Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

And that new fuel, with the penske shock!!! Drooool

ah cool thanks D.

On the post race interviews Rossi said he thought they were signalling rain... In which case he wanted to get to the pits. Then he saw the yellows

Didn't she move to EWS?

a a and beaten to the punch

No, I don't think so. she's had a bit of a bad run with illness over the last few months (a really serious one apparently) so she isn't up at her best as of yet

She needs to up her training to last year's levels if she wants to. Tough ask, and the young gun is nipping at her heels! Tahnee rocked the course today!

Yeah. BUT. The next one is in Canada, and they've just had 2 back to back as well as a 3 day bus ride from Ft Bill to leogang. So while it's long for us, it's good for them. A mid season cool down, a chance to his some EWS maybe, or the IXS series or their local dh races.

And you normally need to do a proper job of strapping it down, otherwise it gets in the way when you get going again

Dude..The faster he gets to the bottom...

Not a metre or more away from the trail, no.

Yeah, he was SUPER smooth the whole way through there. didn't LOOK fast, but clearly his smoothness belies his speed

Finally, an advantage found for 275!

Greg ' s mantra from 2 years ago shining through... "less bar bills, more bar bells"

9 thousands between Greg and Troy!

Fork..Reino. Not Riaan. Reino ffs. This bloody medicine is fuzzing my brain

Yeah. Till Ratboy descended the top 5 were within a second of each other! Those 2 corners were the deciders I reckon. The stairs of whatever and then that rooty left hander with the 4 different lines, where only Ratboy, Greg and a couple of others managed to get through with any decent speed. and I reckon that mistake by Greg was easily worth a second. He got really slowed down there and lost loads of speed.

Yeah. at least 20 kph faster than I'd have been doing it!

exploded his tyre, yeah... and sweet.

I *think* it was a Spaz roval dh rim. could be very wrong. Cap?

It is open to anyone who wants to ride, but only the fastest 80 men and 30 women make the finals. and no - that was a vuvuzela. I remember how it sounds when you pick one up for the first time!

Did you hear the vuvuzela in the woods section? Poor oke took a while to get the hang of blowing it.

Ratboy deserved it though. He was super chuffed. Also had a superb run.

Yeah. Definitely not in my riding shoes! hiking boots all the way. And my knee would have been complaining bitterly.

They're there, but only a tad smaller than the normal lines.