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A master craftsman doing work. With redemption for a season missed due to injury on the line, and the small matter of pursuing those ever-elusive rainbow stripes to attend to, no stone will be left unturned in Aaron Gwin's quest for speed here at Worlds MSA. From prototype brake calipers to custom drilled levers, no detail will be overlooked by John Hall as he sets about building the ultimate race weapon. Cruise the gallery to see what we mean!

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2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Aaron Gwin Intense John Hall Mont Sainte Anne, Canada PIT BITS

2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Aaron Gwin Intense John Hall Mont Sainte Anne, Canada PIT BITS

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iceman2058
8/28/2019 1:31 AM

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Scrub

8/28/2019 2:29 PM

Remember that one time in 2012 @ the Leogang Worlds what happened when Gwin ran prototype brakes...This is probably another time NOT to use prototype brakes....just saying

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128 NoahColorado https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/128/avatar/c50_88160290_1258334763.jpg?1290150194 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/NoahColorado,128/all 08/01/09 1 6 364 29 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/NoahColorado,128/setup 5 146 465 6

NoahColorado

8/28/2019 9:30 AM

I just wish this gallery had more photos of John drilling levers.

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sspomer

8/28/2019 8:28 AM

sven just grabbed this vid of john working on the 27.5 rear-ended bike. on our insta - https://www.instagram.com/p/B1tkkg6Fp9h/

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peewho

8/28/2019 10:42 AM

so gwin will be testing both the M29 and the M279 at Worlds? and than decide which to race.? OMG.. the drama....

P"

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G_rrett

8/28/2019 8:20 AM

So it looks like Gwin is running alloy cranks... no more Carbon EThirteen cranks after the mishap from the Pro GRT, if I am remembering correctly

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sspomer

8/28/2019 7:35 AM

i just added audio above and he explains a lot of rad details about the bike. FWIW w/ the levers, the dimples are already there, he's just drilling through them, not starting new holes from scratch.

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Big Bird

8/31/2019 7:50 PM

It sure seems like he's just removing the coating, not drilling all the way through.

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Richt2000

8/28/2019 6:15 AM

Surprised he didnt drill his knuckle at some point

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phillemaistre

8/28/2019 4:33 AM

I am also very curious about this... with all the experience and tooling at his disposal, why did Juan chose to do this job on the bike? Why risk slipping and damaging the part; or far worse, his hand? No judgment, just ‘intense’ curiosity.

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LLLLL

8/28/2019 4:09 AM

I always find it easier to drill things on a bench

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