Hairy Posted September 2, 2013 Share Anybody have a link to GM's winning run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelhicks Posted September 2, 2013 Share I heard 3rd place Yeti enduro was on 650b wheels! negatory!!! The Gravey Train was on 26ers .... He doesnt ride 650B. 1 Greg MINNAAR - 26er DH2. Hannah - 26er DH3 Jared Graves - 26er Enduro Bike (180mm travel)4. Sam Blenkinsop - 650B DH Bike5. Matt Simmonds - 26er DH 6. Nick Beer - Custom 650B Short travel (175mm) DH bike7. Gee Atherton - 26er DH8. Marcelo Guterez - 26er DH9. Johannes Fischbach - 26er DH10. Troy Brosnan - 26er DH Edited September 2, 2013 by nigelhicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waynehans Posted September 2, 2013 Share Anybody have a link to GM's winning run? RED1408, Hairy, Ovenboi and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED1408 Posted September 2, 2013 Share they're huge for anyone! Quite a few of the pro's even choose to squash them. Yeah I know! Three seconds of air time does not sound like much, but that would leave quiet a big stain in my pants and my eyes would stay like this for the rest of my life! I think Nigel was secretly trying to off the top riders KENDA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted September 2, 2013 Share That course looks like great fun. I will def enjoy it and kinda rip it. I dont get that huge air but at least I get some, but the way those jumps are laid out, makes you wanna go for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted September 2, 2013 Share I saw a very interesting viewpoint about how good this course is for the sport. An uniformed will be less impressed with slow technical then they would be with fast and big airs..I tend to agree. The speed those guys got to in the gulley section was insane. Nige any idea what speeds were achieved there?...sic Mich looked exceptionally fast. Big up to nige. I think you produced a great course and I think Sundays rides shut a lot of those armchair critics up. Edited September 2, 2013 by Stretch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Deon) Posted September 2, 2013 Share They were clocking 49/50 but still don't now if in km or m. I thought I heard Greg say they would hit 85 but that would be like, crazy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelhicks Posted September 2, 2013 Share I saw a very interesting viewpoint about how good this course is for the sport. An uniformed will be less impressed with slow technical then they would be with fast and big airs..I tend to agree. The speed those guys got to in the gulley section was insane. Nige any idea what speeds were achieved there?...sic Mich looked exceptionally fast. Big up to nige. I think you produced a great course and I think Sundays rides shut a lot of those armchair critics up.They were clocking 49/50 but still don't now if in km or m. I thought I heard Greg say they would hit 85 but that would be like, crazy? For some stupid reason the Swiss Timing guys and TV forgot to ask me where to place the speed trap for the best (fastest) speeds .... I would have put it before the lip of the First Tabletop. .... but NO .... they go and put it well down in the cross section so that the speeds show 45km/h and not 80km/h .... USELESS Anyway - next year i will get it moved to the tables. Greg and the guys would have been up around 70 - 80km/h coming out of the Gully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoBoshoff Posted September 2, 2013 Share No apparently 80's is what they hit in that gully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted September 2, 2013 Share I thought that speeds I saw online looked slow, that is about the speeds we ride at coming down!! Man didnt I feel special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Deon) Posted September 2, 2013 Share For some stupid reason the Swiss Timing guys and TV forgot to ask me where to place the speed trap for the best (fastest) speeds .... I would have put it before the lip of the First Tabletop. .... but NO .... they go and put it well down in the cross section so that the speeds show 45km/h and not 80km/h .... USELESS Anyway - next year i will get it moved to the tables. Greg and the guys would have been up around 70 - 80km/h coming out of the Gully Well that's just plain stupid! Oh, you said Swiss timing guys, I'm just repeating the obvious. Hey Nige, saw you dusting that Sam guy off. Were his eyes still rolling around in his head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted September 2, 2013 Share Greg and the guys would have been up around 70 - 80km/h coming out of the Gully Wow! One foot wrong and you looking at some serious hospital time...especially when they were popping back and forth between the two sides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_mil Posted September 3, 2013 Share Matt Thompson's review of the Masters World Cup Event.http://www.vitalmtb....tt-Thompson,560 On one of the shuttles up he said to me that the PMB track would not have happened in a Masters race back home, due to the track having too many big hits on it. He said he was actually worried that certain obstacles would be removed (like what happened in the XC event) or objections lodged at the 1st riders briefing, but was well pleased that that never happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted September 3, 2013 Share Matt Thompson's review of the Masters World Cup Event.http://www.vitalmtb....tt-Thompson,560 On one of the shuttles up he said to me that the PMB track would not have happened in a Masters race back home, due to the track having too many big hits on it. He said he was actually worried that certain obstacles would be removed (like what happened in the XC event) or objections lodged at the 1st riders briefing, but was well pleased that that never happened A very nice read and he seems like a great guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waynehans Posted September 3, 2013 Share Gregs Interview on Ballz Radio yesterday,,,, I forgot to post it..!! https://soundcloud.com/ballzradio/ballz-blog-greg-minnaar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capricorn Posted September 3, 2013 Share roots and rain man Mark Shilton did the geek stats break down for world champs, and i have to bring attention to the stats for the pedal section: http://cdn3.coresites.mpora.com/dirt_new/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Split2Sector2.jpg We all know which riders were on 26in wheels and those who weren't. One could argue that maybe they didn't give their all, they played a strategy that backfired, yada yada. Reality is, this section is where it was won or lost as nothing downstream offered sufficient make-up opportunity, and the top section held some reward, but at higher risk. There are no doubt some benefits with bigger wheels for certain things, but it's not a panacea and each comes with it's own negatives. Either way, as i see it,the wheel-size argument in such short duration events is quite over, and its very nice to see the numbers that underscore that sentiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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