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Safe to say we haven't seen any Discovery produced content yet, we'd be paying by now if that was the case. What is worrying is that Jack Moir and Jesse Melamed can produce more compelling entertainment with their GoPros than ESO can with their resources.

I don't know this for a fact, but I don't believe we've seen any of the Discovery-produced EWS content yet. We're probably in some kind of transition period, waiting for it all to kick off in earnest in 2023. I could be wrong, but I'd be very surprised if "taking the sport of mountain biking into a new era" translated to 2 POV videos and a decidedly mediocre highlights package...

It's related for sure, they're all part of the same group now. I just don't think we've seen any of the "real" Discovery resources thrown at it properly yet, at least not in the sense described as these sweeping changes that are about to come. I certainly hope we haven't seen anything yet, in any case...

These guys are not your savior. Mans talking about biathlon as an idea to "elevate" the sport. I hope Chris Ball died a little inside hearing that because I sure as fuck did.

I shouldn't be so pessimistic, but this and the pb ama have provided some fairly legit reasons to be so. It makes me wonder what sort of escape clauses are in the contract. Like if disco finds live coverage to be unprofitable and pulls the plug after a couple years, will uci be able to terminate the agreement early and give the rights to some other media company? I, like everyone am most concerned with dh and if I'll be able to watch it anymore. But let's not forget how much xc was improved (from a viewer pov) from several...

So, I gotta vent really quick. The riders, the team managers, the broadcast booth...really gotta understand the split timers and how they work so it doesn't mess with people's heads watching or maybe even the racers heads themselves. I double checked before posting this with multiple sources. The split time sensor is hard wired into the live timing system on the mountain. It's typically a loop, post or box that picks up the rider's powered chip on their fork and relays the split time down the mountain. It's automatic. But it's also not acccurate in the sense of modern World...

Interesting that they've gone with decent cable routing on this compared to their other ebike.

I'm less than a minute in, and wow that terrible intro! Reminds me of a multimedia project I did in grade 10 (& I didn't get a good grade...) Was it just me, or did the GOAT look real uncomfortable participating?

so has anyone made buzzword drinking bingo for this video? or are we worried that would result in alcohol poisoning?

"Eurosport is unavailable in your region" Inauspicious start.

3 US riders made it to the Live video feed for tomorrow, which is awesome. Neko landed his first finals start of the year. Pierron, Kerr & Vergier look like they messed up in the stumps from the splits. Poor Grice landing one spot out at 61st!

Stoked for Neko making it to the finals. And Fairclough! Not stoked to see Brook on the wrong side of the cut, though.

Dickson is on MS Mondraker now, I didn't hear about Remi, bummer.

Damn this video is cringe, top it off the player failed about 30 seconds in twice. Go banana! Edit - Finally after 5 goes I've watched the video through.... holy shit the sport is in trouble. This is reallly bad.

Oof. Those people do not party.

Obviously all this is speculation but damn I'm worried. Loved that you could watch the full replay whenever. Living in the PST time zone I would normally wake up, go for a quick ride and then watch the full replay at my leisure. As long as you stayed off social media it was like watching live. Also bummed that we wont be hearing Rob, Elliot or Tracey any more. Whats the chance that they find some dude who have never even ridden a bike to commentate this?