Cairns World Cup #2

[dev null]

and so the hating on Pink Bike begins ...

 

Downhillers are such Dic.s

 

rideRB (2 mins ago)

Seems even less proper DH track compared to Pietermaritzburg. I expect many enduro bikes.

 

Next time give them a proper mineshaft and see how they like it Nigel.

Edited April 24, 2014 by Moridin

[Stretch]

after watching the claudio run..the steve pear video and the track walk pics from pinkbike - that is a mean track

 

you know the mud is sticky when steve peat says he hope it rains some more to make the mud less sticky

 

that little section with the mini humps/rumble strips/bumps whatever you want to call it looks like it could be a make or break section

Edited April 24, 2014 by Stretch

[Stretch]

holy smacks - there some fast speeds in the timed training....78km/hr....

[No Name]

It is apparently p!ssing with rain there. My money is on Danny. He loves the wet conditions.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqYgAX6D43Q

[nigelhicks]

WOW! hows that speed!!!

 

Thats NUTS - I thought the Gully was fast - obviously not!

[nigelhicks]

hmmm - not so sure about that speed trap - unless RAchel was HAULING

 

she was clocked at 75km/h - whereas the rest of the girls were in the 50's

 

Also the variation in the guys is immense

 

Remember that the speed trap is actually done by some dude pressing a button (not sure how that works) but also the riders have to be on the ground for 20m - the longer the spacing between the 2 transponders the more accurate the reading - so maybe the dude pressing the button was too worried about being eaten by snakes and spiders to do his job - the timing guys are German and Swiss - so maybe ...

[Headshot]

http://dirtmountainbike.com/mountain-biking-events/downhill/uci-world-cup/2014-world-cup-dh-cairns-captyvate-media-practice-video.html

 

That track looks triiiiicky - slippery as hell just adds to it.

[Stretch]

hmmm - not so sure about that speed trap - unless RAchel was HAULING

 

she was clocked at 75km/h - whereas the rest of the girls were in the 50's

 

Also the variation in the guys is immense

 

Remember that the speed trap is actually done by some dude pressing a button (not sure how that works) but also the riders have to be on the ground for 20m - the longer the spacing between the 2 transponders the more accurate the reading - so maybe the dude pressing the button was too worried about being eaten by snakes and spiders to do his job - the timing guys are German and Swiss - so maybe ...

 

lol - must say....up there in cairns in the jungle ...i would even be worried about being eaten bitten by ****...we might have things with big mouths that do damage in africa...but they have things with little mouths that do just as much damage...and much more surreptitiously too!

Edited April 24, 2014 by Stretch

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

lol - must say....up there in cairns in the jungle ...i would even be worried about being eaten bitten by ****...we might have things with big mouths that do damage in africa...but they have things with little mouths that do just as much damage...and much more superstitiously too!

 

surreptitiously, surely?

[nigelhicks]

http://dirtmountainb...tice-video.html

 

That track looks triiiiicky - slippery as hell just adds to it.

 

That just looks CRAPPY ... i am glad im not racing in that

[Stretch]

surreptitiously, surely?

 

yeah yeah yeah...you know what i mean - i blindly autocorrected..and now have gone back and corrected

Edited April 24, 2014 by Stretch

[RockCoach]

It is apparently p!ssing with rain there. My money is on Danny. He loves the wet conditions.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqYgAX6D43Q

 

 

The commentary was as insane as the run.

[Stretch]

this vid too - take away the space after https

 

https ://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=298297866995703

Edited April 24, 2014 by Stretch

[nigelhicks]

So from the interwebs i have gleened ......

 

Hill is on his Pulse

 

Brendog is on his Gambler so it seems from the Woodchip media vid

 

Brosnan on the 175mm EVO (so i would presume that Gwin is too)

Edited April 24, 2014 by nigelhicks

[Super_mil]

Looks a little bit moist .

 

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/360247/

Edited April 24, 2014 by Super_mil

[Super_mil]