fasterthanme

All the changes for 2025 season are heading in the same direction: destroying the spirit of our sport and transforming it into a basic "money first" thing. We all like to take our bikes and go to the mountains and the forest, and we end up with a neoliberal thing of social Darwinism: the “best” will survive...

A really moving video for a such nice guy! 974 for ever!

Adding subtitles takes time and, as a French media, they speak French with Frenchies and English with others. It seems quite logical. It's one of the few French medias that provide good insight into the downhill scene nowadays. They do a great job. If we look at the French domination in downhill, everybody should learn Molière's language instead of complaining about subtitles. It's maybe the secret of our success!

I agree with that. But I don't agree with the global negative tone of the paper. The funicular. The crowd as a problem with wich to manage, especially if you're at home (who won?). The fact that the course is an early season one. It was an incredible event. The weather was beautiful. The track was awesome and Pierron helmet cam is crazy.

@twonsarelli: I've been also hearing this for years. That's quite boring. Maybe they could change and use something else? A foghorn, a police siren?

Commencal did a great job as did all the diggers. The track is now an official one, managed by a local MTB club, Alternative VTT. But for issues of insurance, it's not totally open to everyone. I don't know how it works in other places, but the club has the legal responsibility of the use of the track. So, you have to be member of the association to ride it. But the subscription is cheap and it will be a pleasure to count you as a member! Just a personal note: the valley where the track has been built has something special. The landscape is astonishing and the ambiance unique. As it’s the place where we live and where we practice MTB, it’s for us one of the best places in the world, because it’s home. But we’re sure that you would have the same feeling. Thanks to Commencal. Tanks, Thomas, for being who you are. Such a pleasure to spent time on the bike with you and the guys. What a beautiful video project and an incredible realization. Thanks to the village of Moulis and thanks to Alternative VTT, 14 years of downhill and enduro bike in our valleys. An ongoing human adventure!

Thomas is not only a pro rider. He’s a member of a local MTB crew based in the French Pyrenees, Alternative VTT. The track has been built for this video project developed by Commencal. Very generously, they authorized Alternative VTT to sign a convention with the local council, landowner, in order to officialise the track. Many thanks to everybody involved (Thomas, Commencal, municipality of Moulis). Come and have a look by yourself. We’ve got many other punk rock tracks to show you.

I think that French has to be the official language of the World cup circuit...

1) I don't understand why they employ so many mtb pro bikers to sell tuned Peugeot cars. 2) Listening to what they say, Estaque doesn't seem to be such a cool guy :) 3) This video remind us that "having fun" can be at the basis of an international industry 4) Many gestures, but no barriers and no limits. Waiting for the next one.

Looks like a "gruyère" (French and Swiss cheese with holes).