Whip-Off Winning Bike Checks - Crankworx Les Gets 2018
 | It's a UPS bike so it always delivers. It might be a little late at times, but it'll get there. |
Ryan Howard is best known for his ridiculous whips and effortless style, but his custom painted bikes always attract plenty of well-deserved attention too. This season his Trek Session 27.5 has been painted with a UPS theme, which opens the doors for all kinds of puns about sending it...
As far as suspension set up goes, it stays the same no matter if Ryan is taking DH laps, attending a Fest Series event, or going past 90-degrees in a whip-off competition - stiff, with a medium amount of rebound damping.
The Trek Session's custom paint job is full of little details, like this tribute to Kelly McGarry on the top tube...
...And one to the Aptos Post Office jumps on the seatstay.
Bontrager G5 tires.
SRAM Code brakes
There's a fresh Rockshox BoXXer up front - it only has two days of riding on it, along with the usual assortment of Ride or Die stickers that always accompany R-Dog..
The whip master.
Vinny Armstrong took the win in the women's category aboard her Scott Gambler, a victory that even the speedy Kiwi DH racer hadn't predicted.
It might seem like flats would be the way to go for Whip-Offs, but Vinny came straight from DH practice and ran her Shimano Saint clipless pedals.
Vinny's Gambler's suspension is split between Fox and RockShox, with a BoXXer up front and a Float X2 in the back.
The bike's drivetrain and brakes are handled by Shimano's Saint components.
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What about uci downhill? Same riders?
Moto gp.
Formula1.
Etc.
You do realize that every course is different and every event is a new opportunity... right?
It was an insanely unique event to the crown jewel of the sport & the only thing so unique that it took place nowhere near anything on the mountain. Just 3 jumps a couple thousand feet up the hill.
If you've seen one Whip off now, you've seen them all.
Sheldon even explains this on the Bicycle Glossary.
Doesn't matter, "Clipless" was so last decade, Ultraboost Foot Interface will replace it as a standard soon anyway.
as a bonus, I will always think that sheldon brown is a tool.
And also I'm generally surprised that you consider somebody who went to the effort to provide a huge database which is easily accessible and incredibly informative a tool.
Most of it is filler garbage that doesn't really help anyone. YouTube is a far better resource than this idiot.