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considering how steep and treacherous the terrain is, 62 seconds is damn fast! try phoning an ambulance and expecting help in 62 seconds when you're stuck on a mountain side

impressive double double from the Athertons, good to see Gee back up to pace and clearly loving the new GT. So stoked to see Sam Hill back up to his old form too, unfortunately that old form also included lots of spills, maybe next race he'll win! I'd also love to disagree strongly about the riders bike not mattering, you might feel as fast on each bike you ride, FACT is different bikes make a big difference to how you ride and how well you perform, even with all the same parts on each - Gwin clearly doesn't look comfortable on the Spec', he's still fast and his lines showed that, he was just getting held up by his bike, hope he gets it sorted soon and back on form...

wow this jump looks safe without the train there!

ooh I actually have my bars aimed slightly to the left as it helps me with right hand corners a bit, I'm majorly UN-ambidextorous and naturally prefer left hand corners, so having the bars 2 or 3 degress off helps me turn right a bit easier as when the bars are straight the wheel is slightly turning right lol, its only subtle but it definitely makes me corner better

I like my bike to work well enough that I can trust in it... that said I've ridden with guys who's bike barely works and they have no problem... hence this poll is pretty pointless, it purely depends on each individual, you can't make a statistic out of it. That said, it's not hard to do bicycle mechanics if you do prefer your bike in top condition, I've worked as a bicycle mechanic for a while and owned bikes all my life but my main occupation has been working with agricultural equipment, small engines and cars, it makes me laugh to read on this website all the self-professed bike mechanics ranting about their 'expertise' and how they know better, bicycles have to be about the easiest thing ever to work on. If you can't follow instructions well enough to bleed a brake, adjust gears, true a wheel, or even strip down and rebuild a suspension fork... you should pretty much revoke your man-badge!!! haha

I went to Queenstown from England for my brothers wedding, ended up staying for 16months and met my wife there... it truly is the most beautiful place but damn hard to find a reliable well paying job - you get used to being frugal!

man how much are pinkbike being paid to now only review top-end 650b carbon fibre bikes lately!?... what happened to normal 26" equipment for non-millionaires?

Agh bike porn right here - back in the day my good friend had a blue zaskar with full xtr groupset, xtr v-brakes and those original blue rock shox SID air forks that weighed less than a gnats testicle, it was pure bike porn! I would still drop a grand on one right now! The zasker/triple triangle gt frame was so unbelievably stiff and fast to ride :-D

lol, I love how everyone mocks these design copies and automatically thinks they're crap, y'all such victims of marketing hype... these frames are made by the same people using the same designs as the models sold under popular brand names in the western world. This is the byproduct of irresponsible outsourcing, our copyrights don't count over there and they can sell the frames they make for American/Canadian companies to anyone who they please, they do the designs in the first place!

guys made a pretty gnarly downhill track look like a walk in the park!