Video: Jesse Melamed's Rowdy POV from EWS Crans-Montana 2021 by edspratt

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genny1 (Sep 13, 2021 at 9:34)

Holy cow Jesse, that was awesome! Congrats on the run and the weekend result, and thanks for sharing the ride and the post-run conversation. So great. (As a Rocky Mountain bike owner, also cool to see you killing it for that team.)

Glad to see Miranda in the top 10 too, and am pulling for Remi - go MGM!

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JesseMelamed FL (Sep 13, 2021 at 23:49)

Thank you! Hopefully we can get an MGM domination soon!

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Two-planker (Sep 13, 2021 at 7:59)

so much fun to watch...thanks for the post!

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JesseMelamed FL (Sep 13, 2021 at 8:55)

Glad you enjoyed it!

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sylvainvanier (Sep 13, 2021 at 12:16)

@JesseMelamed that was so sick! Fully pinned! Can't believe the speed you guys carry on that kind of track.

Sweet to see the camaraderie and the chat between you and Maes.

Congrats on the results!

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JesseMelamed FL (Sep 13, 2021 at 23:50)

Thank you! It's nice because although we are fighting each other for positions, we are only riding against ourselves so we are all friends out there.

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ocnlogan (Sep 13, 2021 at 10:28)

Interesting at the end how he talks about the bike being too small for that track (4:45).

Mostly interesting with all the conversations lately about how "pros like smaller bikes", in the EWS.

Seems more like it is track/course dependent. And sometimes they wish they brought the "big bike" and other times they want the more nimble smaller bike. But... you can't change bikes between stages, so they have to compromise it seems.

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jardo (Sep 13, 2021 at 10:46)

small in term of travel I guess

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ocnlogan (Sep 13, 2021 at 10:50)

@jardo:

Oh, could totally be that too

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@JesseMelamed

Care to shed some light?

Also, great work out there, always rooting for you. And your results seem to be getting better every round this year

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scott-townes (Sep 13, 2021 at 11:13)

He's making a reference to needing a DH bike. There were some massive gaps and drops in that run, unreal how much abuse those bikes can take.

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JesseMelamed FL (Sep 13, 2021 at 23:50)

@ocnlogan: Yes, I did mean it in terms of travel. Just getting bucked around so much.

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Pmac1893 (Sep 13, 2021 at 7:36)

2:15 :o

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JesseMelamed FL (Sep 13, 2021 at 8:56)

Rowdy!

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bproelofs (Sep 13, 2021 at 13:50)

Crazy rowdy!! I pulled the brakes on my chair. Jesse made it look easy.

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salespunk (Sep 13, 2021 at 8:06)

Such a sick course!

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JesseMelamed FL (Sep 13, 2021 at 8:55)

So fun! Just a bit scary at speeds with the big holes! Different than practice

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alright (Sep 13, 2021 at 14:35)

Wow that’s awesome, insane riding! Thanks for showing us how it done!

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pisgahgnar FL (Sep 13, 2021 at 9:56)

HOleeee sheeeeit 3:23. Insane

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JesseMelamed FL (Sep 13, 2021 at 23:51)

Race run triple haha.

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ferenooo (Sep 13, 2021 at 10:33)

Nice one! Bad resolution helped in some places not to see how rowdy it was. Good job & nice time!

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rugbyred (Sep 13, 2021 at 11:12)

Your wheels were in the air so much. Sounded like you were floating over the course. Awesome.

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JesseMelamed FL (Sep 13, 2021 at 23:52)

Floating is smooth.

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rugbyred (Sep 14, 2021 at 4:59)

@JesseMelamed: easier said than done when you are a buck fifty! Amazing riding as usual and great insight to what really happens in a race at your level.

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miuan (Sep 13, 2021 at 11:49)

@JesseMelamed I noticed you had your fork lowered on practice day. Did you switch to higher travel later on?

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JesseMelamed FL (Sep 13, 2021 at 23:52)

That was just a photo I think? Same 170mm as I run all of the time.

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mastadon (Sep 13, 2021 at 20:33)

There was nothing Enduro about that! That was a DH race on a tricycle. So intense!

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JesseMelamed FL (Sep 13, 2021 at 23:52)

haha, a fast tricycle though!

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lemjam (Sep 14, 2021 at 8:46)

The bike is so quiet, you can really hear the tires hooking up, sounds awesome man. Legit dh bike sections, wow.

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bproelofs (Sep 13, 2021 at 10:46)

Geeeeeezzzzzzz that's fast.

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nprace (Sep 14, 2021 at 7:00)

With that ludicrous speed it looks like a video game... amazing!!