Ben Cathro and Thibault Laly ride the insanely dusty track in Andorra Vallnord Bike Park.
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If I had to ride this track wet I'd shit my pants. There's so much off-camber on what already might be one of the steepest tracks on the circuit right now. Just look at all those baby finger roots, it would be absolute chaos... and really good VitalMTB footage...
@ryanandrewrogers: rode the original and steeper track in a monsoon at world masters, it was a blast, so much fun, crapnrace track though unless you like goat trails. So glad this one looks mellower and wider.
Woah that last bridge to drop is sketchy. I thought they were exaggerating at first, then I realized everyone was saying the same thing, and I was thinking to myself "surely it's not THAT bad." but seeing that video I can definitely see what they're talking about. Those beams going overhead are wayy to close for comfort, and there's virtually no speed for the drop once you go around that corner.
Watch Kerr's track walk vid. It looks so sketchy and weird. I do love how this is now the only spot of contention among PB users when a few weeks ago, a bunch of people were saying the whole track is too sketchy and fast, its horrible, too dangerous, etc. LOL boy how the bandwagon's opinion changes based on what the racers say.
@ciechan: I hate those rubber mats you find in some bikeparks, feels like horrible mix of flat tire and no control, would not want to land on it at full speed!!!
@scott-townes: To quote Jordi Cortes in the latest Dialed video "little bit worried that in order to win here the risk is gonna be really high.." I haven't changed my opinion. Fingers crossed for the race and everyone gets down safely, it will certainly be exciting.
Really really shitty that the entire field can say that a feature is dangerous, or just not the right fit, and nothing is done about it. I think about Snowshoe a few years ago, there was a double at the bottom and they realized the speed was just not going to be there for everyone so in the afternoon of trackwalk day they built a big ass wooden bridge in between to turn it into a tabletop.
This bridge needs to go. Obviously they want to keep that road open, but just shoot the riders down the side of the hill and end on the close side of the road? This ending is so dumb. But what's more frustrating is the riders who have to compete on it have no way to fix this.
Arghhh ye matey that's why we all became pirates out here! Honestly though, even in the bike park, Colorado is pretty mellow. Respond accordingly (and don't get caught )
He actually is the Hans Knauß of Mountain Bike. All the Austrians know what I'm talking about ) youtu.be/Dfck7kLAUVE like in downhill skiing, in the vid it looks kinda easy, right?!
Pinkbike & Redbull scored picking up Cathro as a presenter/racer. Love his videos! I had always enjoyed Claudio’s track previews, Cathro is just a entertaining
@mi-bike: It's at that point, the rocks on the right. Essentially there was a very clear line but they pushed the riders to the right into a pile of hidden rocks, to slow them down. It was not the right place to do it and with the hidden rocks was dangerous.
@sino428: i think its definitely a British term. I've used it to explain bits of a trail to foreign riders at home and abroad only to be met with blank looks .
Imagine the main trail, whether it be single-track, double track, forest road whatever , and there's a cut on the upside of the hill to swing you off the track then back onto it. Usually it's to slow you down, or to hit a fun feature so called coz it looks a bit like a siding for a bus op
@forkbrayker: i might be way off and sorry to be pedantic but can you have a bus stop on the low side of a track too? I can't think of any examples though. Best example I can think of bus stops is the final section of the matador run at innerleithen
@fingerbangextreme: technically I suppose you can, but practically speaking It would be a pain in the hoop to build, I imagine most builders would just carry on descending instead of popping back up to main line. Not sure which bit of matador you mean . Before or after the final road crossing?
The top of this track is the best I´we seen at a watchers point of view. But since Redbull don't show much at the top I'm afraid we won't see the best part at the broadcast.
Holy dust bowl batman, I was looking for my goggles watching this. now my keyboard is covered in dust. This track is going to get so blown out, its so fast and loose. Can't wait till race day.
This bridge needs to go. Obviously they want to keep that road open, but just shoot the riders down the side of the hill and end on the close side of the road? This ending is so dumb. But what's more frustrating is the riders who have to compete on it have no way to fix this.
Cmon Aaron Gwin, you got this! Just like home!
I'm guessing not for long.
It's just my personal opinion on this track.
So my next question is what the f*ck is a bus stop?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGnwCZtz_0U
Imagine the main trail, whether it be single-track, double track, forest road whatever , and there's a cut on the upside of the hill to swing you off the track then back onto it. Usually it's to slow you down, or to hit a fun feature so called coz it looks a bit like a siding for a bus op
www.pinkbike.com/photo/22957642