Replay: Pietermaritzburg World Cup 1 DH Finals

Apr 12, 2014
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  • 53 2
 GWIN IS BACK
  • 40 1
 whoa.

11 am sat morning here in west coast canadia and sports net 1, ch 159 has the full replay of the event on mainstream tv!!!!!!!!

really? full on 2014 dh wc racing action instead of darts?

the future is now.

crazy.
  • 2 0
 Best coverage to date
  • 3 5
 They hardly mentioned that he was on a trail bike. Graves with the SB, and now Gwinn with an enduro. I guess this track is good for a bike you can pedal. Congrats to Gwin, I wonder what bike he'll ride for the rest of the season. The demo + Gwin has not been a good combo.
  • 7 2
 SO glad for Gwin! Cant wait to see Stevie battle with him this year!
  • 3 0
 Speaking of Steve what happened, why wasn't he in the finals?????
  • 4 0
 yeah, super happy for Gwinn finally getting back up top after all the shit he went through last season!
  • 6 4
 Winning bike was an Enduro SX, which is a 180mm travel version of the Enduro that is essentially replaces the SX Trail freeride bike for the time being. Not to mention the dampening effect of the bigger wheels. I don't think this qualifies as a trail bike, Sam Hill and Brosnan have both run SX Trails at various WC Downhill races before, and no one called them out for "trail bike" status. People are way too up in arms!
  • 9 0
 It is not the Enduro SX it is the Enduro Expert Evo. Just for clarification Smile
  • 1 2
 Trail, Enduro, All Mountain... whatever you want to call it. The Graves' SB and the Spesh Enduro are not "Downhill" bikes. I was under the impression that Gwin was on the proto 650b Enduro Evo. That would likely be a 160 / 165 rear travel bike, which most would consider suited for EWS more than WC DH. That's just my 2 cents.

Hopefully they have a proto next gen Demo for Gwin to ride the rest of the season.
  • 2 1
 I really want to like Gwin, but the thanking god bollocks is annoying.
  • 23 0
 robs a legend, end of sam dales run.. "he hits the deck harder then an old women on a cruise ship" haha
  • 1 0
 the only good caster
  • 17 0
 That chainslip... Ratboy could have been a contender. Would have been fun to add Stevie Smith to the mix too. Yeah Gwin! Keep it up man!
  • 6 0
 was really looking forwards to see if he had done well! he deserves a podium!
  • 3 0
 How does anyone drop a chain in this day and age.... gutted for Ratboy, he was on a stomper of a run!
  • 11 0
 Hannah's face!!! Man he looked gutted, and who can blame him
  • 5 1
 ...We had a big FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU at my house last night I can tell you...
  • 6 0
 Wonder why no Ohlins shock on the enduro's? Congrats to Gwin, hell of a ride!
  • 1 0
 His suspension sponsor is Fox so that figures out
  • 1 0
 That's true. Same for Troy? He did not have it either. Not sure who his sponsors are.
  • 1 0
 he rides for rockshox
  • 3 0
 quit bitchin bout redbull tv...its free...no one else will provide the coverage.....just ignnore the web for a few hours so you dont see results and watch the replay.......simples ;-)
  • 5 0
 Good show...They need way more cameras at the top of the run. Is Gwins head tube going to bust off that frame?
  • 2 0
 yeah, i was really bummed they held onto that first camera angle for as long as they did.
  • 5 0
 Not a Gwin fanboy, but he was the fastest man for sure. Super smooth race. Good jobs boys! Bring on the next WC!
  • 1 0
 Next "Real" DH Race in Cairns specialized will Starts with the New 2015 Demo ( 27.5 wheelsize ) ...... I herad that all Demo's are in 2015 with 27.5 wheels! Surprise......surprise....surprise
  • 1 0
 Â Next "Real" DH Race in Cairns specialized will Starts with the New 2015 Demo ( 27.5 wheelsize ) ...... I've heard that all Demo's are in 2015 with 27.5 wheels and with a new rear.
Surprise......surprise....surprise
  • 1 0
 Heard that as well, and god do I hope it's not true!
  • 7 5
 Gain, Shaw, Kitner.... good showing for team USA! Man can't wait for the rest of the season. The field is so stacked right now
  • 9 2
 Oops, Gwin not Gain. Damn autocorrect. Ha!
  • 3 2
 That was Gwin-tastic!!!
  • 6 3
 I'm gonna get negged for this, but maybe someone can answer before it goes under: where was Stevie Smith?
  • 5 0
 Nice.
  • 7 0
 He got injured in his ankle after casing a jump, and will miss the first two world cups.
  • 2 0
 Was this in the off-season or during a training run?
  • 2 0
 Off season think in NZ
  • 4 0
 GWIN AGAIN
  • 4 0
 Poor rat boy
  • 1 0
 Have you noticed how whenever the season starts off in PMB Gee doesn't win a single round in the series..... Hope he can get the overall this year.
  • 3 0
 Could fast forward on iPhone but not iPad. Where are the haters now?
  • 2 1
 There loving gwining now I'm glad hi took the win and a good star to the session
  • 2 0
 U just learning to spell?
  • 4 1
 I'm gonna watch it again and hope Mik wins it this time.
  • 1 0
 "...some sort of a breather" expecting some flat portion then greg jumps a gap
  • 2 0
 this round would be even more awsome if stevie was there
  • 2 0
 So thankful for Red Bull putting these videos up!
  • 2 0
 2:00:59
  • 1 0
 bahahahaha!
  • 2 0
 sorry euros.
  • 1 0
 great start to the season! gutted for mik.
  • 1 0
 ratboy was on fire before dropping his chain, what a shame!
  • 1 0
 Best course preview I have ever seen! Lol that guy was hilarious!
  • 1 1
 Nice see the show of the Girls, I glad to see that guys running fast, does not matter who wins your not.
  • 1 3
 Superb! bring on Cairns Smile ....and someone should give that Warner guy a slang vocabulary history lesson and then he might stop calling Richard Cunynghame "Cunny" every 2 minutes if he knew what it meant lol!
  • 1 0
 Carpenter, awesome work, cute as ever and riding like a champ !
  • 1 0
 Is anyones else not working on their ipad ?
  • 1 0
 gotta feel bad for mick Hannah, he was that close to winning
  • 1 0
 Does anyone know if there is anywhere I can still stream the replay?
  • 8 9
 Wow, the world's shiniest video player; impossible to skip forward or backward on an ipad or iphone. WTF!? Who programs is crap?
  • 15 1
 Works perfect for me. You need help with your spelling.
  • 2 1
 Got a bad glare? Shiniest - pffft.

