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billreilly edspratt's article
Sep 24, 2023 at 15:56
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Video: Anneke Beerten's Course Preview for the 2024 Paris Olympics XCO Test Event
Here's Puck Pieterse's course preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8h_BIlhMSA
billreilly edspratt's article
Sep 24, 2023 at 15:54
5 hours
Video: Anneke Beerten's Course Preview for the 2024 Paris Olympics XCO Test Event
@dtheio: Here's Puck Pieterse's course preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8h_BIlhMSA
billreilly edspratt's article
Sep 17, 2023 at 17:51
Sep 17, 2023
Who are the 2023 UCI EDR World Cup Champions?
@Adamrideshisbike: Win the Enduro season and you might just have the world's best GRAVITY mountain biker.
Make them race uphill as well and it's a different story!
billreilly edspratt's article
Aug 27, 2023 at 18:57
Aug 27, 2023
[UPDATED] Elite XC Results & Overall Standings from the Andorra XC World Cup 2023
@boozed: It wouldn't make sense for 2 reasons: 1) It would be almost impossible to make the chain shift exactly onto the narrow or wide tooth combination each time, and 2) The ramps on the cassette cogs are made to make the chain easily jump off of one cog and onto the next cog, which is exactly the opposite of how a narrow-wide chainring works, which is meant to make it harder for the chain to come off.
It's the same reason why you couldn't have a 2x or 3x transmission with narrow-wide chainrings, you couldn't guarantee that the chain would land on the new chainring correctly, and the shifting would be horrible.
billreilly edspratt's article
Aug 23, 2023 at 20:29
Aug 23, 2023
Pinkbike Primer: Everything You Need to Know Ahead of the Andorra XC World Cup 2023
@dorkbike: GCN calls it Pal Arinsal because that's the official name for this next round.
billreilly edspratt's article
Aug 23, 2023 at 20:23
Aug 23, 2023
Nerding Out: Are More People Watching World Cup DH Racing in 2023?
@rip8569: I am very happy with the new coverage, I find it as good if not better than before.
For the XC races Bart Brentjens is the same as he was with Red Bull, but Ric Mclaughlin is much more knowledgeable than Rob Warner... All Rob used to do was scream and make "witty" comments, and then ask Bart what was going on... Ric at least knows what he's talking about.
I don't really watch much of the DH, I mostly just fast-forward through and see the last few riders... Rob Warner's screaming used to be a bit too much... He tried a bit too hard to make it exciting when all I wanted to do is watch the racing, which is exciting enough.
I prefer it now.
billreilly edspratt's article
Aug 21, 2023 at 19:59
Aug 21, 2023
Nerding Out: Are More People Watching World Cup DH Racing in 2023?
To those of you complaining about having to pay to watch the races, a yearly GCN+ subscription costs $49.99, which is less than you pay for a new tire... You all ride bikes that cost $3,000 or more and you can't afford to pay $49.99 to watch your favorite sport?... Give me a break!
billreilly edspratt's article
Aug 15, 2023 at 16:11
Aug 15, 2023
Elite XC Results from the Glentress XC World Champs 2023
@Xavier-dh25: I'm sure Suntour will be benefitting a lot from this... They already sell a lot of forks OEM but now they will undoubledly see an increase in aftermarket sales.
billreilly edspratt's article
Aug 15, 2023 at 16:05
Aug 15, 2023
Race Analysis from the Glentress XC World Champs 2023
@stubs179: First of all, he was originally 55th (hence his number 55) and moved up to 33rd... With 8 riders per row he moved up from row 7 to row 5... A bike length is about 1.5m so he would have started 3 metres further back.
I know that getting past 22 riders is a lot of work, but most of the riders he would have had to pass are a lot slower than him, so in reality he didn't really gain as much as everybody is screaming about.
Either way he still would have won.
