Video: Mick Hannah Cairns World Cup Track Preview

 hahaha o yeah, cant wiat for his course vidz,

 pm148 that's the best laugh I've ever had from a pinkbike comment, you nailed that one mate

 Thanks!

 Ape???

 Ya it's in the jungle, so I though of gorila monkeys aka: apes

 looks kind shit for a WC track. Bet it's fun to ride but come one... one line only?

 that's a real DH track. Hoshi, do you think Pietermaritzburg's "DH" track is better or what the hell?????

 It's hardly a "real" DH track and neither is PMB but it's the way the sport is going unfortunately to bring in a newer less mountain bike savvy audience, make them less technical but faster with bigger jumps.

 I reckon a collaboration between Claudio and this guy would go down well

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLnB4UVNoUQ#t=18

 I think PMB ain't WC worthy so Mate1998 calm the hell down! All I'm saying is: this track is not a great choice for a Wc bit would be nice as a bikepark track. That's all. Val Di Sole, Andorra etc.. those are the kinds of WC tracks the Sport needs. Where people can take a line of choice and are not forced to run all the same. I don't even know why you came up with PMB? Man you need to take a few chill pills

 haha your right!

 Pmb has lots of line choices. .
Btw only problem with this trail is where will the spectators stand?

 Thredbo would be much more wc worthy its actually a great track down here but as far as I know there are specific guides that need to be meet for hospitals and local aids all of which are not close enough to the track or some BS. The tracks more wc worthy and its pretty long. Come on thredbo host a WC

 Hoshi: I couldn't bloody agree more. Looks like a bloody boring race to watch to me. Must say the first thing that sprung to my mind when watching the vid was "hmmmmmmmm looks like Pietermaritzburg MkII" I don't know what the hell is up with the course choosers at the UCI. Surely they are well aware by now that this kinda track sucks for racing. The back lash against PMBshlda been enough to tell them that for gods sake.......

 I love how everyone can tell how a track rides from their computer chairs. Anyone still have the same thoughts after seeing and hearing all the riders thoughts on the track?

 Noone will say: well, this track sucks. They can't do that

 They've expressed dislike with tracks in the past. Namely PMB.

 wrooooong, everything looks slow on GoPro's. Plus, the sound here is amazing

 Awesome course , single track DH , this trail flows through the woods perfectly , it doesn't look like it was cut in with a bulldozer

 Its not as flat as the video makes it look, however I am not a fan of how much straight/less than wc quality riding there is, however what the hill was and what they had to work with they did a amazing job. Cairns is hot and crazy humid so this will really test the riders fitness. The only question now is with all the heavy forest how will they stream the track for raceday.....

 quality looked fine to me

 gopro or sony cam, this is still guna look like the funnest world cup track i have ever seen!

 anyone complaining about quality are you watching it in HD, even in 720p it looks good.

 Believe it or not, it's better with the Sony cam. The stabilization is doing its work at this speed (PS I have a GoPro)

 Believe it or not, everything looks slow and small on GoPro's (PS I have watched hundreds of POV runs)

 Videos always seem to flatten trails out, way steeper in real life...that wind noise was awesome...there's gonna be some crazy speeds on that trail

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Short video of mick hitting some fast sections. Gonna be pretty damn fast through there.

 There is nothing wrong with the action cams sound/video quality is good, just some of the mounts don't give you the best viewing angle

 people need to OPEN THEIR EYES. gopro basically owns the industry, but its not the only good camera out there! having about as much experience with a gopro as any skier/mountain biker, i can say that the sound quality of them is utter trash, and even for the amazing video quality they can capture, they are still crazy expensive. if i was looking to get an onboard camera i would definitely at least look into the sony. battery life sucks eggs on gopros and if sonys turn out to be a lot cheaper (i don't know the pricing off the top of my head) then i might be sold.

i just get annoyed when people write off every head cam/onboard video that isn't filmed with a gopro. 1080p is 1080p no matter where it came from. as consumers shouldnt we be happy for competition?

