Video: Digging the Lenzerheide World Cup Track - The Final Test by bike-kingdom-lenzerheide

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todesengel (May 19, 2015 at 9:23)

Am I the only one having serious doubts about this track? Keeping the previous videos in mind, i havent seen any technical parts - which is quite disappoiting.

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bigburd (May 19, 2015 at 9:42)

I have been thinking the same thing but I'm hoping peatys judgement and preferences in tracks will not let us down !

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mddigger (May 19, 2015 at 10:00)

That road gap looks pretty big, would you guys hit that? the rock garden in the pic looks chunky, i am sure there will be more of them. Peaty said it was one of the best tracks, do you think he would lie? I don't really get why people have so many doubts based off of a few 2 minute videos of them building the same section of trail, which amounts to most likely 15 seconds of a full dh track.

bigburd (May 19, 2015 at 10:04)

As the OP said we are just going by what we have seen , being a mountain in France it's very likely to have enough rough , natural goodness to scare most away , just we haven't seen any of it yet which just makes ya wonder if it's gonna be a bike park. I expect it will be amazing , not that what we have seen so far isn't , but it's far more amazing in a freeride big booter way than nasty arsed DH way from what's seen so far.

mddigger (May 19, 2015 at 10:12)

Fair enough, i trust Peaty's word tho. We need the full course preview from claudio now to really get a sense of how it is. Damned UCI needs to schedule the races closer together i can't wait this long!

bigburd (May 19, 2015 at 10:13)

Yeah I'm looking forwards to that commentary , as much as a highlight as the actual event almost !

kusanagi72 (May 19, 2015 at 10:22)

@bigburd, it happens to be in Switzerland

Rode a few parts of the track last autumn, but hard to tell how the entire track would feel as they were building there arses off at the time. But it would (positively) surprise me if it wouldn't have a hint of bikepark feel to it. Although there was a nasty off camber corner at that time. Do not know if it has made it into the final track though.

bigburd (May 19, 2015 at 10:33)

haha ! shows how much I know , cya !

time-bomb (May 19, 2015 at 11:13)

Am I the only one who thinks of the movie Megamind every time the intro music is played?

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scott-townes FL (May 19, 2015 at 11:23)

Am I the only one that doesn't give a shit because Peaty built it therefor it will be good?

northwestdhdad (May 19, 2015 at 11:53)

Good to see the 'Over-thinkers' Society' is alive and well here. Go do something other than leave comments people!

Burnhardx (May 19, 2015 at 13:41)

Been riding there a few times. The track got some fairly big jumps and two short man made tech sections, rest is burms and high speed. Pretty boring for a WC track. But at least no pedally bit ...

Fufi7 (May 19, 2015 at 14:24)

I Rode the track Last year..my First race ever.nastiest weather and conditions as u can See in the vid... I ride 6 years dh now and i dont think the track is too demanding for a wc Rider... Tech sections are Rough and partly very steep but i think they are a bit Short. I like the track, though. has a bit of everything. Roadgaps are ok big up to 3-4 m high, they are fun... But like i Said they Should make it a Little more techy for the wc...of course i was Almost 1min 30 sec slower than brendan and peaty, so it must be different to ride at higher Speeds, but anyway, We will see.

nicolasfortin (May 19, 2015 at 14:26)

Check this, I think this is pretty muck the track we will see at world cup.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFddSQ2djO0

Zachmozach FL (May 19, 2015 at 15:18)

Since it's a pretty new track it's likely to be more technical after it's been beat up pretty good by a bunch of races on it but I'd reserve judgement till I've seen the entire track.

Fufi7 (May 20, 2015 at 1:11)

for the facebook users, here are some pics from last years race.
www.facebook.com/sergio.guedes.14/media_set?set=a.910514125642404.1073741859.100000514750278&type=1&l=a9ada33334&hc_location=ufi&__mref=message_bubble

todesengel (May 20, 2015 at 5:01)

alright i am gonna sum up the arguments here: 1) the track is influenced by peaty - the legend - thus the track will be ... wait for it ... legendary. 2) the size of the road gap. Well done, i wont even try to argue with that much naivety. maybe also invite semenuk and rheeder so we can see some backflips during their race runs.

mddigger (May 20, 2015 at 5:18)

Ok @todesengel what are your arguments to back up your statement that the track is "disapointing" ? You have seen a few short videos, but you have never seen the actual track in person or even seen the whole track ridden, so where are you getting your assumptions? I dont think any of us really have a solid idea whether it will be a good race or not, but i will trust the guy who has ridden more wc tracks than anybody in the world.

whitiemtb (May 20, 2015 at 5:25)

