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when you feel like you're being pulled down a hill by your bike in steep section and scare the shit out of yourself because you no longer feel in control -thats too much reach. go ride a long reach bike down a gnarly steep chute. if you cant continue relocate your body rearwards in steep sections to feel comfortable because you have fully extended your arm "travel" -thats too much reach. The steeper terrain a bike can go down, the shorter the reach will be to allow for arm travel and body maneuverability. long reach allows for you to be...

if it was obvious, then why did they feel the need to fix it for the second day?

I want an interview with the person who’s okay with both the DQ’s and the tape update.

Right. You're 100% focused on going all out and just make a mistake. There's the argument that almost everyone got it, but it sure doesn't look absolutely clear and I can for sure see how someone would make this mistake

What's with hate for Rude? So clearly a mistake and he owned up to it and didn't try to excuse his behaviour. Just an unfortunate end to some amazing racing if you ask me.

Or you could try to understand how something like that could happen by accident. 99% of the between the tape is legit. End of a stage, redlined, muddy goggles? It’s possible it was on purpose, but if your purposely going to cheat your looking for places to do so without a line of participants with waiting phones to capture it.

for the 1 second he gained, take 10 away. easy and doesnt ruin the racing.

That sucks. Their battle this season really deserved to go all the way.

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BOOSH! And there you go... Good on ya Gwin. -Lars

Hey Guys, another update. Austin was one of the first people I called after getting hurt. We're buddies and talk/ride together fairly regularly. I let him know what was up and wanted to confirm that he was staying in Europe for the next month like I thought he was. He's racing Maribor this weekend and isn't planning on coming back home until after the WC in Switzerland next month either way. That was good news as he's easily ready to go if I pull out. I also contacted USAC to make sure they get him everything he needs to compete...

He's probably suggesting that Covid will continue to present challenges to global travel, large-scale events, etc. for at least a few more years. Because of that, it's harder for racers to ink sponsorship and endorsement deals with brands. Marketing Managers are looking for more reliable vehicles for promotion. And although the industry is doing well, a lot of brands are putting money away for future rainy days, not increasing their expenses.

You're a prick. He's not greedy you self righteous nitwit. He got his value on the market when he could based off what he rightfully produced on course and off at the time. He and most others are going to starve next season and probably a few to come because of all this Covid crap. Thanks to being smart and not letting the dangerous physical risks he takes to promote their brands go uncompensated should he get a devastating injury...he may have income left to live on after his career is over. Amazing what stupidity, ignorance or flat out poverty...

Hey guys, bummer to see all the hate from a few of you but I guess that’s passionate fans in sporting. Here’s the reality. From my understanding and recent reading of the rules, There is not a rule that says you must petition. A petition just assures that you are considered. The rules basically say that USA cycling will pick, at their discretion, everyone who is not an automatic selection (national champ or top 3 in previous world champs). After that the rules just say that they will basically pick whoever is in the top 50 of the current WC...

Usac also totally miffed the olympics with woodruff just this season. Seems like a bunch of amateurs. I still don’t get the gwin haters. Y’all need to find something better to do with your time then hate on the guy who brought America back competitive on the world stage and is just a generally nice dude with good values. He belongs at world champs, he’s one of a few who can podium and the only one with a win at the world stage. Unsure if he’ll be on it this time but I have little doubts there are more podiums...

Point to my "attack". And I don't need to defend "Gwin" You can replace every one of the US riders names with a symbol. The results still make the riders to select easy. In terms of rider value "Gwin"...just like rider value "Hill", rider value "Peat" and rider value "Minnar"...their talent, ability & greatness take a LONG time to vanish. All of the above rider values won multiple World Cups 2 years after their last Overall. I'm a fan of Winners.

Wow....so much hate. Literally shallow, petty and spiteful hatred in these posts @Bensmith101 do tell what your qualifications for calling people liars is. Being a hateful person with a bitter pill in your gut is pitiful. Here's the flat out truth. No one in the US is better than Gwin. They want to beat him. Sometimes they have. Most times they won't. But I hope they keep pushing to beat him because of the rising tide raising all ships. USAC has 2 goals. 1 is to WIN Worlds. So Gwin, Dak, Luca & Chuck are the Alpha Dogs. They go...