With little fanfare, Mitch Ropelato has reappeared on the World Cup DH scene, this time racing for Santa Cruz / SRAM and Troy Lee Designs. The American racer qualified 26th at Fort William, and ended up placing 55th once the dust had cleared at the end of the weekend. No matter if he's taking laps around a pump track, racing enduro, or blasting down a DH run, Ropelato has an enviably effortless style, and it's good to seem him back on the circuit.
SRAM's new Guide brakes may be hogging the spotlight these days, but their Code brakes are still a favorite among DH racers due to the plentiful power and solid lever feel that they deliver.
No disrespect to Mitch
Oh, and btw, the last 2 things I mentioned were done on an Enduro29.
I think that qualifies as a legend in a lot of people's book.
Mitch a good dude tho
Put it on the list with those custom Commencals, Peaty's painted frame, Scarlett Johansson, Cam McCaul's Session, the "prototype" paint job Canyon Sender and so on
Glad to hear you're actually stoked for the guy ????
........maybe some pb readers could adopt a more positive approach to how they 'interpret' peoples comments. Im actually quite amazed at how it got to this point to be honest. It may be some peoples way to go about things with smart arsed, snide comments to others genuine experiences but its not mine. I could tell the scincerity and how genuine scjeremy was about his story and am nlown away that others didnt read mine the same? Sorry to anyone i "offended", particularly scjeremy but i didnt realize i had to be more sincere in my writing!
"Hey what are you riding?"
"Minaar"
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Rolling resistance is hugely improved, dry cornering on hardpack is solid and they even feel okay on wet mud, the Dirty Dans are better in the wet but HRII feel like a solid all-rounder when you don't feel like changing tires each time you go out.
What tires are you running instead of the HRII?