Sam Hill at Fort Williams Race Course in Fort William, United Kingdom - photo by spoiledgoods

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Timmos (Jun 4, 2010 at 10:49)

hahaha

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mountainbart (Jun 4, 2010 at 10:54)

can i have the frame if he's gonna chuck it away?

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BeastlyBrant (Jun 4, 2010 at 10:57)

hope hes okay

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demoflight (Jun 4, 2010 at 11:07)

looks like the wheel f*cked him, not the other way around. dt's have issues.

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brett878 Plus (Jun 4, 2010 at 12:05)

thats crazy

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reillykintzele (Jun 4, 2010 at 15:13)

even the tire has a dent!

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tuftii (Jun 4, 2010 at 16:03)

that'll buff out.

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scottmillphotography (Jun 4, 2010 at 18:13)

f*ckkkkk. wow. but if he doesnt want the bike ill take it. hope he is ok

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mooseman414 Plus (Jun 4, 2010 at 22:38)

wow

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zsozso (Jun 5, 2010 at 2:41)

He crashed because his pink grips.

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kovaldesign (Jun 5, 2010 at 4:16)

Bet the wheels let him down.
DT EX 1750 for DH racing?!? - sorry, no.
I'm a weight weenie but even my XC wheelset weight more for the piece of mind.

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mountainbart (Jun 5, 2010 at 12:19)

my friend uses them for dh racing he says that the rims are better then the fr2350 + i wonder if the bike's still in the bushes....

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demoflight (Jun 5, 2010 at 13:14)

just get mavics. and go tubelesss cause tubes are lame

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scottmillphotography (Jun 5, 2010 at 16:11)

your lame.

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northumberlandrider (Jun 6, 2010 at 11:39)

f*ck tube less

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demoflight (Jun 6, 2010 at 12:23)

maybe you should try it

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northumberlandrider (Jun 6, 2010 at 16:42)

I have...

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konakid1993 (Jun 5, 2010 at 11:17)

there was me thinking only chuck norris was capable of this level of desruction...

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vortexian (Jun 4, 2010 at 11:04)

yeah they look like DT Swiss EX 1750's. Not strictly a DH rim, and clearly completely collapsed...oops..

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nightfox (Jun 4, 2010 at 16:42)

how weird would that be? not picking the right rim for the job? :S

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northumberlandrider (Jun 6, 2010 at 11:44)

all about the weight my aid ship boarding friend ;D

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kinkmister (Jun 4, 2010 at 15:39)

holy shiiiiiiiiiit!!!!!! congrats sam hill! that takes talent to screw up a 10,000 bike like that!!!!

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cruelty-and-the-beast (Jun 4, 2010 at 11:38)

I woulda thought he'd be running tubeless...

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stryke Plus (Oct 21, 2010 at 9:53)

very few people on the wc circuit run tubeless

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edd-stevens (Nov 6, 2010 at 10:00)

Especially on Fort William. They have lost a fair amount of air by the bottom of the track apparantly.

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StuHaight (Jun 4, 2010 at 10:54)

Aren't those AM rims anyways?

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moutnbiker (Jun 4, 2010 at 11:14)

yes, I believe they are

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StuHaight (Jun 4, 2010 at 13:01)

Either way Pro DH'ers are really pushing their bikes to the max, so, hard to tell what caused the crash...

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nestyle (Jul 8, 2010 at 8:30)

should have used mavic ex823's.. not saying his rims are what caused him to crash, but would have saved him some damage on his bike.

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straffs (Jun 5, 2010 at 14:04)

frame is still in one piece! gotta love the spesh!

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dhzac (Jun 4, 2010 at 11:03)

NEXT ONE PLEASE

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nightmareterror (Jun 4, 2010 at 12:09)

DAMN shun. That is brutal. Shake it off Sammy.. even the best of us fall.

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danny-oli (Jun 13, 2010 at 6:48)

considering he IS the best....................

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caste1200 (Jun 4, 2010 at 14:42)

any vid?????????????

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Nikitanikita (Jun 5, 2010 at 9:18)

is that prototype ? demo8 + Sx-Trail ?

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davex123 (Jun 12, 2010 at 16:32)

That's what I thought. It IS the prototype. I found this guy who has photo's of it, and it looks kinda as if (call me f-ed up) it was a piece of the new Batman's armory or something Big Grin

http://russak.pinkbike.com/album/Demo-prototype-/

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jofish66 (Dec 5, 2010 at 8:43)

ahhh what a f*cking waste so annoying well at least you know it is possible to even buckle sun rims lol

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nightmareterror (Jun 4, 2010 at 12:34)

PFFT Negative propped. xD You guys suck.

