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@PaulinhoCascavel: Its amazing how little people here seem to be allowing for the fact that he literally spent months off the bike. He's been riding what, less than 2 months and hasnt raced downhill properly in 5 years but was still able to set a decent time. Lots of top World Cup riders coming back from injury struggle to qualify.

@betsie: huh? Negative? I find this thread very amusing and was delighted to read old comments. Are you sure it's not you who has a negative outlook on the world?

Wtf is going on? It's like everyone has just picked up a 10 year old conversation as if nothing has happened. "What was I saying again? Oh yeah, these 27.5 inch bikes will never take off..."

@thiscunt: that is such nonsense. People who have made the world what it is didn't obsess about a recreational activity that affects basically nothing in life for 99.999999% of the world. They've been doing exactly the same thing for 20 years. They are progressing nothing aside from their own skills in one extremely limited area of life and they are making a moderate loving at it. By your logic all people who spend their lives in gambling offices must be the real go getters of the world as they take reckless risk after reckless risk.... My attitude to risk taking is probably more liberal than 95% of the population but i am willing to draw a line particularly when the activity is extraordinarily high risk. Lots of people who have achieved great things make bad calls and hang on too long. Also, I would say there is very little or no correlation between people who take high risks in extreme sports and those who are innovators in business or even back in the day exploring the world. They had totally different motivations and I don't think they would look too kindly on what would be seen as a child's sport by people from that time (all sport was considered a frivolous past time back in the old days that could result in a life ending/altering injury due to the fact medical care was so limited). As far as I'm aware most of silicone valley isn't out there freesoloing rock faces....I know lots of engineering graduates and none of them are into extreme sports but many of them are well on their way to the top of their field....funny that. Anyway, I hope Kyle heels from this as it is potentially a life changer.

I don't really get why guys like Cam and Kyle keep coming back? They have done it all and when is the time to say enough is enough? Let's be honest neither of them have come close to winning it in the last few years. I know Zink got 4th last year but he was never going to win it unless everyone else crashed. There is so much more to life and the risk of rampage is absolutely enormous. It really is matter of time before this shit happens when the risk is that high and for what exactly? Do they just keep going until it does happen? They need to be smarter of they want to actually live a healthy life in the future. Particularly when they have kids. My wife looks after her quadraplegic uncle some days and that shit ruined so many lives when it happened. Two of his sister's are now his full time carers, their children got forgotten about for a few years when it happened then they eventually get roped in to help too. His mum had her life destroyed by it and of course he no longer has a good quality of life a spends most of his time paranoid about having a UTI. Everyone in the family is affected by it so these guys really need to have a look at themselves. It's not just them involved.

@emptybe-er: I have a Kazakhstan flag because I work in mining........i'll leave you attempt to work out the relationship between mining and Kazakhstan for yourself....

@emptybe-er: your a twat. Pretty simple.

@emptybe-er: fuck me you sound like a serious drip. I've done the Red Bull Foxhunt and it is one of the most fun events of the year. 350 riders bringing a huge amount of tourism to a small town and making incredible go pro moments for the pros and the amateurs. And yes, the videos do get a lot of interaction. It's actually extremely exciting to watch and to take part in. My friend was caught by Gee in the last 30-40 seconds of trail and Gee passed him by jumping over him while my friend tried to (and actually managed to ) hold on to his tail until the end. It's one of the coolest things I've ever taken part in and gives people memories for life.

@madocreg2: that's absolutely not the point. You can damn well bet you will try your hardest to keep up with him/keep him at bay for just a few corners. That's where all the fun is and Loic knows that too. Sometimes you can see fast guys hang with them for a few corners and that's pretty cool.

That's pretty cool. The everesting world record for mountain running was also set by an Irish man a couple of months ago on Croagh Patrick. A mountain which Hans Rey and Peaty rode as part of their Irish pub trip video 15 years ago just in case anyone wants to watch a 144p quality throwback video where the two lads ride on the side of the Cliffs of Moher. https://youtu.be/KJEO89j8XsQ See, it doesn't take much to link it all back to mountain bikes.