timdgoodwin

So top of the leader board for the Prologue 1. 26" 2. 27.5" 3. 27.5" 4. 27.5" 5. 27.5" 6. 27.5" 7. 27.5" 8. 26" No indication at all... but hey just sayin'

So if a 26" bike wins then that means the course is more like a DH track, and not Enduro? So if a 29" bike wins then we'll all shout hail mary thrice and claim it is XC, and not Enduro? So if a 27.5" bike wins then we'll all just be confused and go back to arguing the toss for another 3 weeks till the next round... Good luck guys, may the best rider win... so long as its one of those sweet 26" Jekyll's LOL

Far from a rambling tip James... excellent advice as ever and superbly explained too!

I'm interested to know how many of the commenters on this post have actually RACED a true blind enduro event before?

Did Jared Graves upset someone??? I swear I got half way down thinking that Peaty had won with all the pics of him

Thanks again James for an intelligent piece. Keep creating controversial content, it makes a change from the same old hum drum rubbish we normally get here on PB

Ed Oxley was riding one as part of the "Timing Team" at the Trans-Provence. he put a lot of us, fully tricked out, full sus riders to shame

To the "marketing haters" on here... I don't know James personally but... If it wasn't for marketing, there would be no pinkbike for you to comment on... This whole site lives and breathes through the businesses that chose to promote their stuff on it. If they didn't then Pinkbike would not be the fantastic "free" resource that you love. James produces great content in the hope that it'll attract new clients, new buyers for his stuff, so he can run a business, feed a family, enjoy riding his bike and produce yet more great content. Sometimes you need to hit people over the head with a brick of marketing to break through the noise of all the other marketing messages we see on a daily basis... I'd say good luck to James for continuing to produce excellent FREE content in the hope of making a few sales, JUST like EVERY other piece of content on this site :)

Good post, nice to see some variety of content, rather than just another 29'er rant or another bunch of dudes doing back flips... The last 4-5 points on the article are nice... I bet that Gwin has eaten well in to the 10,000 hours a few times over to be the very best in this game rather than the weekend hackers who've become an EXPERT pink bike commenter ;o) Applying the third one "Study At Another School" in a months times, heading off for a skills course in the Maritime alps... having ridden the same home trail literally 100s of times means I am not moving forward with my MTB skills Good stuff James, look forward to the next article

Love the way that slide 11 on BOTH sequences is shoe on camera lens