Mitch Ropelato at Cascades in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa - photo by esphotography

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Album: World-Champs-2013
Category: DH Racing
Date Posted: Aug 30, 2013 at 12:52
Aug 30, 2013
Location: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Trail: Cascades
Riders: Mitch Ropelato
Articles: 35 Bikes From World Champs, Throwback Thursday: Jared Graves' World Champs Medal on an Enduro Bike

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2013:08:30

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AmbientLight (Aug 30, 2013 at 22:43)

Drink Bottle in a downhill race. Epic.

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dirtworks911 (Aug 30, 2013 at 22:48) (Below Threshold)

Thats to help him down his soon to be taco'd wheelset halfway down the course!

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blackohio (Aug 30, 2013 at 23:00)

love it a dude that cant race world cup, speculating on a guy who on his slowest day is still 10x faster. PMB isnt VDS. Im sure Mitch is going to be just fine on his bike, even if your expert opinion says otherwise. fucking pinkbike is literally like where all the sperm that didnt make it to the egg found an egg of their own.

bigbluebike (Aug 31, 2013 at 1:17)

oh lol 2nd in seeding

bolmaing (Aug 31, 2013 at 2:39)

Imagine if the pinkbike warriors managed a DH team.

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blackohio (Aug 31, 2013 at 8:50)

Everyone would be running a dirt jumper, skin tight jeans and their moms Amex.

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dirtworks911 (Aug 31, 2013 at 9:07) (Below Threshold)

....or not.

Protour (Aug 30, 2013 at 23:08)

All he needs is one perfect run and the wheels will do the rest, in theory. It's great how many people are rooting for him to do well, including me.

pimpedupmonkey (Aug 31, 2013 at 1:03)

After watching this is peaty helmet cam cant blame him at all, yer there's the odd rock but nothing like VDS or the top of fort bill. Nowt wrong with bigger wheels never rode them on a mtb. Before I got my 1st bmx as a young lad I started riding the local bmx track on a road bike and know the wheels can take just as much as a 26 in the right hands

caldwellvisuals (Aug 31, 2013 at 4:02)

Mitch needs to win.

JJonathan (Aug 31, 2013 at 4:36)

Gwin won at Sea Otter on a 29er and didn't even have a water bottle.

jaycubzz (Aug 30, 2013 at 21:06)

HUGE ASS WHEELS

Azamac (Sep 6, 2013 at 20:27)

ARE HUGE!