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weeksy59 edspratt's article
Jul 6, 2026 at 0:53
6 hours
Race Highlights: 2026 La Thuile Enduro World Cup
@edspratt: Yeah i'm not arguing that. I wonder if in that instance it would make sense to have the overall winner being say 6-1 races, so you can drop 1 race from the results to give the overall winner of the series. Which would lower the pressure for people to HAVE to do all of them.
But more riders, more racers and more locations can only be a good thing of course.
I'm planning at being at most Euro EDRs next year with my lad, we're just in the process of getting into Enduro and racing really
weeksy59 edspratt's article
Jul 6, 2026 at 0:33
6 hours
Race Highlights: 2026 La Thuile Enduro World Cup
@edspratt: Yes, but only in 1 race... Not in 90% of the series. A race in Chile, Mexico, etc etc would be GREAT for the country and locals, of course... but you're not going to see them flying to Europe for the next 4 rounds, or the NZ for the one over there... You've got to be realistic.
weeksy59 edspratt's article
Jul 5, 2026 at 23:17
7 hours
Race Highlights: 2026 La Thuile Enduro World Cup
@JohSch: That's for sure a great question. A lot of the guys racing are exactly what you say, Privateers in a van. So adding in something like a South American round would be really cool in some ways, but really tricky for a lot of the racers. I know 3-4 at the moment personally who are living in a small van driving from site to site and living on bread and cheese. I know a lot of people give series stick for being very EU based, but if the riders are from Europe and the mountains are in Europe, then of course it makes sense for the racing to be in Europe. It's a simple case of logistics. The Enduro guys don't have the backing of the big companies in terms of finances
weeksy59 mikekazimer's article
Jul 3, 2026 at 11:18
3 days
The Future of Enduro, Trade Shows, and Mountain Bikes
@edspratt: realistically though, even if the stages were not the same day/time as the DH, how many would attend. Not many I suspect.
I still don't know the answer, could it be getting racers like say a Gwin or Hart who are coming to the end of their DH time to jump into enduro? Looking at this weekends racing it gas views, leaves, gnar, what else can enduro actually do to help. What is it people want? Riders like Rhde and Maes have shown that the Enduro guys are bloody quick at DH too, so the quality is clearly there.
weeksy59 edspratt's article
Jul 3, 2026 at 6:13
Jul 3, 2026
Results: Elite Q1 Qualifying at the 2026 La Thuile DH World Cup
@betsie: exactly that, at any given race at any level of DH there's a red flag and you're aware there's a flag, but that's it... They have a duty of care not to give out any information on tracks in case of severe injury etc, all they can say is, there's a red flag. Every now and again a kind commisare will say "no, it's not your rider" to a parent, but they can't say which rider or why... that's the same from low level grassroots to Nationals and IXS and European Champs etc...
weeksy59 edspratt's article
Jul 3, 2026 at 5:40
Jul 3, 2026
Results: Elite Q1 Qualifying at the 2026 La Thuile DH World Cup
How exactly is it WBs fault that someone has crashed and obviously needs medical attention ?
weeksy59 mikekazimer's article
Jul 2, 2026 at 23:49
Jul 2, 2026
The Future of Enduro, Trade Shows, and Mountain Bikes
@edspratt: @edspratt: Ed, how is the coverage doing this year compared to the last few in terms of PB clicks and views ? I feel there's more Enduro content on PB than the last couple of years for sure, is that relating in your figures ?
weeksy59 edspratt's article
Jul 2, 2026 at 2:03
Jul 2, 2026
2026 La Thuile Downhill World Cup Start Lists: Who's Racing This Weekend?
The Surrey Hills boys are out in force. Can't wait to see it :)
weeksy59 racecraftlabs's article
Jul 1, 2026 at 7:01
Jul 1, 2026
Racecraft Labs Launches Automated Onboard Video Timing App for DH Racers
@racecraftlabs: Yeah that of course is the one thing you can't compensate for other than using lots and lots of runs in our case. Starting with bike 1, then doing 5-6 run, then bike 2 for 5-6 runs, then back to bike 1 for 2-3 runs to allow for 'getting used to track/lines and lastly if needed back to bike 2 for the final couple of runs. It's not foolproof but it did show us that 1 of the bikes was consistently faster than the other, plus the rider clearly felt 'better' on that bike too and in testing it showed in his riding style as well as on the clock. It gave us some answers to why his results haven't been as glowing this year as we'd hoped.
Of course, the proof of the pudding will be in races coming up :)
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