Fort William World Cup Downhill 2024

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5/1/2024 1:06pm

bernard's pre-ft bill vid. i can't wait for his POV laps/vlogs this week.

 

 

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5/1/2024 3:51pm

some early pit bits pics just slapped in here. real stuff will start tomorrow. canyon DH bike with no cover and more

George Jefferson status with Dak's cockpit (movin' on up...)

kinda prefer Ronan all dirty with a clapped bike more. we'll give a day or two.

so much podium potential in this shot. tahnee not in her anti-SpeedSuit.

assume this is vali's.

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5/1/2024 4:31pm

Dak raising the bar(s) once again!  Glad to see Dak didn't disappoint us and followed through with his many B-Practice claims of going full moto with his bars.  Would love to see the flex those things have 😂 

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5/1/2024 4:33pm

A gold Boxxer?? First we have backwards arched Foxes. Now we have gold boxers? What is this world coming too!? 

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5/1/2024 7:48pm Edited Date/Time 5/1/2024 7:49pm
sspomer wrote:
some early pit bits pics just slapped in here. real stuff will start tomorrow. canyon DH bike with no cover and more George Jefferson status with...

some early pit bits pics just slapped in here. real stuff will start tomorrow. canyon DH bike with no cover and more

George Jefferson status with Dak's cockpit (movin' on up...)

kinda prefer Ronan all dirty with a clapped bike more. we'll give a day or two.

so much podium potential in this shot. tahnee not in her anti-SpeedSuit.

assume this is vali's.

If you save the "Speed Gold" Boxxer photo... the image is titled "dont know whos it is but couldnt help myslef"

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5/2/2024 3:09am

A gold Boxxer?? First we have backwards arched Foxes. Now we have gold boxers? What is this world coming too!? 

Rockshox did it before Fox were even on the scene in 2001! Thats the issue with the scene these days everyones to young to remember haha 

 

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5/2/2024 4:29am
peecee wrote:
Rockshox did it before Fox were even on the scene in 2001! Thats the issue with the scene these days everyones to young to remember haha ...

Rockshox did it before Fox were even on the scene in 2001! Thats the issue with the scene these days everyones to young to remember haha 

 

Of course. Because only an ignorant could downvote a positive comment by none other than Stikman.
At least the BoXXer gold was truly special back then: limited run, not for everybody. Let the Kashima fanbois be offended, it's OK.

Mx

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5/2/2024 4:59am

Am i missing something on Fantasy? Its still saying no open rounds but feel like qualis is coming in hot.

Official Start list should be in shortly from UCI. Fantasy Game will start once we know who’s officially racing. It’s open until a few hours before race start, so you can pick team early and adjust after semis even.

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5/2/2024 5:09am
BergMann wrote:
Talk about the cringeworthy self-blindness of the pot calling the kettle: including World Champs, 7 of 8 WC DH races this season are in Europe. If...

Talk about the cringeworthy self-blindness of the pot calling the kettle: including World Champs, 7 of 8 WC DH races this season are in Europe. If you are from Europe, Mr. Palazarri, you have the unfair advantage of being able to drive to any of these venues to practice, while the rest of the world has to fly.  Kolb & Coulanges won races at their *home mountains* last year.  What is a week of extra practice on a mountain vs a lifetime?  The only way to completely level the playing field is to ban all World Cup racers from riding at all World Cup venues year-round except for officially sanctioned practice leading up to a race.  
Go ahead and add rules to the book limiting practice of an officially-marked course, but it will still do nothing to change the lifetime of "unfair" advantage European locals accumulate on mountains they grow up racing.

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You're showing quite a bit of blindness I think. Palazarri is from Sardinia, pretty hard to drive through the Mediterranean sea to Fort William. And if...

You're showing quite a bit of blindness I think. Palazarri is from Sardinia, pretty hard to drive through the Mediterranean sea to Fort William. And if you take the boat, it's probably a 30-40hr trip in total!

Plenty of people ride WC tracks before/after the races there, But doing so 7 days out from the race, when the course is marked and taped etc..  is pretty unheard of. So Davide was right to be pi**ed. He was complaining about the proximity to racing not the fact that people were riding the track. 

Likewise, Coulanges isn't from Les Gets and the track is not really open as far as I know, it's made for racing apparently? And I'm pretty sure Kolb is sponsored by Schladming and lives quite far away from Leogang. But whatever. Dem pesky Euros are all evil freedom haters.

so ya, to reiterate, he was complaining about riding so close to the race, with course markings out, not about the fact people ride World Cup tracks before the events.

