sino428

I feel like people for some reason equate being serious with being cocky. I mean I don't know the athertons but to me they don't come off cocky at all, but they do take their craft very seriously and work very hard. I think it's because most regular people simply ride for fun and don't understand that when its your job and there is pressure to perform its not always fun. We see Gee looking angry after a bad run and assume he's spoiled or a jerk or something. We think hey riding bikes, how can he be so unhappy but have no idea what it's like to be in that position.

Wasn't there heavy rain at Fort William last year? I thought I remember it being really muddy.

Good to see a kid like Maes doing so well already. I think it's going to be kids like that, who come up riding enduring from a young age, who will eventually bring enduro fully into its own. Because right now it seems almost like 'downhill lite' since it seems many of the top competitors are older ex downhillers. And now you have a field like this one where even a bunch if current WC downhillers enter and place well.

Yea this course is definitely not as technical as the old US open course but its a fun track.

He could probably hop on a bike and out ride 90% of the people who read this site. Myself included.

To be fair, this article never said gearboxes are shit. It actually didn't say anything bad about gearboxes at all. It was simply stating why the gearbox will probably never overtake the traditional drivetrain in popularity.

Chest mount works well for bikes but its a no go for snowboarding, stuck with the helmet mount there. The head is the only part of the body that always faces forward when snowboarding.

That is definitely true. Helmet cams always make everything look flat. I've watched videos of trails and thought one thing, then almost shit my pants when I actually saw it. I also have video of myself riding some pretty gnarly stuff on both bikes and snowboards and when you watch the video it looks like nothing.

I was thinking the same thing. At the end of the day both racing and big mountain freeride are about picking lines and smashing gnarly terrain. And the top guys, both freeride and racers are incredibly gifted and most could probably excel at either discipline if they focused on it.

I have to say I lean a against the electronic components in general but to me the real deciding factor is what exactly the electronic component achieves. As long as these components aren't making things happen automatically then I guess I can live with them. Like in the case of say electronic shifting. As long as the rider still has to do the shifting, then I'm ok with it. But if it evolves into some kind of automatic transmission with a computer that controls the shifting etc then thats a no go in my book. Same with suspension. If your talking about a system where the electronics simply let the rider adjust his fork and shock then ok. As long as its still a manual adjustment. Where I think it gets sketchy is that Rockshox system described above where the shock is adjusted automatically based on sensors and such. That to me crosses the line since the bike is doing things on its own basically. Biking is about the rider and the skill necessary to ride the bike. To much automation crosses the line.