Like he said its suppose to be a mix of everything so I think it may lack in the "JESUS CHRIST" gnarl-factor a little, especially as it doesn't come across that Steve's had a massive input. Of course I'm more than happy to be proved wrong

todesengel (May 20, 2015 at 5:31)

@MDRipper your argument would have been valid before people, who have actually ridden the track, posted here and also shared videos. my assumption was based on the offical track bulding videos: we see super wide, fast, but artifical highways and super short technical section which still dont seem to be very challenging. why impression is (and hasnt changed yet): they replicated the pietzmaritzburg track in lenzerheide minus the pedaling

mddigger (May 20, 2015 at 5:35)

A mix of everything, well doesn't every good track have a mix of everything. All the famous wc tracks have drops, jumps, berms and smooth sections mixed with lots of gnarly tech stuff. I love the gnarly stuff, but a good track cant be just one big rock garden. Even the famous "hardline" that dan built had smooth jump sections.

whitiemtb (May 20, 2015 at 5:44)

Yeah I never said it shouldn't be a mix a mix is always nice but in my opinion a DH track should be predominantly rough/technical/gnarly with a few motorway or jumpy sections thrown in, like hardline and fort will, most of the top riders sway towards that style of track and I think that's what everyone's expecting here but I think it might be closer to the slightly smoother tracks on the circuit

bigburd (May 20, 2015 at 5:54)

Fucking hell guys... we just posted a little thought that popped into our heads and it's turned into all this bollox , please die

whitiemtb (May 20, 2015 at 6:05)

"please die" wow your a prick! and who said the MTB community is a friendly place! Chill the f*ck out dude we are just "posting little thoughts that pop into our heads"

Fufi7 (May 20, 2015 at 6:28)

i also rode hafjell WC track...comparing to that, i think it is kind of similar (at least for the "mix of everything" part)...lenzerheide is just steeper over all, but shorter..also means the tech sections are a bit shorter, too. there are 4-5 different steeper tech/gnar sections. like i said it really is a very fun track!! just have small doubts that it will be very very demanding for the WC riders if they leave it like it was at the swiss cup last year (dont expect a val di sole like track with those neverending root and rock sections)...people like windham too and it is not the gnarliest track out there and probably has a similar length like lenzerheide. so dont hate in advance. i think it will be a great world cup anyway.

todesengel (May 20, 2015 at 6:44)

Amen to that

Lytleboy (May 19, 2015 at 7:44)

Looking good, should make for a good World cup!

chyu (May 19, 2015 at 23:29)

he will build it to suit ratboy, brendawg, sam dale.

JustWhipIt (May 19, 2015 at 9:53)

Track looks extra cheeky

nouser (May 19, 2015 at 12:07)

peatys a proper ledge

medievalbiking (May 19, 2015 at 18:53)

nandos?

thestigmk1 (May 20, 2015 at 7:21)

Archbishop of banterbury son. Proper lad.

jojotherider1977 FL (May 19, 2015 at 10:25)

I'm gonna toot my own horn, but I said in the comments last time that Fairclough was gonna like this track.

enduroswag FL (May 19, 2015 at 8:47)

The subtitles are bad, but the track looks neat.

IllestT (May 20, 2015 at 8:49)

Looks great.
Who has more DH track experience than Steve?
Probably close to no-one in the world. We're in safe hands - not just for the track and its features, but I'm sure Steve, Claudio and Co' will have thought of everything - media coverage, spectators, medical access, sponsors and pit areas, plus involving all the local people and tourist boards. There's a lot to consider

sicmoto (May 20, 2015 at 5:27)

If Fairclough won on it then I'd say its gonna be technical. Fingers crossed.

santacruzrider98 (May 19, 2015 at 8:16)

Looks great, but this footage was shot last year. But who cares? ITS MOUNTAIN BIKING!!!!

coconut-12 (May 19, 2015 at 15:06)

too much lens flare!!!

Demeter (May 19, 2015 at 8:53)

Khaili Conway - Entwined

Orionmark (May 19, 2015 at 12:16)

LONG TIME! no see to brendog and steve on the podium

pedaldragger (May 20, 2015 at 20:57)

PEATY!!

cabblers (May 21, 2015 at 0:58)

We need a track preview by Claudio

benman3000 (May 19, 2015 at 8:22)

anybody know the song?

LooRider (May 19, 2015 at 9:11)

Khaili Conway - Entwined

north-shore-bike-shop (May 19, 2015 at 20:15)

Tim McMorris Entwined for just the instrumental without the girl voice.

3rd song in this awesome video, credit at end:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pToyAVyUxlA