 

Quite forgetable and reliable transportation they have. Trains go cheap compared to air, car or boats, lets you have your bag and bike with you.

 

Compare that to brazil. I have to spend 2 months of minimun wage to get to the nearest bike park for 2 days, and come back.

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5/2/2024 5:17am

Am i missing something on Fantasy? Its still saying no open rounds but feel like qualis is coming in hot.

sspomer wrote:
Official Start list should be in shortly from UCI. Fantasy Game will start once we know who’s officially racing. It’s open until a few hours before...

Official Start list should be in shortly from UCI. Fantasy Game will start once we know who’s officially racing. It’s open until a few hours before race start, so you can pick team early and adjust after semis even.

Aren't Semis where loads of points are dished out though?

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5/2/2024 5:52am

has anyone figured out a cheaper way to watch the race then paying for the max ad on? Wonder if you can do a discovery + with a UK Vpn to watch it instead?

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5/2/2024 6:18am
Dak raising the bar(s) once again!  Glad to see Dak didn't disappoint us and followed through with his many B-Practice claims of going full moto with...

Dak raising the bar(s) once again!  Glad to see Dak didn't disappoint us and followed through with his many B-Practice claims of going full moto with his bars.  Would love to see the flex those things have 😂 

STOKED to see this. A bud convinced me to goto 50mm bars a few years back:  totally amazing. We're both on 80's now and all we get is looks like we're on walmart bikes...until the said griper takes a run on the bike and is amazed at 80's on a DH bike. I swear by it (and I'm nobody, it just feels awesome). 

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5/2/2024 7:12am
has anyone figured out a cheaper way to watch the race then paying for the max ad on? Wonder if you can do a discovery +...

has anyone figured out a cheaper way to watch the race then paying for the max ad on? Wonder if you can do a discovery + with a UK Vpn to watch it instead?

Just buy a MAX sub, HBO has some really good content. If you like Game of Thrones, you'll like the prequel House of the Dragon. a lot of really good shows on MAX. And now all the race coverage. I pay $16 a month for ad free service which includes everything on MAX. $16 is not much, you can cancel after race season and watch the shows you like while you have it.

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5/2/2024 7:24am
has anyone figured out a cheaper way to watch the race then paying for the max ad on? Wonder if you can do a discovery +...

has anyone figured out a cheaper way to watch the race then paying for the max ad on? Wonder if you can do a discovery + with a UK Vpn to watch it instead?

last year you could see a full replay of the race on lequipe.fr, but it is only available in France

5/2/2024 8:15am

Martin pulling the motor and battery out of the ebike to race? Talk about being able to add ballast...

5/2/2024 9:36am
has anyone figured out a cheaper way to watch the race then paying for the max ad on? Wonder if you can do a discovery +...

has anyone figured out a cheaper way to watch the race then paying for the max ad on? Wonder if you can do a discovery + with a UK Vpn to watch it instead?

Just buy a MAX sub, HBO has some really good content. If you like Game of Thrones, you'll like the prequel House of the Dragon. a...

Just buy a MAX sub, HBO has some really good content. If you like Game of Thrones, you'll like the prequel House of the Dragon. a lot of really good shows on MAX. And now all the race coverage. I pay $16 a month for ad free service which includes everything on MAX. $16 is not much, you can cancel after race season and watch the shows you like while you have it.

If you're not already a subsriber to MAX, the B/R sports add-on is free at the moment for a "limited time" though they don't specify the duration of the limited time.

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5/2/2024 12:00pm

Team done!!

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5/2/2024 12:07pm

I just want to say for the record, being able to buy multiple top dogs in each category is so much more fun than pinkbike's league where getting one rider takes up 60% on the team budget.

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5/2/2024 12:34pm Edited Date/Time 5/2/2024 12:35pm

fort bill press conference video!

thanks all on fantasy props! it's been a pull, but so stoked on how it came out!

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5/2/2024 12:43pm

It's also awesome having to pick junior riders. Makes me want to have two squads: one chock full of big swingers and another loaded with underdogs and future talent.

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5/2/2024 12:56pm

jono jones walks the track complete with arrows in youtube thumbnail for maximum clickage

 

 

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5/2/2024 1:08pm
sspomer wrote:
jono jones walks the track complete with arrows in youtube thumbnail for maximum clickage    

jono jones walks the track complete with arrows in youtube thumbnail for maximum clickage

 

 

The lip looks so flat for that river gap

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