Video: How Gnarly is Les Gets? - Inside the Tape at the DH World Champs 2022

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UPBike (Aug 27, 2022 at 6:11)

Nooooo!!!!! Ben Cathro spreading misinformation about the speed of sound!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Counting seconds between lightening and thunder -> 1 second DOES NOT equal a mile.

Sound does not travel a mile a second. Moving at about 340 meters per second is about a thousand feet per second.

5 SECONDS EQUALS ONE MILE.

Spread the word people. Why has this become such a commonly mistaken basic fact!?!?!?!?

Sincerely, one very annoyed physics teacher.

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initforthedonuts FL (Aug 27, 2022 at 7:06) (Below Threshold)

@UPBike
Dude, go ride your bike.

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PinkyScar (Aug 27, 2022 at 7:34)

But what if the French downhill rider is travelling towards the incoming storm at 74km/hr?

stunnanumma1 FL (Aug 27, 2022 at 21:45)

@initforthedonuts: bro, go to school

sam2222 (Aug 27, 2022 at 22:28)

Checks out

mtb-scotland (Aug 28, 2022 at 3:10)

@UPBike speed of sound is 343m/s at sea level at 20C. Les Gets is above 1000m so is going to be slower.

Glad I was never in your physics class (laughing Biology teacher)

UPBike (Aug 29, 2022 at 9:47)

@mtb-scotland: Well played..... : )

thechunderdownunder (Aug 27, 2022 at 8:23)

Does Ben remember the entire track in his head? Reason 150 I’m not a pro racer lol.

sam2222 (Aug 27, 2022 at 22:24)

So does everyone ride with their phones now, ya? Why not mount em on the bars and have live data

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watchmen (Aug 27, 2022 at 6:19)

Quick poll-Should Ben race and get someone else to be team manager next year (upvote) or just concentrate on running the team and producing content (downvote).
I genuinely feel Ben is spreading himself too thin by tying to do everything and I fear for his (remaining) sanity.

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sfarnum (Aug 27, 2022 at 8:48)

Shhhhh, I tune in to witness Ben’s slow descent into madness.

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watchmen (Aug 27, 2022 at 11:49)

I may have not thought this through fully..........

poundsand FL (Aug 27, 2022 at 10:46)

Would love to comment on how gnarly the event was BUT I CANT EVEN WATCH IT in Canada and I'm sure s F* not paying to watch it.

Sell outs

LaurensVR FL (Aug 27, 2022 at 13:20)

Your loss, the dirt transition effect is totally worth it!

PinkyScar (Aug 28, 2022 at 7:37)

@LaurensVR: And don't forget Andrew Neething's incessant drivel of hype.

neroleeloo (Aug 27, 2022 at 15:35)

So not Gnarly then…Fast , fun with sections that im sure can get dicey with speed but NOT gnarly.Stop hyping shit up Pinkbike, this is fcking not gnarly, SteAnne is gnarly , this isnt….Looks sick tho, but NOT GNARLY.

Spencermon (Aug 29, 2022 at 9:05)

watch out everyone. The final word on the definition of the word has been decided by @neroleeloo Pack up your bags and go home. Gnarly is done.