Video: Course Previews from Luca Shaw, Brendan Fairclough & Ben Cathro - Fort William World Cup 2018 by sarahmoore

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samhillseyebrows (Jun 1, 2018 at 15:25)

Pinkbike sign up Cathro before Redbull does!

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dingus (Jun 1, 2018 at 15:32)

How about a half hour World Cup news show for each race, Wyn Masters with the interviews, Ben Cathro with the track and line choice break-down, Peaty as the anchorman with different ex-racer guest each episode and Tippie doing the weather.

mikefromdownthestreet (Jun 1, 2018 at 15:57)

@dingus: ok, sounds good to me

fecalmaster (Jun 1, 2018 at 18:12)

Punisher track,, props to the winner. Do they really think it's going to be dry Sunday.

mikeep (Jun 1, 2018 at 23:10)

@dingus: Would be nice to see a female in there somewhere.

ButtersNZ (Jun 1, 2018 at 23:33)

@dingus: That would be absolute gold

cunning-linguist (Jun 2, 2018 at 2:40)

@dingus: I can even imagine Anchor man Steve saying “it’s time for the Tip at the top for the weather report, how’s it looking up there Brett?” :-)

poah (Jun 2, 2018 at 6:16)

@mikeep: all they would do is comment about how attractive minnaar is

alexhyland (Jun 2, 2018 at 10:43)

@poah: lol are you projecting?

poah (Jun 2, 2018 at 12:25)

@alexhyland: he is hot, those eyes mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Downhill1Enduro1James1 (Jun 3, 2018 at 2:39)

#justice4cathro

alexhyland (Jun 3, 2018 at 9:16)

@poah: lol that salon fresh hair coming straight off a race run

maclife (Jun 4, 2018 at 2:30)

Cathro for king

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experthucker FL (Jun 1, 2018 at 15:41)

Give Cathro a job. So much insight compared to red bull previews.

friendlyfoe (Jun 1, 2018 at 19:37)

Ja but zee Germans have taken over and are making zee Redbull preview more efficient.

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riffscreamer (Jun 2, 2018 at 0:11)

Sucks that Red Bull gave him some limitations to do a full track/line analysis. I miss watching those 20+ minutes of line analysis from Cathro.

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Boardlife69 (Jun 2, 2018 at 4:31)

@riffscreamer: Every other sport spends hours talking about analysis. We finally have a true analyst that has never been seen before in DH or any other MTB discipline and RB wants to cut him out. I never knew that last corner was the most important corner in the whole track before today, even though I remember Gwin having a problem on that corner a few years ago and lost the race. Cathro dropping track science like Galileo dropped an orange. SOMEONE (RB,PB) HIRE THIS MAN!!!

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steve45 (Jun 1, 2018 at 15:38)

It's all about the Cathro insight!

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andydhteam (Jun 1, 2018 at 15:41)

Well done getting behind cathro

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wastesport (Jun 1, 2018 at 21:17)

#cathroforcoursepreviews

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gunnerMTB (Jun 1, 2018 at 15:33)

great course preview, but we need Claudio

bman33 (Jun 1, 2018 at 15:47)

So much speed those guys carry. I raced DH expert and a tad bit of semi-pro back in the 90's-2000 or so. I feel I am decently fast for a 44-year old fart. But damn those guys are at warp speed everywhere

General-Brappington (Jun 1, 2018 at 16:49)

It’d be interesting to get these guys on some older bikes and see what they can do

metalmike68 (Jun 1, 2018 at 18:26)

Im with ya man !!!!!! ( coming from a 50 yr. old fart who raced a LOT back in those days also !!! )

doe222 (Jun 2, 2018 at 13:13)

@General-Brappington: www.pinkbike.com/news/giant-atx-1-vs-glory-rob-warner-2015.html

friendlyfoe (Jun 1, 2018 at 19:28)

Fairclough looks a bit faster in the fast bits but Shaw seems to be doing a better job of carrying speed through the slow corners. That outside line through the first wood section absolutely killed Fairclough's exit speed. Hopefully he sees this and changes it up the the line Shaw is taking through there. So cool to be able to watch them back to back!

krumpdancer101 (Jun 1, 2018 at 19:49)

Fairclough deff had a few oh shit moments.

newbermuda (Jun 1, 2018 at 15:51)

I love claudio and his spaghetti-ness.....but god damn, Luca Shaw knows how to fly down a track smoothly.

