gcrider

I was thinking 2008. You are correct as they did make gen 2 nomad up to 2013. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/santa-cruz-nomad-2008.html https://www.santacruzbicycles.com/en-US/product-support/nomad-2

Giant made my Colnago. To be fair the Seatpost is a heavy piece of junk. The rest was ok for the time. @watchtower:

@ATXZJ: I believe he used the words "too big for her boots" needs to be brought down a" peg/ notch "or 2" and implied she was arrogant. (can't be 100% he said arrogant) (can't be arrssed watching it again). I dont know about his interactions with her, but from my view in internet land, wearing my own biased glasses, she does not seem arrogant. The way she answers interviewer questions open and honestly about how her runs went and her emotions is not being arrogant. (She was accused of that before in the comments section esp when she moved to elites, but she was just answering the questions honestly without dissing her competitors). I applaud her honesty and realness. Rather than PR speak that is common in other sports.

Drone needs a better drone with separate camera operator and separate camera. or it needs to stay out of the trees and do far away shots that they will use far too often. If they kill the drone, they won't be able to say they have more cameras.

Ric wasn’t intelligible when commenting fast and excited due to his charming accent. Now it is only TH is a problem. But is consistent and understandable. I commend him for his improvement which has been substantial. In His non live enduro commentating , his clarity, cadence and inflection has become almost perfect . He also doesn’t repeat his catchphrase during a race anymore, which is actually very difficult to do when recording live. Having an excited co commentator would balance this nicely. Unfortunately when CG gets excited, he struggles to say anything useful or anything at all in his second language. Not a dig at these guys they do a better job than I could. As I swear every third word when I am excited. @succulentsausage:

I deep dived into redbull drone coverage of rampage , and drone use in films and general mtb when disco drone use was announced, seemed small 1person drones just cant have pictures resolution as. Larger drones used at rampage ( there wireless transfer rate was state of the art. ) where they are flown not very close to the public watching . @k-p-v: Flim drones with a separate camera operator or two get great images ,well framed and in sharp focus. . But at the time wasn’t transmitted to the ground at full res. But only low re to operators and full res was downloaded later. The dh drone shots seem far further away than enduro, maybe safety?? And through the trees in dh have much less light available than some of the enduro we have seen. What do you think??

Even pre pandemic I would carry handsantiser to use after I touch anything that wasn’t mine and before eating. Aeroplane toilet doors you need to touch after washing hands are a germfest. Probably overhead lockers. Tray tables, belt buckles too. One time I choose a vegetarian roll to eat from airport with very little choice. It Had chicken in it and I had the screaming jets ( also the name of a aussie? Band)for the rest of my work trip. Funny now. Not then. (Yes I know that non of the Santa team probably flew there. )

She does a great job with knowing nothing about mtb. But unfortunately that means she doesn’t do a great job.

Goldstone too. @CantClimb:

The pieces to camera with josh are a complete waste of time @DoubleCrownAddict: