Gee Atherton at World Cup DH in Fort William, Scotland - photo by dingus

Not the race run Gee would have had in mind...

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atxdave (May 16, 2011 at 5:05)

i was on marshal point 9 and he got a puncher rite in front of me, there was a sharp rock he landed on and he carried on then his wheel must of just gave way further down the track but to be fair riding down fort william on just a rim im not supprised!

dingus (May 16, 2011 at 5:35)

My dad was marshaling at point 19 I think, and he still had a wheel when he passed him, which is pretty impressive Wink

lescart (May 16, 2011 at 13:21)

looks like 1 of your wheels dave when you rode there!

CharlieS43 (May 30, 2011 at 14:29)

could be worse, he could have aids

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kippernipper (May 18, 2011 at 8:43)

http://www.rootsandrain.co.uk/photos/140555

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Sponger (May 16, 2011 at 12:00)

Special proto tyre, not so special casing Wink

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TheFilm (May 22, 2011 at 3:54)

thats so sick dude :L haha i got him from the the back. u can see all the carnage! http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/6599636/

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Patsplit (May 17, 2011 at 13:19)

look at those arm veins... gee monster for sure. incredible hulk atherton.

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mrmonster (May 28, 2011 at 0:32)

awesome!, the dude rides until his rim disintegrated.

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dani0206 (Jul 3, 2011 at 3:49)

use double track Big Grin

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skawt-1 (May 16, 2011 at 4:34)

Oh sick! Athertons at an SDA?

dingus (May 16, 2011 at 4:37)

Yup. And Dirt/Norco. And Danny Mac was hanging around too...

Rach won womens and Dan was 3rd.

pierpoint33 (May 16, 2011 at 8:50)

Dan was 3rd in womens ?, thats not fair that like Razz

adam-cuthbertson (May 16, 2011 at 14:48)

Apparently they got a late entry only on the premise that they offer coaching to anyone who wanted it over the weekend.

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cronin91 (May 16, 2011 at 5:19)

git on

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pbuser102331 Plus (May 16, 2011 at 4:17)

Bugger.

STARWARS (May 16, 2011 at 4:56)

Oh no his rear wheel gone Frown

He should have stronger wheel rims?

timlake (May 16, 2011 at 5:29)

"wheel rims" aren't generally designed to be ridden on without an inflated tyre.

cikudh (May 16, 2011 at 22:20)

gee monster

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bobj (May 16, 2011 at 4:27)

Holy shit what happened?

lewisstp (May 16, 2011 at 4:30)

on the speakers at the bottom it said that he had a "slight" technical difficulty.......

dingus (May 16, 2011 at 4:30)

He punctured, but must have kept on the gas and the wheel couldn't take it and disintegrated.

bobj (May 16, 2011 at 4:36)

Gutted. Doesnt really matter for him tho...its not like he cares about placing well in SDA. He was probably just getting practise in for UCI. Is it true he was giving coaching to people?

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freeriderayward (May 16, 2011 at 4:35)

Ummm... Sam Hill's crash much??

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