Iceisnice (Jun 2, 2018 at 21:10)

Saturday just isn't the same without Claudio and the whole preview show. The new voice describing the track is brutal. Guy sounds dead or is some kind of voice-bot. Just terrible. Nothing but 'bit and bobs' for the rest.
I sure liked Ben Cartho's track review (plus his other preview vids on YouTube), and Red Bullsht (sorry) should leave him alone, although THAT will never happen. Red Bull and UCI have taken a step backwards as far as presenting World Cup MTB DH. SO MUCH room for improvement.
See what happens tomorrow.

betobi (Jun 2, 2018 at 0:56)

bring back Claudio! waiting for the world cup without a Claudio course preview just does´t feels the same....

BEERandSPOKES (Jun 1, 2018 at 16:11)

OH MY GOD, THEY'VE GONE PLAID!!!

prattbrewboy (Jun 1, 2018 at 16:28)

Awesome! Cloughie loose as f*ck, Shaw more precise....latter with better time. More of this eh fellas?

BlurredVision (Jun 1, 2018 at 17:32)

That was so fast and probably not race speed

browner (Jun 1, 2018 at 19:45)

Fort bill, only smoother and with less of the interesting bits. Never thought I'd say this but definitely there are better tracks out there with more line choice and less meter wide paved trail centre vibe.

Downhill1Enduro1James1 (Jun 3, 2018 at 2:38)

Glencoe for example

Jrtf (Jun 2, 2018 at 0:58)

As much a legendary best the bill is surely on a hill that big a new line could be drafted up ism sure these riders are getting bored after so many years still one of the best but time for a change there.

Crisskan FL (Jun 2, 2018 at 9:10)

Dude how's Claudio feeling? Still tumbled after his crash last wc race?

Iceisnice (Jun 2, 2018 at 20:56)

Hi Crisskan. I saw Claudio interviewed by someone at "SingleTrack" today via GooTube (YT). Claudio mentioned the crash was worse than thought and he had alot of blood in the cranium, so he was back on the operating table recently getting his head drained. He did say he was going to do the race w/ Rob and see how it goes.

nekislav (Jun 2, 2018 at 5:18)

I think Minnaar should give his old nickname "Big Air" to Brendog! It will suit him better

mielotxino (Jun 2, 2018 at 11:26)

Something's missing here...

wberesford (Jun 1, 2018 at 23:07)

Fast AF.... “Down with the kids”

trimakas (Jun 2, 2018 at 9:47)

That track is all time high speed gnar. Those dudes are unbelievable!

torj (Jun 2, 2018 at 14:06)

Claudiooooo!!!

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Fifty50Grip (Jun 1, 2018 at 17:18)

haha, fools. Luca was flying low, however it is quite a boring coarse for a DH world cup, I would rather see Fort Williamsas a Trail coarse. IMHO its not World Cup worthy.

Shiny-side-up (Jun 1, 2018 at 18:18)

Everyone is entitled to an opinion, even if it's wrong.

teedubya (Jun 2, 2018 at 2:02)

Where is this Fort Williams that you speak of?

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Fifty50Grip (Jun 1, 2018 at 16:02)

Luca was flying low, however it is quite a boring coarse for a DH world cup, I would rather see Fort Williamsas a Trail coarse. IMHO its not World Cup worthy.

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dugcarch (Jun 1, 2018 at 16:11)

someones jealous there's not a round in the USA..

Fifty50Grip (Jun 1, 2018 at 16:12)

@dugcarch: We'll get our shot in 2019.

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bman33 (Jun 1, 2018 at 16:13)

@dugcarch: We are jealous. With that, Fort William is totally World Cup worthy. He is just jealous because he can't ride it that fast.

Blablablup123 (Jun 1, 2018 at 17:01)

@bman33: man you guys are desperate to project your insecurities on others... Maybe that´s, you know, just his opinion he wanted to share. Nothing more.

bman33 (Jun 1, 2018 at 17:12)

@Blablablup123: Wow, you must be fun at parties.

andydhteam (Jun 1, 2018 at 18:45)

Show us a video and time of you riding it.... id love to see how you place

wanleggedwinston (Jun 1, 2018 at 23:14)

I can see that it looks flat and not particularly difficult in the videos, but if you ride the track, the rocks are so much rougher, larger and the track more exposed and steeper than it looks

cunning-linguist (Jun 2, 2018 at 2:44)

@piersgritten: yeah one of my mates rides day long Moto enduros & said that he could barely hang on to the bottom.