Aaron Gwin at Mens Podium in Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec, Canada - photo by IanHylands

Aaron Gwin, stoked on his win and the new bike!

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Album: MSA-2011
Category: DH Racing
Date Posted: Jul 3, 2011 at 17:08
Jul 3, 2011
Location: Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec, Canada
Trail: Mens Podium
Riders: Aaron Gwin

Photo details

Photo Size:

Camera

Nikon D3S

Lens

24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8

Shutter Speed

1/800

Aperture

4.0

Focal Length

48.0 mm

ISO Speed

1000

Date

2011:07:03

Time

13:42:07

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27 Comments

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eleventyfive (Jul 3, 2011 at 17:10)

winning world cups ... like a boss

21 0

brodoyouevenbike (Jul 3, 2011 at 18:56)

Bi-gwinning

BIGJoe29 (Jul 4, 2011 at 12:23)

i used to prefer the demo 8. but then i saw this bike

13 0

webbrider12 (Jul 3, 2011 at 22:24)

Atta boy Mr. California!!! way to make us proud! (:

stevecabrera (Jul 4, 2011 at 16:32)

this isnt even a session 88 its a 9.9

webbrider12 (Jul 7, 2011 at 19:13)

its a 69

swearmouth (Jul 3, 2011 at 22:26)

Thats a great shot of the Carbon session. If you look at where the seat/top tubes cross its extremely obvious.

dannyweiland (Jul 3, 2011 at 22:37)

i wonder if its just the front triangle thats carbon or is the rear carbon too?????

DIRTFACTORY (Jul 4, 2011 at 2:47)

Just the front one

freerydscott (Jul 14, 2011 at 10:16)

Front triangle, seat stays and rocker link carbon. Chain stay is aluminum.

DIRTFACTORY (Jul 4, 2011 at 2:47)

Trek Session Carbon is so nice...and a nice rider too

Sir-Dirty-BIker (Jul 4, 2011 at 8:50)

I want to see Commencal respond to this and make a carbon supreme! because that will be MINT!

caiocrz (Jul 6, 2011 at 3:09)

lol wtf? people are going crazy! I do believe carbon CF is great and is contributing to bike's and rider's performance a lot.

Helmetflak (Jul 3, 2011 at 18:56)

That bike is sooo sexy

miguelads (Jul 4, 2011 at 2:38)

I like plus Specialized Demo 8 II

Reagent (Jul 4, 2011 at 5:59)

demo popsa and shit!!!!!!! trek - rull

nouser (Jul 11, 2011 at 18:28)

Hey Reagent, have you ridden one of the new Demos? No? Okay shut up.

hooooooov (Jul 3, 2011 at 22:41)

bike looks so fast

Sir-Dirty-BIker (Jul 4, 2011 at 9:42)

the bike can only be fast if the rider is fast! ^^

jptothetree (Jul 3, 2011 at 23:43)

that is one sexy as bike...

caiocrz (Jul 4, 2011 at 8:57)

Commencal must be working on a carbon...thats if they still want to win in the future

rydindirty (Jul 4, 2011 at 17:50)

LOL! CF doesn't win races man. If that were true, where is the SC team lately? All that money shot to shit lol

IanHylands (Jul 5, 2011 at 10:16)

Umm, Bryceland came second, and Minnaar was well on his way to either 1st or 2nd when he crashed. 2nd by almost nothing at the first split and fastest at the speed trap...

rydindirty (Jul 5, 2011 at 23:06)

they aren't winning races like you would think if CF makes such a difference. Someone missed my point.

IanHylands (Jul 5, 2011 at 23:10)

You're right about CF not making "such a difference" but you can say that about any bike and any material really. The bike is just a tool, and a better tool helps, but it still comes down to riders skill and mistakes really. Simply having a CF bike isn't going to make you win a race, but it helps...

rydindirty (Jul 5, 2011 at 23:36) (Below Threshold)

face palm

IanHylands (Jul 6, 2011 at 0:05)

Not really, I was going on your point about where is SC lately, and lately they've been doing incredibly well. Bryceland won the BDS race last weekend and came second here, currently in 6th place overall. Greg has three podiums including a win in 4 races putting him in 2nd overall, and Peaty has been on the podium and is currently in 10th overall. And you could very easily give some credit to the carbon bikes for that. Hardly money shot to shit, the bikes are lighter, stronger, and overall faster on most courses. They may not guarantee a win, but I've talked to them about the bikes and they are definitely an improvement over the aluminum ones. Have you ever ridden a carbon mountain bike? They do feel better...