Race Talk: Pietermaritzburg World Cup

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Edited Date/Time 8/16/2014 3:52am
Let's get some banter going!

Chance of rain Saturday and Sunday.

Season preview: http://www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/2012-UCI-World-Cup-Pre-Season-E…

Rachel is out "rehabing her shoulder." Here's more: http://dirt.mpora.com/news/rachel-atherton-world-cup-1-pietermaritzburg…

Schedule:


Results from last weekend's pre-race on the same course:


If you haven't already done so, make a fantasy team on Dirt and join the Vital mini league. The pin is 680. - http://www.vitalmtb.com/features/Join-the-2012-Vital-MTB-Mini-Fantasy-L…
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bturman 3/14/2012 9:08am
3/14/2012 9:08am Edited Date/Time 4/21/2016 10:21am
Fairclough's new Scott prototype:


Stevie Smith's bike:


Another new prototype:


Rockshox bits (notice anything different?)


Sven warming up:
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sspomer 3/14/2012 11:21am
3/14/2012 11:21am Edited Date/Time 3/14/2012 11:26am
LOL @ sven. the wood proto should do well in the PMB climate too. heard it was made for this one media guy.
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sspomer 3/14/2012 11:27am
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can't forget grubby's fresh new whip. i hope he stomps it out there! reynolds is filming a 17 questions with him, too, so that'll be fun.

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pgore 3/14/2012 11:29am
3/14/2012 11:29am
OOO. I would be stoked to see a World Cup bag check with Sven. Always curious to see the gear him and Colin pack.
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Beezkneez 3/14/2012 11:55am
3/14/2012 11:55am
Does anyone know if T-Mo is racing DH???
iceman2058 3/14/2012 12:23pm
3/14/2012 12:23pm Edited Date/Time 4/21/2016 10:21am
Jared's Yeti looks incredible.

Is that the best we can do for a pic of Brendan's proto??? (well, I guess by the time it hits the slopes, that's that...not that far away now....but, curious to see what they have come up with now. Some kind of weird linkage...).

Sven - what a hoarder! :-)
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daymz 3/14/2012 12:29pm
3/14/2012 12:29pm
I am just too excited to even make a comment.........
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Beezkneez 3/14/2012 12:32pm
3/14/2012 12:32pm
Was just at the UCI website and saw the USA National Champ is Neko Mullaly? Did they award him the title after all and take it from Logan?
dphilpott 3/14/2012 12:37pm
3/14/2012 12:37pm
Beezkneez wrote:
Does anyone know if T-Mo is racing DH???
She's only racing 2 rounds, Fort William and Val di sole (not sure on val di sole). She isn't racing PMB though thats for sure.
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vinny4130 3/14/2012 12:53pm
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Beezkneez wrote:
Was just at the UCI website and saw the USA National Champ is Neko Mullaly? Did they award him the title after all and take it...
Was just at the UCI website and saw the USA National Champ is Neko Mullaly? Did they award him the title after all and take it from Logan?
coating on the vivids look different to me anyway. also whats up with this^^^^^^^^ i know nothing about it.
Ansel_Schimpff 3/14/2012 1:04pm
3/14/2012 1:04pm
Beezkneez wrote:
Was just at the UCI website and saw the USA National Champ is Neko Mullaly? Did they award him the title after all and take it...
Was just at the UCI website and saw the USA National Champ is Neko Mullaly? Did they award him the title after all and take it from Logan?
Neko is the Junior National Champ.
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louister 3/14/2012 1:31pm
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Beezkneez wrote:
Was just at the UCI website and saw the USA National Champ is Neko Mullaly? Did they award him the title after all and take it...
Was just at the UCI website and saw the USA National Champ is Neko Mullaly? Did they award him the title after all and take it from Logan?
vinny4130 wrote:
coating on the vivids look different to me anyway. also whats up with this^^^^^^^^ i know nothing about it.
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/RockShox-Vivid-Air-and-Coil-Prototypes-Pie…
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sideshow 3/14/2012 2:00pm
3/14/2012 2:00pm
@sspomer, thanks for posting the bag check, I was trying to find that a couple of weeks ago. Also, this opening round is going to be something special, more than in years past I think due to the shake-up last year.
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MTB R&D 3/14/2012 2:32pm
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Woooo! So Stoked!

New Hutchinson UnitedRide Kits and builds HERE.

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MattPatt 3/14/2012 2:54pm
3/14/2012 2:54pm
Just wondering what we have to look forward to in the way of Flipper/Sven coverage over the course of the event? Any track walk stuff from today?
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sspomer 3/14/2012 2:58pm
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RockShox prototypes we snapped pics of 3 weeks ago at Bootleg. We had them up for a few minutes but had to take them down. Looking good!



iceman2058 3/14/2012 3:22pm
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Twitter is full of cool new stuff! