GWINNING: Part 2
Sun-baked dirt, boulders, stars and stripes. The 2014 DH mountain bike season just got lit up in the most explosive start to the racing in recent memory. It was the long-awaited return of the all-American king, Aaron Gwin, who tamed a wilder version of the pedal-based beast we use to know. Granted, the race was won with the help of a warranty-voiding, dual crown and enduro bike combination, but this speaks far more to the caliber of the rider than of a failure of the course. Many big names on little bikes fared poorly and many on big bikes scored little. It was all swings and roundabouts. This track pushed riders to speeds found nowhere else on the circuit, while providing technical puzzles that still remain unsolved to the majority. One man had all the answers this time, the only man ever to beat Greg here in years gone by.
(not that I think the bike doesn't make a difference).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uOaQPYEAlA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Hill did the same thing on a Demo more than once:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFkMtKtlc1g&feature=youtube_gdata_player
It's not a stable bike for DH racing.
Brosnan hasnt won because he is only 20 and spent his first two years as an Elite injured or recovering from injury. He would not have won a race no matter what bike he was on yet. Gwin has only ridden 4 world cup races on the Demo yet and his form in non world cup races last year was terrible too which indicates to me that he was the problem and not the bike. Bikes not ridden by Greg Minaar, Gee Atherton, Sam Smith or Aaron Gwin haven't really won a lot of races in the last 5 years you will notice. Does that mean all of them are unstable DH race bikes?
The old GT fury was considered by many a heap of junk unworthy of being a DH bike. Then Gee Atherton got on it and suddenly it was a regular podium contender. Hmmm i wonder does that suggest that it was really the rider and not the bike that was making the difference. Notcie how the Commencal has recently become a bike which isnt winning races? Or how about the all conquering Trek 9.9? That is no longer a stable racing platform as it barely gets podiums anymore.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEwGXU5iaHc
You must feel like a man for the first time in your life. Check your underwear and see if you grew any pubes.
go to picture 30. rider error according to the surprisingly happy rat.
He's a british comedian for anyone unfamiliar.
you wanna write a book? go on oprah? have a docu made? wanna use you place in sport to push an agenda?..... go for it........ just keep that stuff away from the actual sport.
its the one thing that the olympics do thats correct.