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Big Dos Added a reply to 2019 UCI World Cup Downhill Tech
4/15/2019 8:00pm I would expect to see him do Maribor and one or two other rounds in an effort to get picked for the Worlds team, we all know what he is capable of at MSA.
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Big Dos Added a comment about video SEA OTTER CLASSIC 2019 - The Crazy & The Cool
4/13/2019 2:26pm
These videos are great!
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Fox Liked a reply to forum topic How would you stop Richie from flatting?
8/18/2018 4:55am
I have heard this described by professional race car drivers as “racecraft.” Kind of a cheesy term, but it summarizes well what you have described. Yes, you gotta be fast, but you also gotta be smooth and save the machine. The winners balance all of these components. It goes a level higher still in terms of winning the whole series. What has become apparent in the last two EWS seasons is that Hill is a master in all of these ways. Jerome Clementz, in his interviews last year when he announced his stepping away from racing EWS, commented on how...
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Big Dos Added a reply to How would you stop Richie from flatting?
8/18/2018 4:54am You would think that even if it was marginal, having increased suspension travel and static sag should decrease your likelihood of getting a flat in some scenarios due to the increased impact absorption capabilities.
Big Dos Added a reply to How would you stop Richie from flatting?
8/18/2018 4:51am ebruner - Fantastic post and I completely agree. I don't really have anything to add other than an example and what I would consider to be the rule of this theory over the past 2 years - Sam Hill. You can see that he along with a few other select riders are doing exactly what you explain above. Is there...
ebruner Liked a reply to forum topic How would you stop Richie from flatting?
8/18/2018 4:48am
I'm a moderately skilled weekend warrior mountain bike rider, and a highly skilled road course racing driver (Miata's) including some endurance races. I don't have much to add with regards to making adjustments to Richie Rude's riding because I just can't put as much energy into the bike/terrain as he can. What I can interject with is what i know from endurance racing. The best endurance racing drivers know how to extract 98-99% from the vehicles capabilities without putting the car at 99-100% of what it can stand mechanically. In the track world, we describe it as mechanical empathy. For...
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Big Dos Added a reply to Podcast request topics
8/3/2018 5:20am Best JG story What is the wildest thing he has seen Richie break on his bike What is one thing he thinks the masses get wrong with their bike setup
Big Dos Added a reply to Podcast request topics
7/24/2018 3:29am If he had his time on the WC team again what would he change if anything?
Big Dos Added a reply to Podcast request topics
7/24/2018 3:28am Actually the #1 big fish would be palmer, that would be epic
Big Dos Added a reply to Podcast request topics
7/22/2018 12:51am Shaun Hughes would be a good one, Eddie Masters & Cathro too.
Big Dos Added a comment about video Is Kade Edwards the Bad Boy of Mountain Biking?
6/20/2018 5:33pm
I didn't know wearing tie-dye and riding in jeans made you a bad boy?
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Big Dos Added a comment about feature The Inside Line Podcast - Eric Davies of Deity
6/13/2018 6:08pm
Eric Davies rider and story centric marketing philosophy is so refreshing, honestly makes me want to go out and buy some of their stuff
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Big Dos Added a comment about video Holding It Wide Open! Vital RAW with Matt Koen in Marin
6/6/2018 7:29pm
Epic video, dude isn't afraid to lay the thing over in turns.
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Big Dos Added a comment about feature The Inside Line Podcast - Leigh Donovan
6/6/2018 7:27pm
GNARLY
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Big Dos Added a comment about feature The Inside Line Podcast - John Hall, Aaron Gwin's Mechanic
5/16/2018 3:45pm
Great stuff, interesting to hear from a mechanics point of view. @sspomer - you should try and get Shaun Hughes on.
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Big Dos Added a comment about bike check Reign Advanced
3/26/2018 1:44am
Big riiiiiig. Very similar to mine, cool stuff
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1/21/2018 1:53pm
Big Dos Added a comment about feature Vital MTB's The Inside Line Podcast - Episode 1, Eliot Jackson
1/19/2017 4:42pm
sspomer - Any thoughts on doing DH/EWS seasion previews and/or race reviews, pulpmx / steve matthes style? It's something I have been thinking of doing myself for quite a while if not for a lack of industry contacts
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Big Dos Added a reply to 2017 Racing Rumors
12/21/2016 9:51pm Shocking, her race results were so good this year
Big Dos Added a comment about bike check Giant Reign Adv 1 '17
11/8/2016 6:53pm
Thanks!
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