Video: Fort William World Cup Testing Tech & Gear Check with Finn Iles

May 30, 2019
by Finn Iles  

The team and I headed out to Fort William UCI DH World Cup early this year to test out a full 29er bike vs. the mullet 29er/650B. Check out some of the cool tech stuff that goes into the fine tuning of my race bike at each race!

Also, lots of you guys have been asking about my riding gear, so there's also a look at my DH riding kit from head to toe!


MENTIONS: @FinnIles / @redbullbike / @Specialized


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34 Comments
  • 18 5
 FINALLY!! Back to DH!
  • 11 2
 Just give me something with tires on it and I am happy. Uphill downhill flat dry rain whatever.
  • 7 4
 @oldtech: Sounds like a roadie
  • 1 0
 I hope they did some testing in the wet... looks like a wet race, the rest of the UK has had sunshine for the last 2 weeks, Fort Bill and further North... Rain rain rain rain, looks like it aint stopping for the weekend. Grass section up top will turn into a bog if they tape it in, lower woods before the drop too will get spicy.
  • 6 1
 Yeah I wonder why they don't have a race in the west country, where it never rains.
  • 1 0
 Bane - Let the games begin!
  • 6 1
 LoOkS liKe A bAnShEe LeDgEnd
  • 5 0
 "We have some sensors that measure a few things" ... fascinating science!
  • 5 1
 I can’t watch Finn without thinking I’m watching Scarlett Johansen with a hipster haircut and badboy biceps
  • 3 1
 What was the time difference between the two setups Finn? U left it on a cliff hanger;-)
  • 3 1
 Ok ok that's great, your thing measures the thing, but let's stop for a moment and check out that 2020 Demo 8! Drool
  • 4 2
 You mean the 2020 Specialized Legend?
  • 1 1
 @Arnoodles: It's no longer called the demo?
  • 4 0
 @SupraKZ: no longer called specialized.
  • 2 1
 Cool inside look! Would be so interesting to have a go with this sort of data gathering tech and find out what simple changes actually do (vs how they feel).
  • 3 1
 How come Finn sounds so American? I mean it's awesome but I'm curious why.
  • 4 2
 Is there a difference between standard american and standard canadian?
  • 7 0
 @DirtyDee: I don't know what you're on aboot.
  • 5 2
 I fart on your face.
  • 4 0
 @jaame: Noo doot aboot it, you've never been to Canada, eh?
  • 1 2
 @thesharkman - Westcoast Canadians sounds more American than Canadian.
  • 2 0
 What was the outcome? Mullet or 29er?
  • 3 1
 mullet. He says at the end of the video...
  • 1 0
 Curious to know what tire widths he's running... and casings and inserts. I see they're running DHF and DHRII.
  • 2 0
 Chill vibes from Finn. Good luck bro
  • 1 0
 Red Loctite for the win Big Grin
  • 1 1
 Nah. It's the green loctite you want ????????
  • 1 0
 @dh1stan: Nah, it's the blue one
  • 1 0
 Use the green. It'll never ever ever come loose. Not even when you want it to
  • 1 0
 Good grammar. Nice one. Could Finn be the new Graves?
  • 1 2
 Please ban data adquisition
  • 2 4
 Fort Williams looks like flow track with a couple of mild rock gardens.
  • 3 0
 It’s a 4+ min track and you just saw 10 seconds of it. Fort bill ain’t a flow track! You new to dh?







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