Mont Ste Anne World Cup at Mont Ste Anne World Cup in Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec, Canada - photo by fraserbritton

This is how Gee Atherton's day ended. It was a long walk back down.

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Category: DH Racing
Date Posted: Jul 3, 2011 at 16:15
Jul 3, 2011
Location: Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec, Canada
Trail: Mont Ste Anne World Cup
Riders: Mont Ste Anne World Cup
Articles: Mont Saint Anne World Cup 2011 - Aaron Gwin wins DH!

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Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Lens

EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM

Shutter Speed

1/1000

Aperture

3.5

Focal Length

200.0 mm

ISO Speed

800

Date

2011:07:03

Time

11:55:28

Fraser Britton

57 Comments

caiocrz (Jul 4, 2011 at 4:17)

They dont make tires compatible with Gee's style of riding yet...might be a job for NASA or suttin like that

dougies (Jul 5, 2011 at 9:29)

aye they do, tyres with dual ply casing

extrememtb (Jul 7, 2011 at 8:32)

those conti's are way thicker than a dual ply maxxis

dougies (Jul 7, 2011 at 10:11)

looks like a folding tyre to me

downlink (Nov 9, 2011 at 13:34) (Below Threshold)

Dude, you got sum dirt on your shoe..

nouser (Jan 20, 2012 at 14:37)

oh they make tyres for gee its just that monster truck tyres dont fit on bike rims....

konaboy25 (Jul 4, 2011 at 8:57)

1st time his wheel exloded at the fort william sda, 2nd time most of his wheel broke at the fort william world cup and 3rd time it dies the the Mont Ste Anne world cup.......i think they need 2 re-think there setup

dougies (Jul 5, 2011 at 9:22)

If you look at the roots and rain pics of the sda, he got a flat and rode on the rim, the rim didnt just colapse on its own

Devinallan000x (Jul 3, 2011 at 16:46)

shit happeans. ahaha

john219m (Jul 3, 2011 at 22:11)

obviously its a tubeless rim strip and it has nothing to do with his wheel failing. he probably punctured or blew the tire off the bead.

JonathanCarre (Jul 4, 2011 at 1:52)

He's not having much luck this year, what with yesterday and his spoke damage a few weeks back.

lordvineet (Jul 3, 2011 at 23:25)

That bike is so sick. it will look more sicker will yellow deemax....and they will never give up

Sir-Dirty-BIker (Jul 11, 2011 at 11:53)

atherton project should be interesting!

wa2wider (Jul 3, 2011 at 17:20)

Watching him poke his head over the edge of a drop and taking the sally line broke my heart. So much for the points race...

derpdownthehill (Jul 3, 2011 at 18:22)

"So I was just riding along when..."

devin-m (Jul 6, 2011 at 9:28)

JRA

skylerm (Jul 3, 2011 at 18:18)

hahahahah that sucks stupid saints never know when there going to go but they ride so nice

nishnash (Jul 3, 2011 at 20:02)

How would you know? No one even knows if those are even actual shimano rims. Could be restickered.

skylerm (Jul 3, 2011 at 21:20)

go look on there site numb nuts they run full saint

djbagines (Jul 4, 2011 at 5:29)

I think its a mavic 721 with saint stickers, might be wrong.

nishnash (Jul 4, 2011 at 6:36)

Good to know that you've also checked shimano's product line, and know that they also dont have rims. Re-stickered.

george-93 (Jul 4, 2011 at 7:44)

They are DTswiss FR600 rims re stickered as nishnash said, running a stans tubeless set up.

stryke (Jul 4, 2011 at 9:38)

incorrect george

sneeck (Jul 4, 2011 at 11:31)

i'd say screw the few grams and stick with something like 819's or 823's so you can actually finnish your run. weight weenie crap with ghetto tubeless is asking for problems, you dent your rim it's over.

sneeck (Jul 4, 2011 at 11:45)

wait, screw that reply. on the Athertons site you can read he actually sliced his tire on one of the rocks, little is at fault for the rim.

stryke (Jul 4, 2011 at 12:08)

what happened seems to change on each interview, on one he rolled the tire off the rim too..

nishnash (Jul 4, 2011 at 23:00)

It makes sense that the rims failed after the tire was torn off...he did keep heading down the mountain......

adamlaycock (Jul 3, 2011 at 18:44)

Is that his tube or rim tape coming out of his rim? Seems too thin for a tube.

brodoyouevenbike (Jul 3, 2011 at 18:56)

I'd say rim tape, not 99% sure but I'd say they ride tubeless.

SJA59 (Jul 3, 2011 at 19:50)

both wrong. Its obviously a proto-type! Running a tire in your cassete makes you faster!

takamine206 (Jul 4, 2011 at 0:15)

i gotta admit i have seen a awful amount of flats from gee this year

kinglewi (Jul 4, 2011 at 1:54)

and Dan, its such a shame

Cartel29 (Jul 4, 2011 at 6:53)

Look Gee! Theres a Python on your bike!

SwaBo (Jul 7, 2011 at 22:29)

get a new bike!
maybe a demo or session?

Much better success with either!

joezboyo (Apr 11, 2012 at 8:14)

the rear wheel braking or the tyre giving up isn't the bikes fault.

cretin82 (Mar 11, 2012 at 18:37)

i love how hes not even wearing the highest end knee pad 661 makes, the kyle straits are half the price as those evos

joshualovesmtb (Jul 3, 2011 at 16:42)

he always seams to do that, also looka the the flatspost on the rear wheel

lilandy (Jul 3, 2011 at 16:50)

That rim is gnarled.

Vulpine (Jul 3, 2011 at 17:46)

Saint problem?

pokalface (Jul 3, 2011 at 18:27)

haha right,but still i don't know if the rim works so good...

webbrider12 (Jul 3, 2011 at 22:21)

I wish i had SAINT wheels -___-

James-M (Jul 4, 2011 at 11:31)

feel sorry for Gee, he's having no luck this season

alexrieger94 (Jul 4, 2011 at 17:33)

New frame? Doesn't look like the supreme dh

craig-b (Jul 5, 2011 at 0:45)

Where have you been the past 6months?

Thats the Supreme V3

alexrieger94 (Jul 5, 2011 at 9:16)

I've been riding

craig-b (Jul 5, 2011 at 11:55)

Pretty sure we all have been. But we havent been under a rock..

alexrieger94 (Jul 5, 2011 at 14:18)

Well I haven't paid attention to every little detail

dishwasha (Dec 5, 2011 at 14:39)

I think that rims got a flat spot

jkphotoguy (Jul 3, 2011 at 16:39)

Wow thats crazy

finning (Jul 3, 2011 at 17:17)

Jeez Gee

dirtjumperalexb (Jul 3, 2011 at 22:45)

that sucks bad

christopher-berry (Jul 4, 2011 at 0:14)

ouch!

DHBOYS (Jul 4, 2011 at 2:26)

this is how gee gives everyone else a chance to catch up........

puffer-hun (Jul 4, 2011 at 4:42)

why he has one leg?

crividh (Jul 4, 2011 at 11:28)

asshole

puffer-hun (Jul 5, 2011 at 23:34)

thanks bro!

QCIrider77 (Nov 14, 2011 at 9:12)

OH MY. :O