Gee Atherton at Fort William in Aberdeen, Scotland - photo by TheFilm

Broken bike. He is such a champ for finishing anyway!

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Album: Fort-William
Category: DH Racing
Date Posted: May 17, 2011 at 1:01
May 17, 2011
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
Trail: Fort William
Riders: Gee Atherton

Photo details

Photo Size:

Camera

Nikon D3100

Lens

55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G VR

Shutter Speed

1/500

Aperture

4.8

Focal Length

102.0 mm

ISO Speed

720

Date

2011:05:15

Time

15:40:07

57 Comments

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Sir-Dirty-BIker (May 17, 2011 at 12:29)

..... showroom condition, one owner, never been ridden hard - only to the shops and back .... Any takers? starting bid at £2000

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TheFilm (May 17, 2011 at 12:39)

hahahaha I would buy it

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azzazz7 (May 19, 2011 at 8:57)

He just needs to fix that flat and it should be good to go.

28 1

russ-ryan-pwn (May 22, 2011 at 22:11)

you can probably just buff that out

11 1

martin-gunn (May 31, 2011 at 3:22)

nothing a truing stand cant do.

6 14

p-romano (May 31, 2011 at 10:43) (Below Threshold)

2000 Pounds is still a sick deal for that bike. Just a new rear wheel and a wash. good to go.

nouser (Jun 2, 2011 at 12:52)

feck

xxslopestylerider9x (Jun 7, 2011 at 13:04)

Hes probly thinking "oh darn, I bent a wheelset in half again for riding too agressive, looks like I'll just have to get another one from my spares"

cyberhawk (Jun 23, 2011 at 7:05)

more like .. light,, even lighter.. .. broken ,.. get stronger rims and loose a little time.. but at least you can finish your run..

MTBfreak612 (Jun 25, 2011 at 19:36)

Gee Atherton GITTIN SOME!

northumberlandrider (Jul 19, 2011 at 12:49)

Haha just goes too show that the world cup racing scene is where it should be at the moment with technology fighting too keep with todays beast riders

34 3

nuescher (May 17, 2011 at 3:43)

you're doing it wrong

Downhill-Christy (May 24, 2011 at 0:40)

His bike's doing it wrong

15 1

Stewartlowe (Jun 13, 2011 at 8:21)

He probably still made it down faster than any of us. :L

15 0

Arawn (May 21, 2011 at 14:43)

nothing abit of ductape wont fix

11 0

kickasssloth (May 17, 2011 at 3:42)

well theres your problem haha

phree44 (May 28, 2011 at 3:26)

Screw you guy's i'm going home

nouser (May 17, 2011 at 1:12)

gees been ragging it a little to hard by the looks of it sweet pic mate

recklessness (Feb 18, 2012 at 13:45)

"Screw you guys, I'm going to GT."

cyberhawk (Jul 3, 2013 at 7:24)

hahahaa

McDonnell (May 17, 2011 at 9:50)

after some points i think

Goosmen (May 18, 2011 at 12:13)

uhm... sir... I think you got a flat tire, isn't it?

Carrick14 (May 22, 2011 at 0:30)

I was racing in this race it was fort william sda round 2

TheFilm (May 28, 2011 at 4:11)

yeah t is, i may have a photo of u if ur interested in buying? £2? up to u cheers

Carrick14 (May 31, 2011 at 5:20)

Yeh cool could you maybe put the race photo on rootsandrain

my race number is 819

Dickinson (Jun 13, 2011 at 15:14)

Shit happens :\

Pezlar (May 31, 2011 at 16:50)

he just needs to pump that tyre and its good as new

crividh (Jun 5, 2011 at 4:37)

Just like Sam Hill last year....gnarly.

minimonkeyshredder (Jun 25, 2011 at 4:14)

goes to show that even the best components can still be broken .

konakid6614 (Jul 3, 2011 at 14:45)

looks like a slow air leak to me-___-

AlexG (Jul 5, 2011 at 6:28)

Are tho's the shimano saint rims?

MaxFernandez (Jan 22, 2012 at 18:07)

this is the second one rim ,gee broke!

chedgy (May 17, 2011 at 12:10)

WOOOOOOO PEDAL hahahah

dhdeven (May 17, 2011 at 12:44)

Leatt on Gee?

Patsplit (May 17, 2011 at 12:59)

The whole Atherton clan wears them now after Dan's accident.

chedgy (May 17, 2011 at 13:15)

I swear they said they would never wear them? I think the quote was "the day I wear a next brace is the day I stop riding"

I may be wrong But I am pretty thats what one of the athertons said.

TheFilm (May 17, 2011 at 13:27)

that was before dans accident though...

chaloopy (May 18, 2011 at 9:13)

well clearly hes not riding with a bike like that, lol. but good on the safety

luke-xcess (May 24, 2011 at 12:44)

also why is he wearing a D3?

BikerLuis (May 17, 2011 at 14:47)

pokalface (May 19, 2011 at 1:59)

the wheel is destroy haha

Karl-Jordan (May 30, 2011 at 15:08)

yes yes .. i think we gathered that from the picture .. thanks for your input !

xander8 (May 21, 2011 at 13:59)

i guess that was the bike's way right in to the next trash can....

wigi (May 22, 2011 at 1:26)

Kashima rc4 ?

staike (May 22, 2011 at 6:05)

yep, coming on the whole range of forks and shockzorz for 2012.

wigi (May 22, 2011 at 10:33)

i know for forks and air shocks.. but rc4

big like !

staike (May 22, 2011 at 10:53)

Only the Factory series will have the coating, and it has now been added to the FLOAT RP23, DHX Air and DHX RC4 rear shocks, including portions of the air sleeves (RC4 is shaft only).

mdstampy (Jun 24, 2011 at 13:22)

lol is that gee??

TheFilm (Jul 14, 2011 at 5:12)

Yes it is

Enduro27 (Jun 25, 2011 at 19:35)

hahahahaha

connor-rix (Jul 2, 2011 at 1:09)

what rim is that?

goxbigxorxgoxhome (Jul 6, 2011 at 4:00)

Shimano Saint

jamesinator98 (Feb 19, 2012 at 7:42)

i thought it was a ztr flow rim branded as saint?

teddyeddy (Aug 12, 2011 at 14:06)

Cable Ties!!!!!!!!!

Purpleturtle64 (Oct 9, 2011 at 3:25)

I cant see the problem?

goonrider (May 24, 2011 at 3:01)

how does he "finish anyway" with a trashed wheel?

TheFilm (May 28, 2011 at 4:12)

he walked down the track...