In true Fort William fashion, it was a soggy start to proceedings at the foot of Aonach Mòr as teams and riders got their bikes ready for a wet weekend in Scotland. There was plenty going on in the pits today as the rough ride down the lengthy track beckons tomorrow:
There wasn't much information available but they were spotted on Thomas Estaque's Commencal.
Wheel balancing and a Chris King hub in the Santa Cruz pits.
Commencal have a set of new powermeter cranks from Quarq/SRAM.
Neko Mulally and Jack Moir running coil while Aaron Gwin is on the air shock.
Details in the GT pits.
Charlie Harrison Trek Session sitting pretty in the rain.
It's decked out in RockShox, SRAM, and Truvativ components.
MENTIONS:
@rossbellphoto / @natedh9 /
@mdelorme /
@andy9
145 Comments
I wrote that this joke isn’t funny anymore on another thread an I get downvoted by like195...Pinkbike peeps are getting confused.
Guess the XC guys love the session comment an the DH dudes don’t.
You´re not foolin us TREK!!!!
That´s a sweet looking bike though.
I guess it's the size of the rotor throwing it off, but those proto TRP calipers look like they should be on a cycle-cross bike er somin!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6iy7t5SGHQ
I find it a bit strange that DH bikes are built/assembled on race weekend too.
BOT
....is absolutely SIIIICCCKKKK!
;-)
Minor typo: Neko Mulally and Jack Moir running coil while Aaron Gwin is on the coil.
I think the reason we see lots of variation in the brakes is because even the 'less good' brakes are still very good brakes... and there's probably also an element of personal preference.
Is it a flat mount on the frame? (Road standard) Not that familiar with the road stuff...
Track difficulty or design doesn't matter. Bikes will always evolve.