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Soundtrack might be a little too mellow for that clip.
And when I look at the following xco_mtb clip I struggle with the assertion that they're all better riders than any of us here.
I dont like people getting hurt, but xc racers failing is the content I didnt know I wanted hehe. We all have to walk our own walk, just shows what studs these DH racers are.
XC in 1994:
There’s a new go-around now:
Hitting a small drop should not pose any problems at a world level mtb event. Seems like it's a skill/under-biking issue.
Found the best comment on that video:
Isn't the sketch bridge more dangerous once it's wet?
I love the taping. A nice way to say "if you have to use this enjoy your loss". Like the course builders who spent all that time building it are gonna put thumb tacks in the go around. "Send it or lose."
Was that Leeroy Jenkins?
I bet you have socialized healthcare, low gun crime and obesity rates.
Didn't insult anyone.
You think someone offering you shroom chocolates keeps them in a Volvo in the countryside?
I’m loving the increased difficulty in XCO. If you can’t handle it as top-level racer; swap the xc bike for a trail bike, wear an actual MTB helmet and back protection, or go race gravel or XC marathon instead.
Puck's course preview: "We are now doing the b-line and are scared": https://youtu.be/Hgdx61zMj-U?t=999
And looks like the log drops to log-rounds drop might be out? Not in Puck's preview or Tempier's either: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzwf2XQR6Bk
She says they've been taken out in the video. They added a D-line on the rock drops too.
Isn't there supposed to be some oversight/consulting w/ the technical delegates on course construction, including site visits, leading up to the race or is that just for DHI?
Seems like removing and routing around major technical features because weather wasn't factored in (in the Alps!!) is a pretty big fail...
Snowshoe whale tail...
Sad they are closing the features, there are already B and C lines for whoever is not up to the challenge. It's removing opportunities for the most skilled riders. What's about adding a chairlift section in the climbs to help the racers with less stamina?
Racers are adults (for the elite) and can choose the amount of risk they want to take even if they might have to crash a couple times to find their limit. Honestly, the track doesn't look different than what you would find in a public bike park. Any kids from Whistler would shred these features with ease...
Maybe not the smartest to have wood features on a wet track but nothing that could not be fixed with some chicken wire..;-p
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8ew6EasTqG/
I hate to laugh but... This looks straight outta cinema. The slo mo really seals it. I need to re-edit this to dramatic music.
I'd vote for Yakety Sax or Flight of the Bumblebee but that's just me (and props to Blevs for keeping it upright!)
Step Brothers scene prodives: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a0Jr8PvVXAQ
Dirt roadies is a joke. I’m assuming everyone here knows how good they all are at riding mountain bikes!
Any word on whether the top 10 rider at the 36 minute mark of the men's Elite race did indeed shatter his jaw as Carlson yells whoa and turns around to keep the stoke going as he's signaling directly to Josh that "I need help!!!" as he lies broken on the dividing line/boulder wall between A & B line?
That was awful looking. Heal up sir!
https://www.instagram.com/thebikemax/p/C8kFGwLocO_/?hl=en&img_index=1
https://videos.mtb-news.de/56547/030050b_630150_img_0051
def lost a tooth. i think its tough when he wishes to raise legitimate concerns about the course in terms of the precedent. but... despite the precedent, the other riders are making those sections. not sure if he was the only 'serious' injury of the week.
and it also ties into the B line thing, which I believe there was one for this. If you chose to ride that to save time cuz it was needed to win and weren't capable when everyone else was... Thems the breaks.
I'm also blown away Pidcock, the guy most made fun of for being a roadie, stomped everyone? And technical wizards like Nino and Blevins fell behind a bit. Almost makes the case even worse for 'the course being too hard'. Not sure. Again not saying he doesn't have a legit claim, particularly if backed by 50+% of the field, but if we changed DH courses every time a rider got injured on a section we would end up riding a fire road down...
I dont think the course was too technical, i just dont think they should line those sections with rock walls. Theyd have more line options if they left that boulder field open without the rock barriers. The technicality would still be there, which is great in mtb, but those inbedded rock walls are unnecessary hazards, excessive consequences
Pidcock (reigning Cx and Olympic xc champion) is widely regarded as the best decender in the peleton and an incredible bike handler. Not sure anyone is making fun of him.
They took the road gap out at Vallnord where Camille wrecked herself.They cancelled the entire Junior race at Loudenville.
I think the point is that penalty for failure shouldn't be an injury caused by a badly designed feature.Max's front wheel slipped and sent him offline......in a narrow runout lined by massive boulders.......which he hit with his face. Did the boulders add to the technical difficulty of the section or just make it more dangerous?
the Carlson clip is gnarly, and a perfect encapsulation of the WB Discovery era
The Carlson clip was cringe watching it live. I commented somewhere that the boulder walls were gonna catch someone but no pleasure in being right about it.
Grinch is right about the punji walls of stone not needing to be there. Could simply have left it a free for all like the one descent.
Not even DH racers want to sprint uphill, lungs in your eyeballs and huck a peaked rock slab w/ no back side at 2mph. Oh…and do it 7 times getting progressively more tired and the rocks getting more peanut buttery.
That was Hard Enduro
Wonder who the trapped rider was on last lap that forced the whole section to be shut down. Looked to be a victim of the boulder punji wall too
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