P.S. personally i don't like the shape of gopros, when skiing really fast with them i can feel the wind resistance because its like a miniature sail. iv'e always liked the long tube shape, more aerodynamic.

 No room for error, and its steep. The rock garden is very difficult. Will be a very good race.

 Paul Walker is irreplaceable...

 Yeah im sure they will never find some guy who says dude and drives cars badly...

 Agreed. @stigsvancouvercousin

 "this just looks like old school World Cup" - and your complaint is?

 shit right there wit yeah, w.c, dunno, does look kinda cool, dunno what coverage there gonna pull off on this one looks pretty socked in the trees, camera placement could be critical haha, just doesn't fit w.c criteria , it will be interesting!!!!!!!!!! looks like mick is getting a head start on the field- learnin that track,

 They could def add a few more features to some of the fast straight sections, some parts of it look like alot of fun but i agree that prob nobody at WC level would find this track very challenging. Good effort tho, maybe they will modify a few parts of the track for future seasons and then australia is onto winner. Should be a good watch. Get ready for Rob Warner screaming "look how fast he's going" prob every 5 mins for this track. Predictions for winner????

 Sick Mick FTW

 I thought it looked pretty tame for a WC track. Not much tech at all just super high speed. Should be fun to watch the speed trap.

 a little redundant up top huh

 I remember when everybody was writing similar comments about La Bresse when the first headcam came out of that course, but it turned out to be one of the sickest tracks on the circuit (wish it was back in the calendar).

This is the only footage I've seen of this track, but I'm willing to bet Mick (and the camera) makes it look waaaay smoother and easier than it really is. Some of those "straight forward' looking straighter sections I'm sure are full of roots, rocks, off camber and nasty.

Look forward to seeing it fo' real in the WC.

 Predictions on a winner? Prob some fool on a big wheel considering this track doesn't appear to have any corners for 90% of its length. F****ing Lame if you ask me.....

 Yeah, I know wind noise sucks, but it really gave the sensation of how fast he was going in that mid section.

 80 - 90kph at that section near the end!!!

 I did 70 once on a freaking steep, long fireroad, was really hard to get up such speed and he is talking of 80, 90? I'm not saying no, but... sceptical... Impressive none the less - Even if it's 50, it looks insane!

 It's not unlikely. You can easily clock over 80 here down Una Moss, and even push 90 coming back in-bounds down the old Highway 86.

 lol gold skin suit FTW

 its awesome that they kept the corkscrew bridge thing from the last Cairns WC!!

 sam hill could ride this in his sleep..

 Yeah, it would have been cool to see it go fall line for a bit instead of switchbacking. Still looks sick though!

 it looks "enduro" cos it looks like a dh track made easier. It sucks

 it has about 1% tech to 99% bombing a fire road. Yeah that top section does look pretty cool. If they made the whole track like that, then it might even be wc worthy.....

 Got my time off work booked and only an 8 hr drive to get there its gonna be sweet

 Do it! One Life.

 Sames, I'm about a 12hr drive away so we flying up. Counting down the days now

 Sucks to be you Turboute Im driving my ute up so I can get a bit of shuttling in while its going on

 Bikes fit on aeroplanes in bike bags mate. Haha.

 too many YouTube experts anyone who has actually ridden a bike can get a good feel for it. looks like a good time to me but all the e-riders know best

 I was lucky enough to ride the track a few weeks ago.. Mick and Tracey where the getting in a few runs and yes it is going to be epic! Bring wc round 2!

 Would like to see another big table at that last strait bit

 It looks like the ultimate bmx track on steroids to me. Nothing like how I imagine DH. You know...corners that dont all have berms. a lack of big smooth jumps. This track looks like it was designed specifically for 29ers or something. Lame.....

 agree

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Is this track designed specifically for big wheels? Perhaps one might finally win a race and put the final nail in the coffin for bikes that actually go round corners....

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