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dsheffer (Jun 4, 2010 at 10:50)

holy!!! both wheels are done, that must have been a gnarly crash

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K-i-F-U (Jun 4, 2010 at 17:31)

Nice EX 1750 wheels for AM & Enduro ;]

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danimalbeastwood (Jun 4, 2010 at 11:25)

i think he needs a new wheel

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ramemtbers (Jun 4, 2010 at 11:09)

ohh dear, that is mashed.

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Henry98 (Jun 5, 2010 at 12:57)

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS ALMOST AS ROWEND AS MY FLAT TIRE LOL JOKES JOKES :L

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bobj (Jun 4, 2010 at 10:49)

ouch!! IS HE OK FOR THE RACE THIS WEEKEND??

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northwestdhdad Plus (Jun 4, 2010 at 11:10)

That is what I wanna know too! Hope he's OK! If he joins Fabien on the injury list that would just suck for the World Champs.

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bobj (Jun 4, 2010 at 11:12)

yup

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northwestdhdad Plus (Jun 4, 2010 at 11:14)

Your screen name is all time!

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bobj (Jun 4, 2010 at 11:16)

eh??

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skawt-1 (Jun 4, 2010 at 11:21)

Shoulder issues

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Britax (Jun 4, 2010 at 13:22)

ale urwał.. it was nice crash i think Wink

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bomberek888 (Jun 4, 2010 at 15:42)

ale to było dobre Razz

This was a big shot!!!:O

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mike-gillespie (Jun 4, 2010 at 11:03)

holy shit

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nickzero (Jun 6, 2010 at 23:48)

i wanna see the video f the crash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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brodieman96 (Jun 13, 2010 at 18:20)

shit thats what happens when your pinin and you f*ck up

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blendo (Jun 7, 2010 at 13:16)

Would you like some salsa with you taco?

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TGDownHiller (Jun 5, 2010 at 3:01)

are those black staunchioned boxxers i see?

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konakid1993 (Jun 5, 2010 at 11:16)

blackbox

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tomzbikes (Mar 20, 2011 at 16:33)

i jus tlove how the rim is f*cked, but the break disk is still holdin on Razz

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YukonFXrider (Jun 4, 2010 at 10:51)

dam, if the bike is that bad, i would hate to see sam.

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LiamGiles94 (Jun 4, 2010 at 14:53)

that looked like it hurt! could I buy the bike?

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ryanrose1050 (Jun 4, 2010 at 17:27)

nete please just sign out

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nete (Jun 4, 2010 at 14:23)

i wonder why he´s riding the old g2 rotors...

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Britax (Jun 5, 2010 at 2:10)

why not? g2 are very good, but i think there could be g3 - he has Elixir breakes

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nete (Jun 5, 2010 at 6:36)

that´s why i wondered. he has elixir calipers but definitely rides the old g2 rotors. furthermore sram says, that the g3 rotors are much better than the old ones...

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Britax (Jun 5, 2010 at 10:43)

hmm, maybe Sam just likes g2? a lot of people ride on them, so they are not so bad i think : ) may the "bad and old" rotors weren't the reason of accident Big Grin

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jake-594 (Jun 4, 2010 at 14:55)

Only a Man like Sam could screw over a bike that bad! Haha, Hope hes okay!

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NorthEasternDH (Jun 4, 2010 at 20:57)

I call this one... how to destroy a wheel set by sam hill

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oleksnow (Jun 7, 2010 at 7:01)

yeeee nice^^

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kakarolek (Feb 1, 2011 at 11:39)

:O WTF ?

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kmart14 (Jun 4, 2010 at 10:54)

damn how did he crash

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guy13absolut (Jun 6, 2010 at 3:53)

SAM HILL IS A LEGEND!!!!! i hope he is ok!

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Freeriderf4rlife (Jun 4, 2010 at 19:39)

bummer

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caliber-410 Plus (Jun 4, 2010 at 20:42)

Taco-ed

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p3marc (Jun 5, 2010 at 13:02)

he is a great rider

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simoesdh (Jun 4, 2010 at 11:07)

The demo is very ugly, I think specialized is worse than ever before, the new specialized big hit and this demo is very stupid to go the same route

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marshall4 (Jun 4, 2010 at 11:31)

specialized rules and all of their bikes get so much sicker every year.

