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I’ve gotten used to the poles now. There’s still details to get worked out (I think they should be fluorescent orange). Tape has its own set of problems. If someone crashes into it, the tape breaks or gets stretched out and can get blown in the wind and can end up on the course. Riders can get tangled in it and have their runs ruined because the rider in front of them broke the tape. I didn’t like the poles at first, but I’m ok with it now.

lol intent??? We’re asking for WBD and volunteer judges and weirdo commisaires (I don’t even know what that is!) to get more involved now? Are you insane? What if a cool guy didn’t intend to crash—does he get a little time shaved off? lots of emotional decision making here. And all this for racing the clock only. You guys are a mess!

The safest best and easiest thing to do is stay on the marked course

MX and F1 penalties are subjective and inconsistent, whether it's the AMA or race director making decisions. I'd much rather have objective rules that are harsh to avoid DH becoming a political clown* show every race where results are litigated for weeks and teams with more money have more resources to figure out how to exploit the system. *more of a clown show than the UCI's already made it

I like Lachie. I want him to have his 2nd place result. Part of racing is being in control enough to stay inside the course. Lachie's left knee barely grazes the pole as he goes around it on the right side. The left side is "in" and the right side is "out." We're not talking a couple inches. We're talking a foot outside the course.

I personally loved watching the people ready to hammer that "flat" section. Man...this sport has gotten so far away from the pedaling aspect, that when you folks see it on video it bums you. Not even BMX can rival the attention to detail & commitment to excellence that is a powerful, commited DH bike sprint across shallow ground. I can still HEAR the creak of bottom brackets as raw horsepower is laid to bear on a set of cranks in person & the moan the gear makes as a powerful set of legs pushes the chain into the teeth! #powerispassion

You can see the dust from the rock strike that damaged the chain. For some reason he wasn't running a bashguard, or maybe it broke off from the same rock strike. No surprise that the chain broke.

another +1 for never ever bringing back protected status. everyone has the same poles to ride in between. stay on course, go fast, make a result. keep human judgement out of it. (still absolutely gutted for lachie)

"the Motul-lubed Flight Attendant fork on that Scott sure seems to be working well!" Just rolls off the tongue.

Henri Kiefer with an update.

Must have been the brakes

Aletha!!!!

Oh my gosh there are some negative Nancies in here. I’d rather pay even $22 and know it’s helping to pay athletes than throw money at WB and MAYBE get to see race runs that aren’t interrupted by literally anything else they think has higher ROI. I bet every single person reading this thread spends more than $11 every time they go to a coffee shop. That stupid (delicious) cardamom latte could help pay for high quality DH racing. I know I’ll be paying for this, come join me on the virtual couch.

Based on that, I would have expected Q2 women to be faster than the Juniors then. Aletha is going to kick butt next year.

According to your own brilliant AI post (which I understand you may not have been able to read), here are some similarities vs. differences: Shared between Norco Team DH & Canyon Sender Frose Stock High-Pivot Domn Differences, Sender vs. Team DH, respectively: Long: 125mm vs 41SMM Root Pivot: 927MM vs S67MM Ligh Pivot CB vs Low Pivot SD And some specs that may help differentiate between them: Sender: Tech Sper 18.0 min High-Pivot Layout: 72.5mm High Pivot Layout: 830mm RRID8T: 325mm Team DH: High SSFR: 7S.8mm Tean-Pivot Suspension: 2S.5mm Tean-Pivot Suspbnrti: 36Smm Rull DK18K2: 13S Shops Now please stop posting.

https://iso8601.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601

Team of the year, no doubt whatsoever. B b b but NOPE Team of the year.

Just bumped into Danny Hart in a full discreet kit on a Frameworks!