Steve Peat is currently out in Sant Andreu, Barcelona, getting in some early season racing and filming for This is Peaty Season 3, alongside old-school buddy David Vasquez and the rest of the Spanish boys.
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but really it is insane how well they're able to hold their speed while they're just practicing... it's wild what going at a normal pace is like for them.
Btw: anyone who has ever tried to follow his mate at high speed that close, can guess how skilled Peaty is. Easily faster than Vasquez, otherwise it's impossible to follow with that little gap! Awesome footage, keep it up, Peaty!
That track looks awesome, the uphill bits didn't seem to slow them down much which is perfect. Too many trails use uphill segments for various reason but always kill the flow. This looks like a fun little track, be great to session.
What i like most about these pov vids is that they actually show how hard a rider works to go fast, note the commitment, the pump and the body language needed to squeeze as much speed as possible. I know this was a practice run but they were still fast!
I think what impresses me most about these POVs is watching how many tight sections they get through at those high speeds. Their handlebars must be getting within millimeters of those trees and boundary posts. If that was me out there, I would have likely gone OTB a few times with my bars clipping those obstacles. It's just amazing how accurate and precise these guys/gals are high speeds on that type of terrain. Must, practice, more!
Emmmm...Yeah, soooo that music is a Huapango...mexican music...just saying, not really music to be heard of in Catalunya man....even less on a dh course.
xc track my arse, i'd love to see any of u ride it at anywhere near that speed, always looks a lot easier on video than it really is, bit like how easy it is to post on PB how easy it is and how good u r
the track only have a 130m of negative elevation. it's a really fisical race, and the times are tight, if we say that is a XC track it's because it was a xc track, i have rode it.. the track it's super easy, but it's really dificult to make a good time.
David Vazquez is indeed an ex-pro racer with several WC wins and podiums a few years back... the man is a legend, Now does UCI commissioner stuff for the WC circuit.
Very impressive to see those not-so-young men roosting that track like it's nothing. And Peaty is just pure awesomeness. Looking forward to that movie about him!
I wonder if that is how a NASCAR driver feels on a day to day basis..... "I'm sorry I didnt mean to tailgate you, im just so used to going way faster."
that shit course makes crank it up (whistler) look like a suicide run. that isn't even a technical XC course. it's a fast course b/c it's basically something a birdwatcher would walk down.
Yes yes, we know everyone here on pinkbike is so awesome that every track is too flat with not enough gnar, and gaps and roots and pits of dome. But if you stop posing, then you'd probably agree with me and Bdusty1 that track looked fun as hell.
Catalonia is not a simple region. That's why they're going to leave spain the next 9th of november a country that has tried to eliminate our culture and our own language. Yeah PB is about mountain biking but you know Sant Andreu de la Barca is Catalonia and it is surely not spain. ||*||
And Catalonia is Spain, mira un mapa y aprende algo de cultura antes de quedar como un ignorante en Pinkbike.
The track is flat, ok, but is very difficult to ride fast...about 2 min. the times are very tight
Eso pedazo de subnormal, metete en un puto partido de independenpoyas si es lo que te gusta, y deja de decir soplapoyeces, mira tu DNI a ver de donde eres VIVA ESPAÑA, and please talk about mtb ;D
Was I the only one that had to watch this on mute? The guy that put that song on here needs to be kicked in the head by chuck Norris then fired of any editing career.... What's funny is peat was pry on his brakes the whole time following him too.
I disliked the music also, I think a video like this is too fast with too much adrenaline to have a tune like that. I DID however LOVE the incorporation of the natural sounds! Hope to see more edits with sound like that!
Btw: anyone who has ever tried to follow his mate at high speed that close, can guess how skilled Peaty is. Easily faster than Vasquez, otherwise it's impossible to follow with that little gap! Awesome footage, keep it up, Peaty!
Advice welcome
I imagine Vasquez was doing all he could (except in the flats) and Peaty was just hanging on his wheel, humming a tune on full cruise control mode.
Peaty = Cruise control
Thanks iphone
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