Video: Saracen BDS Round 5

19 Comments

25 1

bigburd (Aug 26, 2013 at 11:53)

Still amazes me how he can still be competitive at this age , long live king peat !

C-Bass50 (Aug 26, 2013 at 21:48)

Yea he straight up smashed everyone elses time

20 1

ewigstead (Aug 26, 2013 at 11:54)

It should be Sir Steve peat!

johan90 (Aug 26, 2013 at 12:10)

Peaty for world champ on sunday

Warnerja27 (Aug 26, 2013 at 12:58)

39 isn't that old.

mojojojoaf (Aug 26, 2013 at 13:03)

Hell of a lot younger than me and I ain't old.

ka-brap (Aug 27, 2013 at 4:03)

not old in general, but definitely old for racing WC level downhill

Thimk (Aug 26, 2013 at 18:44)

If Peaty's still putting that many seconds into riders half his age, then he ain't old!

marcusbarry1997 (Aug 26, 2013 at 12:42)

I do t see why people are using 650b dh bikes, as if 200mm travel isn't enough!

humoroususername (Aug 27, 2013 at 9:12)

Wheel size has nothing to do with suspension travel. That's like saying "I don't know why they use clipless pedals when they have disc brakes".

A larger wheel will role through roots/rocks/obstacles better, more suspension will absorb bigger hits. No real direct correlation between the two.

marcusbarry1997 (Aug 27, 2013 at 11:19)

Yes but the travel they have in their suspension is enough to get them over the roots/rocks/obstacles. They're just making it easier which I personally think takes the fun out of the sport.

humoroususername (Aug 28, 2013 at 6:00)

Yeah but all technology is there to make it easier to get over stuff. Should people who run kashima coated air sprung fox 40s be told they must run a heavy coil sprung 888 from 5 years ago? Feck it, adding a rear suspension at all made it easier to get over stuff, Bigger brakes make it easier to brake late and with more control. Every single tech development makes it easier to go faster. But going faster also brings its own challenges that you wouldnt have had were you going slightly slower.

downhilleruk (Aug 26, 2013 at 14:24)

To be at the top of any physically professional sport is old.

biga1 (Aug 26, 2013 at 14:45)

How is that the case. It's the national race series for the most competitive nation in dh!?

Below threshold threads are hidden

evan1gill (Aug 26, 2013 at 13:08)

Steve Peat is a sandbagger

karaknic (Aug 26, 2013 at 19:02)

By winning a round of arguably the world's most competitive national series ?

ka-brap (Aug 27, 2013 at 4:08)

Peat is currently ranked 41 in the world and he beat Sam Dale, who is ranked 21, by almost 2 seconds. Sandbagging eh?

notthatfast (Aug 27, 2013 at 16:34)

How on earth is he a sandbagger? Not that it would make any difference if he was, he won fair and square. If other riders don't want to ride at their best, then that's their problem, nobody else's. That isn't even close to being the case here anyway.

ogdhnut (Aug 26, 2013 at 20:36)

Even their li'l fellers have crooked teeth.