More Randoms - Fort William DH World Cup 2016
Aaron Gwin chatting with the UCI's Technical Delegate and previous World Cup pinner, David Vasquez, post timed training.
Always a fan favourite, Greg Minnaar, making the time for those who help to make this race one of the loudest on the circuit.
Tracey Hannah and her mechanic James catch up after a rip down the mountain.
The Robot has Landed...
Robot's new R160 is on display here this weekend for those who want to see this radical new bike in the flesh...
If you thought 3D printing a bike was innovative, how about an IPA and a fender that comes with shop display hanger that doubles up as a sag meter?
Hope-ing for more Carbon?
Hope's prototype HB211 bike was hanging up with some carbon rims laced to their custom 130mm rear hub. The 48 tooth cassette was dubbed the 'Keswick Kestrel' by team rider Adam Brayton.
Ben Arnott taking pleasure in dusting down Angel Suarez's bike, which makes a change from mud after years of scraping Scottish grit from racer's machines.
Checking Tinder or replaying head cam footage?
One corner of the vast Mondraker pits...
Laurie Greenland making time for the fans.
Orange 324
It's been eleven years since Steve Peat won in Fort William, but his custom 224 from 2005 was a bike I would guess shares similar numbers to Orange's latest gravity tamer, the 324.
Hightower on a Hightower
Ben 'Hightower' Cathro on his XL Santa Cruz Hightower. Ben wishes that the headtube stack height grew as much as the reach with each size so he could save a few 'Scottish pounds' on headset spacers...
Cheating, lazy, motorbike riding vegan... More like living legend!
Martin Ashton and the GMBN crew have been working on a big project all week. I can't say any more than that but here's his 3400 watt, E-Go equipped Canyon Sender.
Burgtec
Flat Pedal Thunder!
Burgtec have some funky new fender designs including the 'Wud Guard' colorway.
Affordable Intense?
Intense in the UK recently changed distributor from Extra to Saddleback. Here we see a slightly different version of the M16 and Tracer, all the geometry and layup stays the same but has a lower grade of carbon fiber to bring the price tag down a little. This stealthy M16 comes in just under the £5000 (GBP) mark.
Brendan's Deathgrips
What do you do if you have your own signature grip? Run whatever colour you want and in whatever combination you want...
Return of the Mack!
The making of, the making of, the making of Marc Maurisson's new Tinder profile.
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slippery slope your playing on/with.
just sayin..............
Keep Pinkbike clean of E-propaganda!
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We must keep MTB clean. The only ethical way of getting up a mountain is sitting on your butt, either on a lift or in the truck. Jury of the great commitee is still out on pedalling up, because this is what lycra XCers do and Enduro has to be watched very closely. I think it is a plot by XCers to undermine downhill and freeride.
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Different times, different scenarios. Ashton was one of the world best 2 wheeled riders, an incredible ambassador and a larger than life hero in my book. Why the f**k he'd want to ride 4 wheels is beyond me as that couldn't be any further from what he did pre-injury.
Lets face it, had e-bike technology been around in the early 90's then maybe Kohut wouldn't be on 4 wheels now!
I'm saddened to think that once physical ability escapes a rider from riding up, you are happy to tell them thats the end of their passion and they cant do whatever it takes to continue to recreate amongst the rest of us who can make our way up unassisted.
electric was available in the 90's too. just most of the mtb world wasn't informed.
we did all the homework and more.
electric no.
human power yes.
i'll take action figure fo sho!!
lets see, had i wanted an engine i could have went with an itailan shifter kart, or an atv, or a moded odysee like magoo had, or, or , or....shall i continue?
human powered by choice son, by choice.
like a big ol lazy lake trout.
Sure electric bikes were available in the 90's, but so were cell phones and you wouldn't have tried to snapchat on a Nokia 5110. I'd hazard a guess that the quad was the best solution to develop - at that time. No doubt NiMh and lead acid would have been a major hurdle.
I don't really see how you can differentiate between the two forms of assistance... he's adding power because he need to always be moving to to maintain balance..
Was WB allowing quads onto the bike park the "start of a slippery slope".. or maybe I'm missing something? Shouldn't all riders be given the same opportunities to develop their unique solution that enables recreate on a level that their physicality allows and to which they want to pursue?
you wanna ride bicycle trails and bicycle parks, you need to be riding a human powered cycle.
2,3. or 4 wheels....why not 5 wheels?.............as long as its human powered.
a bicycle that has a motor or an engine or a device that propels it, is no longer in the human powered category.
see thats an idea or thought.
its what alot of people , including myself, believe in.
human powered vehicles.
no assist other than you and gravity.
pretty simple,.pretty honest, kinda 'pure'.................
i like those traits...........
The top speed of the assist is not difficult to reach, at that point the motor stops anyway.
So, to clear up your laughably misinformed ranting -
You 'believe' in human powered vehicles. E-Bikes require human power in order to go anywhere at all, at all times, otherwise they stop like any other bike.
Also, it's smoking. Not smokling.
However, I'm still disappointed by Stacey's attitude towards accessibility of the sport and how he can be so vocal in preventing riders (just like him) who are unable to conform to the "tradition" of the bicycle when he was given the opportunity to bring 4 wheels to a sport/venue "designed" for 2.
Always open to seeing how Stacey human powers around say lost lakes technical bike trails or anything else outside a lift assisted bike park. I think I need help understanding how he is doing what he is arguing for?
i ride downhill, not xc or gayduro.
you do need some help understanding alot of things.
simple.
HAHAHAHAHAHA You're funny pinkbike
youtu.be/9CS7j5I6aOc
It's pronounced 'Kezick'
surely you mean grindr given his bike's current paint job lol