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As Gwin normally puts lots of time into Delfs (you have to love rootsandrain), either Delfs has all of a sudden got fast or..... Fort Bill will be interesting, Danny beat Gwins last years time there a couple of weekends ago on a longer and more beaten up track. Will Stevie Smith be the man to beat in 2013. The big boys are keeping their cards close this year, picking races not to clash with each other, I feel the enduro race route for fitness purposes that some took this weekend might have been a better choice for Fort Bill. FABIEN should turn up on his enduro bike and smash them all :)

My name is Aaron Gwin, I am the fastest... As tracks get easier and wider, Gwin may be the fastest, if they get rougher, more technical and steeper again that dominance may not be the same. Is Gwin the man to beat in 2013, or is it Smith, or Hart now he seems to be over his injury. Gwin knows he has it all to do on the new bike, has he left a faster machine behind.... oooooo it is going to be exciting. If pedalling was not the differentiator on many tracks there is no denying Danny is possibly the fastest, shame he has no horse power.

The results and the state of the track clearly show that as tracks get easier, Danny does not stand a chance, to loose that much time on the bottom pedal is mad and sucks for Danny.

1. Everything I build, I maintain. I feel it is my duty of care as the builder. But.... There is nothing more annoying than building that nice 30ft gap jump on your own track, that you care for, maintain, take all the rubbish home from etc. and there is a chicken line, then some person who wants to ride the big line deems the jump dangerous... aka... they cant ride it and they think they are he dogs danglies and nobody can ride anything they cant ride. Then they take the jump down, building a smaller jump, even if the original jump you had on the track in its place. If the builder(s) of a track, zone, area are still active in that area, dont touch it, it is not yours to touch, modify, simplify, build straight lines on Grrrrr If something is clearly falling down, and nobody maintains that trail and you dont even feel safe walking on it, then you may make it safe (btw, woodwork is for lazy builders, use dirt and rock, it is natural, utilize fallen trees, but ladders just aint natural and belong in old school bike parks lol). Most of all, walk before you ride, get your lines sorted in your head then smash it flat out. Blind riding is fun on certain trails, but on the tech stuff, walking it first or riding with an experienced rider of that trail adds to the fun of going flat out.

They are a good pedal, spares are not the easiest to get hold of. I have them under the fatspanner brand, they were good, but so far their replacement on my bike, which is basically the same pedal has proved a better pedal, with them still spinning nicely, unlike the ht ones which spun too fast after a few rides. The pin diameter is the win win for me, they give noticeably more grip than the likes of the superstar nanos.

I am pretty sure the Barnses know how to setup suspension. Soft and wallowy is 10 years out of date.

Good luck to TWR this year, with Greg as the wee boy on the team there will not be a dull moment, the boy just loves to ride bikes.