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@watchmen: well apart from when talking about things like standard of living and economy compared to GB.

@sam-stanfield: no, in that example the apostrophe is needed to make it possessive. The plural is achieved simply by adding the s.

It's not just speed, it'll make it less likely to have a mechanical too.

@chmurka3rg: I agree w you mostly. Tbh I don't mind Cedric's imperfect English and it would take quite some effort to improve. As along as his English isnt blocking him giving good insight.

Idk, either the course designer, or whoever it was that gave them the requirements, screwed up massively by having a track that couldn't be raced after rain.

I was thinking about whether I'm being too harsh given this is a minority sport. But look at it like this. I want high insight, low annoyance, and high entertainment, in that order. Rob and Claudio were medium, low/medium, high. Ric and Cedric are low/medium, high, low. No surprise I'm not happy.

@wslee: be interesting to see what he does. I remember an interview w him ten years or so ago where he said he didn't intend to stay in DH very long. A big focus was his Christianity and how that led him in life, if I remember right. Seems he's stayed longer than he thought back then.

Loudenville should only become a regular if a bit of rain the night before doesn't lead to it being cancelled.

By far the best coverage this year. Gwin was great. Drone was mostly good. Still room for improvement in commentary: Stop saying: On the move Making it work Working things out Earth turned back in its axis It doesn't matter how much it's by as long as it's green. Clearly nonsense, see my point further down. Listen to what your co commentators are saying, don't interrupt unless you've got something better to say. And don't just say the same thing again. Somehow figure out how to give good insight. Clearly the later riders were all having some kind of issue but there was zero mention of it, gwin eventually mentioned hardpack (but was cut off by Ric), very late in day Ric mentioned news on spikes doing bad. Tbh I think this needs somebody who has raced recently and can also think and talk well. Such as gwin or Reece. I had my gripes w both Rob and Claudio, but they were both better on this front than ric and Cedric. There's no mention of fastest time in qualis and semis and no estimation of what time might be needed for the win. Instead every early rider that goes fastest is treated as an amazing performance. The better riders then smoke them. This gives the commentators zero credibility. In a similar way, splits are given no context. Eg if current rider is slightly up at first split but we know current leader had a crap first split, factor than in to what you're saying. Stop mentioning the speed trap reading, unless it's really noteworthy. Tbh that's probably almost never. I get that this is not an easy thing to do. You need deep and current expertise and the ability to think and talk well in an engaging manner. But given I'm paying now, I want better.

@mkul7r4: give it some time. Ric gets really annoying after a few listens. I got into the xc at the worlds but I gave up last weekend as it's just too much Ric.