kosmonooit Posted August 29, 2022 Share 8 hours ago, Mtbiker404 said: I thought why are they showing the tree hug incident again? It was not a replay, he hugged the same tree again on the next lap just to be sure that the tree is happy. Not like him to make those mistakes, surely down to fatigue , happens to me every day around 5pm Johan A Marais and Schnavel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred van Vlaanderen Posted August 29, 2022 Share 22 hours ago, Jensie said: Apparently, and I can be wrong. She discarded the teams prep for the race and did her own thing cause it was not working for her. She clearly knows how to prepare for a race. Yeah it was an interesting selection from her, but she clearly pulled it off. She said post race that she felt the HT would help her get that initial gap on the uphill, which it did. I love it when athletes can think out of the box, because it is really difficult these days with sponsorships pushing things to the pros that aren’t always their first choice (i.e. Chris Froome on Disc brake Factor, etc). The weight cut from FS to HT is proportionally more significant for the women and I’ve actually wondered why there aren’t more women riding HT’s in XCO. Edited August 30, 2022 by Fred van Vlaanderen Spelling DieselnDust and Rowl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted August 29, 2022 Share 14 hours ago, Headshot said: Sounds familiar Broken collar bone and ribs. A real pity about that mistake as he was looking really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted August 29, 2022 Share 47 minutes ago, Fred van Vlaanderen said: Yeah it was an interesting selection from her, but she clearly pulled it off. She said post race that she felt the HT would help her get that initial gap on the uphill, which it did. I love it when athletes can think out of the box, because it is really difficult these days with sponsorships pushing things to the pros that aren’t always there first choice (i.e. Chris Froome on Disc brake Factor, etc). The weight cut from FS to HT is proportionally more significant for the women and I’ve actually wondered why there aren’t more women riding HT’s in XCO. Well more people in general Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Wakefield Posted August 30, 2022 Share 7 hours ago, Fred van Vlaanderen said: Yeah it was an interesting selection from her, but she clearly pulled it off. She said post race that she felt the HT would help her get that initial gap on the uphill, which it did. I love it when athletes can think out of the box, because it is really difficult these days with sponsorships pushing things to the pros that aren’t always their first choice (i.e. Chris Froome on Disc brake Factor, etc). The weight cut from FS to HT is proportionally more significant for the women and I’ve actually wondered why there aren’t more women riding HT’s in XCO. Froome would be doing no better on calliper brakes. Fred van Vlaanderen, white tiger and Headshot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred van Vlaanderen Posted August 30, 2022 Share 37 minutes ago, J Wakefield said: Froome would be doing no better on calliper brakes. Yeah, point taken. I didn’t say he would. My example regarding him was more around the ability to choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Wakefield Posted August 30, 2022 Share 3 minutes ago, Fred van Vlaanderen said: Yeah, point taken. I didn’t say he would. My example regarding him was more around the ability to choose. Got it. Fred van Vlaanderen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeubok Posted August 30, 2022 Share 8 hours ago, DieselnDust said: Broken collar bone and ribs. A real pity about that mistake as he was looking really good Isn't Same Gaze the lovely gentleman who had that incident with his fellow countryman once during a race.. IIRC there was some flipping off invoved too? Never liked the guy after that DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtbiker404 Posted August 30, 2022 Share 5 minutes ago, leeubok said: Isn't Same Gaze the lovely gentleman who had that incident with his fellow countryman once during a race.. IIRC there was some flipping off invoved too? Never liked the guy after that It seems like he has grown up a bit, more humble now after some hardship. Just like Rissveds, didn`t like them before but they both seem to have learned to be more humble. babse, DieselnDust, leeubok and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted August 30, 2022 Share 9 minutes ago, leeubok said: Isn't Same Gaze the lovely gentleman who had that incident with his fellow countryman once during a race.. IIRC there was some flipping off invoved too? Never liked the guy after that Yes it’s was the commonwealth games 4 years ago. He seems to be a different , more mature and emotional intelligent person now Underachiever, W Smith and leeubok 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted August 30, 2022 Share 4 minutes ago, Mtbiker404 said: It seems like he has grown up a bit, more humble now after some hardship. Just like Rissveds, didn`t like them before but they both seem to have learned to be more humble. Where was Jenny? Sam claims he is "not the man he was before" whatever that means... but yea, was not nice, like an elephant bull in musth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted August 30, 2022 Share Jenny withdrew due to not recovering from a viral infection picked up in Canada Sam refers to him removing the chips from his shoulders kosmonooit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Wakefield Posted August 30, 2022 Share 49 minutes ago, leeubok said: Isn't Same Gaze the lovely gentleman who had that incident with his fellow countryman once during a race.. IIRC there was some flipping off invoved too? Never liked the guy after that Youngsters with to much testosterone and in the limelight do change as they get older. Not always but they do in some cases. W Smith and Underachiever 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted August 30, 2022 Share 2 hours ago, DieselnDust said: Yes it’s was the commonwealth games 4 years ago. He seems to be a different , more mature and emotional intelligent person now just needs to learn how to ride properly... or stick to the road? DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtbiker404 Posted August 30, 2022 Share 7 minutes ago, Headshot said: just needs to learn how to ride properly... or stick to the road? Gaze and MvP both have great mtb skills, but they seem to be prone to mistakes or lack of constant concertation. MvP`s fall at the Olympics was also 1 of those bad lack of concertation falls. That course required a dropper for that drop and he had no dropper and so over the bars he went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted August 30, 2022 Share 2 minutes ago, Mtbiker404 said: Gaze and MvP both have great mtb skills, but they seem to be prone to mistakes or lack of constant concertation. MvP`s fall at the Olympics was also 1 of those bad lack of concertation falls. That course required a dropper for that drop and he had no dropper and so over the bars he went. I suspect VDP would have crashed dropper or not - he really messed up on that one. As for Gaze, he does seem to have his share of bad crashes. Always does a proper job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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