the rims, bars etc. Below is a Photoshop representation of what it would look like

I use Sidewinders and find these are perfect for DH. They are not too thin or bulky and give me the right amount of 'feel' through the bars. Fox Sidewinder For super protective gloves, check out the Bomber, the are just as comfortable as the above gloves, but with bulletproof polycarbonate knuckle guards and segments. Fox Bomber I got myself a pair of these because I have injured my hand and want to try protect my knuckles as much as possible.

Sweet looking paintjobs on those lids. Is the blue the same electric metallic blue that you used on the bikes???

Yeah, Aaron honestly believes that he made a few costly errors at MSA and still won, he is definitely a force to be reckoned with this season

Great news about Tim, i was really hoping to see him get a great finish in at least one race this season.

HAHAHAHAHA, could not resist. That Fury is such a nice ride man.... When I binned at Giba on it I think I broke my finger hey.... Still having to tape my pinky to the other finger almost 3 weeks later thatnks to the excruciating pain. All this plus the fact that my rib was broken from the day before on Deans bike. Maybe I should just stay off other peoples bikes in the future!!!!

Macdonald is also looking strong for another podium

I have put Greg as my prediction for a win, rather hoping that his wrist is not that severely hurt. If it is then he will definitely drop down in placing. Has anyone heard how severe the injury he received at MSA is?

I think the youngsters; Brosnan, Hart and Bryceland all have a good chance of finishing within the top 15.

Brosnan getting a podium would be Wicked!!! My predictions; Mens 1st: Minnaar 2nd: Gwin 3rd: Gee Atherton Gee and Greg will be back for blood after their disappointing weekend at MSA. Ladies 1st: Pugin 2nd: Mosely 3rd: Atherton I reckon the Ladies are going to be tight!!!! Any one of these three could take and it would not come as a surprise!!!