complain, complain, complain....
  • 1 0
 If you hold the slider in the spot you want to skip to for a number of seconds (about 20s for me), then it will skip there. If I just slide and let go in 2s, it drops back to where I was.
  • 2 1
 lol, kramster, the player is so shiny that there is no slider. There are no controls whatsoever.
  • 1 0
 Weird, mine had a slider in iphone. I skipped to the top 5 no problem.
  • 2 0
 I had no controls either. Had to wait until today to watch it. Even though I knew he'd take Gwin, I was still Gwinning from ear to ear.
  • 1 0
 Aha! So I'm not crazy. Some other people do have controls either.
  • 1 0
 Not sure if this is the be all end all of identifying whether or not you're crazy. I'd look at other factors as well. Big Grin
  • 3 2
 Begin wheel size discussion now....
  • 3 3
 greedy component/bike manufacturers should think about if 650B doesn't really help/applicable on the DH ecology....
  • 2 2
 Wheelsize + demo + trailbike + dh track discussion sounds more accurate
  • 3 1
 I am sure the bigger wheels help the speed by a small margin, I saw a difference when I had my 29er, but you know Gwin was training his arse off this winter to make up for last year. I see that bigger wheels can be faster, but I love all my 26" bikes, including my '14 enduro expert evo (without the dual crowns ha). This all came down to Gwin working the kinks out and strenuous training (physically and mentally).
  • 7 0
 To me this shows it's mostly hype at least in DH. This was probably the track with the most pedaling all year and a 26 was top 3 with another 26 in top 2 qualy. If 27.5 was really that much faster we would have seen it today.
  • 3 1
 The biggest difference on a bike isn't wheelsize. It's being physically fit and competent. Can we stop with wheelsize please. Arguably the greatest athlete in the sport won on an excellent tweaked all mountain rig. No news here.
  • 2 1
 nismo325 it's been all hype from the start, and just not in DH. Remember when Vouilloz started with the propaganda back in 2012 before the start of the 2013 Enduro series. A significant portion of the field was riding 27.5s, and we all know what happened there. I seen this a dozen times. The tapered head tube, 142mm spacing, 10sp drive train, fox refusing to design a 20mm thru axle even though the public wants it......but wait, only after the 15mm becomes the standard.
  • 6 4
 bryceland got robbed...
  • 1 0
 was gwin rocking a 26 inch enduro??
  • 1 0
 27.5
  • 4 3
 GWININGGGG
  • 1 0
 Gwinning
  • 1 0
 What up with McDonald ?
  • 1 3
 now 2 prove gwin is back and the demo is actually a good bike he will have 2 win on 1 congrats 2 the guys who actually rode their dh rigs eg 3rd place minaar!
  • 1 1
 was he riding a Status with a dual crown? cause that didn't have the demo rearend?
  • 1 0
 Enduro evo, dual crown lowered to 180mm.
  • 2 1
 Idiot.
  • 1 0
 uci is rigged..
  • 1 1
 #Gwinning
  • 1 3
 hell yeah stoked on Gwins win. to bad the course coverage sucked
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