Video: Claudio Caluori Tries to Keep up With Nino Schurter on his Home Trails
 | Let's ride together with the world champion on his home trail! - Hmmmmmmm, but what do you do if he says that he actually wants to get some proper training and you're not exactly a XCO world champion yourself? Well, I found a solution. It was the first time ever that I was able to talk to Nino on the way up and he didn't have to wait for me at the top! |
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...oh, and there he's coming out of the bakery in rainbow stripes..."
(Henrique Avancini)
Claudio is too funny. Good to see/hear him back around.
Pads? We don't need no stinking pads! LOL
This is what you can be when you only weigh 140 pounds and every single muscle in your body is super strong and made to make the bike work.
Compared to the average 185 pound relatively out of shape bro weekend warrior thinking that if they only had a different bike / tire / fork/ wheel / they would be faster. Have a few more beers dude, yea, when you get your dream build its going to raise your game!
I'd even posit that getting good at descending is substantially easier than getting strong at XC. Outside of the fitness, modern XC courses are way more technical than your average shuttle bro would ever like to admit.
Depends. Most xc guys I know can't do a 2 feet drop(most of them wouldn't do a 1 foot)/kicker. That's the casual xc guys. The pro/elite xc guys in my country have regular dabs at national enduro races(when they have the time and no conflicting schedules with xcm/xco races) and they are pretty much always it top 10; really fast and really skilled. It also helps that on the pedally bits, they are crushing everyone.
Having said that, I was in Livigno, at the bike-park with friends(DH and big enduro bikes 165-180mm) and during that week there was an Italian mtb team(they all looked U23 or smth) that were descending the same courses as us, on their HTs and full-susp xc bikes with almost the same speed as us(the guys on the HTs were a little slower but not much), no pads, no nothing, just lycra, strength and skill. And they were also pedal back to the top of the mountain, not taking the chair-lift as we were. So yeah, that was a reality check.
Their wheels, frame and fork are designed to be super light to take advantage on the climbs. If they had a better suited bike, probably they will hit it. Well that is how one XC dude I know helped me hit a jump I was giving it a line, he was like, "Well, borrow me your bike and I will hit it so you can check the entry speed". He even whip-off the heck out of it.
Park the töff, bro!