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AFAIK - on their own ... no funding (or at max limited funding) from SASCOC / CSA

2 juniors in that pic .... Andrew Martin (aka Ginger Snap) - Hattons Cycles / Giant and Gregg Brown (aka Special) - Jeep / Morewood Both bloody good downhillers - Gregg is like Sam Hill (if he can stay on his bike and get his head in the right place on the day) Andrew is very precise! was 2nd overall at last nationals i think! So should have a good chance of a top 20 even through hes been off with a broken leg for a bit

Its because there are a lot of disciplines to get through at Worlds .... Remember that there are also Junior worlds as well as Trials .... so there is a lot to fit into one set programme over a week without there being clashes ... Check out the programme here http://mtbworldchamps.com/schedule/#text_170fb5ea-eae4-4235-8ee0-04686aea16a6 you will see that Tues - XCE Wed - XCO Team Relay Worlds Finals Thurs - XCO Juniors Finals Friday - XCO U23 Finals .. and. ... Trials 20" Finals Sat - XCO Elite Finals ... and Trials 24" Finals Sun - DH Finals for Juniors and Elites

some of the boys in Norway now

just carry on here!

So as a matter of interest - how were everyones bikes after 2 weeks of muddiness??? Anything to replace? BB's bearings? I dont know if my sense of humour could have dealt with 2 weeks worth of mud riding

hahahahha let me see if i can find a pic .... aah here it is .... All off Evans FB page! hahahahaha

hahahaha trust me - its the same guy! .... I am mates with him and i know he was with you over there - its all over his facebook page - amazed he didnt hit Super Morzine in his borat suit - he has done argus a couple of times in it on his BMX so that would be easy! hahhahaha

TV TIMES for Worlds this week!!! TUESDAY! 18:00 - 19:50 SS7 Uci Mountain Bike & Trial World Championships Cross-Country Eliminator Women/men Elite Saturday 20:00 - 22:00 SS6 Uci Mountain Bike & Trial World Championships Cross Country Olympic Men Elite 22:00 - 00:00 SS6 Uci Mountain Bike & Trial World Championships Cross-Country Olympic Women Elite Sunday 12:00 - 13:30 SS8 Uci Mountain Bike & Trial World Championships Downhill Women Elite 13:30 - 16:00 SS8 Uci Mountain Bike & Trial World Championships Downhill Men Elite

And he is a good drinker/borat impersonator!

Sorry. .. im in upington at the moment .... with no bike !!!

Ps also work has shunted me off to upington for 2 weeks and I go home on tues. So would have missed worlds anyway. But am planning for Andorra next year

Nope! I defaulted. I chose a 3 week holiday in Europe with the wife over worlds. And looking at the conditions and spectator turn out I think I made the right choice

Xc and dh footage was amazing. Well done to the guys at windham for putting on a cracker event. The dh was so tense being so short. And havig the feed die! Hahahha

Sven Martins pic of Bryceland on the Vital Slideshow

bryceland has stuffed his face up at the MSA afterparty it seems - nice Black Eye!

Dude - its crazy how well organised that event is - its a full on festival for a week! ... Even back when I went over there it was on another level - and that was in 1996!

here is my best - Belgian Beer!!!

From a Restaurant we went to in Prague

This is ALWAYS the case - 3 venues will generally host a double header event with the rest seperated and split in different countries etc. Areas like Nove Mesto and Albstadt do not have gravity trails and the hills cannot support a DH event - but their XC tracks are insane. Fort Bill can host a double header and has done so in the past - but the spectators only really show up for DH so the organisers only bid for the DH event. The issue with having a single discipline event in SA or AUZ is that there needs to be a ton of infrastructure for just one event - with a double header the infrastructure costs are reduced as there is more bang for your buck. SO a single event here would be really costly for the teams to come to. And thats a negative. The teams have BIG influence - and yes it does make it a bit crap - there have been events in the southern hemisphere for a while but none have lasted the length of Fort Bill or Mt St anne as the teams complain about costs getting there - in Europe and USA the teams have their big rigs and all the toys so they love going there as they have all the equipment on hand. Coming here they have very little ...so thats an issue. But its happened time and time again where the UCI try to move the sport to different areas around the globe - it works for 2 or 3 years - then the pros whinge or they loose funding for the series and it reverts back to a Europe - USA series. There has even been a year or 2 when it was only in Europe when the UCI was in deep financial crap when their sponsorship dried up.

Mike Jones in 5th in timed training! Ok so timed training doesnt mean much really - but still thats a good one from the youngster

maybe - but i was just wondering about the Chest mount - as the UCI said these are not allowed at sanctioned events and they can cause damage to your sternum.

No - this is set at 4 cams for the event - and riders are given the option to ride with it - its to be used in the final editing of the programme (like they do in MX that they can go onboard "live") ... So the rule is still no cameras other than those 4 for TV purposes

hahahaha - i did too - I think i was a bit more diplomatic than you though. hahaha I started getting chirpy but then took it out as i dont feel like starting an internet war with a 15 year old

XC maybe - DH Not likely... The XC riders loved Nicks course - but the DH okes (apart from the Hannah's) hated PMB ... also the DH teams didnt like it because of logistics and uplift issues. So they dont want to come back. XC on the other hand would - but it may be too expensive for the teams to come out just for a single discipline round. But again we will have to wait and see.