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vortexian (Jun 4, 2010 at 15:40)

you've clearly never ridden the latest generation of Demo's, your chattin out of your arse

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nixon98 (Jun 4, 2010 at 19:11)

That demo is pure sex, one of the most beautiful bikes out there!

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Alvan (Jun 5, 2010 at 23:32) (Below Threshold) show comment

Specialized absolutely blow

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nixon98 (Jun 27, 2010 at 20:23)

riiight, go back to your huffy buddy

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Alvan (Jul 4, 2010 at 17:35) (Below Threshold) show comment

my pyre is nicer the that garbage demo 7

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nixon98 (Jul 19, 2010 at 23:41)

Keep telling yourself that!

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jacktilley (Nov 8, 2010 at 21:54)

The day banshee outdoes the biggest and best bicycle company in the world (specialized)sombody check hell and make sure its not frozen..

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Alvan (Nov 9, 2010 at 16:29) (Below Threshold) show comment

look at any isand cup dh race count specialized bike compared to banchees

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jacktilley (Nov 9, 2010 at 20:08)

I dont know what you have been counting but in the ISLAND CUP there are about 3 banshees and about 50 specialized. If there were no specialized there would be no banshee! and many others! and if you like banshee so much why dont you know how to spell it?

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jacktilley (Nov 9, 2010 at 20:10)

Oh and what is a pyre? is it a dh bike? NO is it an xc bike? NO so what is it?

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Alvan (Nov 16, 2010 at 19:04)

It's banshee's trail bike but unlike specialized bikes he frame can take as much abuse as you can give it

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jacktilley (Dec 1, 2010 at 8:03)

Give me your definition of a trail bike.

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sharkandsheep (Dec 10, 2010 at 15:14)

Thats what i thought.

And how would you think trhat specialized cannot take any abuse? Obviosly you have never ridden a specialized or evan ridden period!

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sharkandsheep (Dec 10, 2010 at 15:58)

Sorry i mean "thats what I was thinking" jacktilley you seem to understand Where banshees and specialized are in the bicycle order..

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Alvan (Dec 30, 2010 at 20:28)

i havea friend who broke 3 specialized frames but is yet to break a banshee

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jacktilley (Dec 30, 2010 at 21:18)

Hmm ok is your "friend" riding hardrocks from 1998? Name some models, Did your friens just get his banshee? Because riding around the parkinglot dosent excactly snap frames, Well actually were talking banshees so it can. Tell your friens to take it out in the trails and try it.

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Alvan (Mar 8, 2011 at 9:29) (Below Threshold) show comment

Actuly no they were stumpjumper frames and i can do lot more on my bike than you can do on the three or four that you have because it all the rider and not the bike

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jacktilley (Mar 8, 2011 at 14:19)

Um okay what do you evan ride. Parking lot does not count

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jacktilley (Mar 8, 2011 at 14:59)

Are you on the island? If so i will see you at victoria xc and cumberland dh not to far away

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Alvan (Mar 10, 2011 at 10:56)

but but i beat u in all the xcs u went you last year and the most u beat me by in dh last year was by fifteen seconds

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jacktilley (Mar 10, 2011 at 13:05)

Who are you?

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demo-8 (Mar 10, 2011 at 16:56)

and i beat you all in port

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cadenstephens (Mar 10, 2011 at 18:38)

15 seconds is along time in a dh race.. You can do alot of stuff in that time... Take a littel brake, Umm.. Eat a littel bit. Go take a pee.. Call some body.. Look around.. My point is you can do alot in 15 seconds...

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jacktilley (Mar 10, 2011 at 19:52)

Yes bryce you did and hopfully i will give you a run for your money this season. hopfully haha you should start riding XC on a 29er !

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Alvan (Mar 13, 2011 at 22:45)

ya well i just do dh for fun and jack u still havent figured out i am yet and where were u guys today?????

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dhjake (Jun 5, 2010 at 20:13)

THATS GOING TO HURT HIS WALLET!!!!!

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FileSubmit (Jun 6, 2010 at 10:04)

do u think? :LD Big Grin

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nestyle (Jul 8, 2010 at 8:31)

like he even pays for any of it..

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dhjake (Jul 9, 2010 at 7:19)

ye you know what i mean tho, it costs alot of money to replace everything, it would hurt my wallet.

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nestyle (Jul 9, 2010 at 7:42)

haha yeah i know what you mean

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Nikitanikita (Jun 5, 2010 at 2:35)

terrible damage

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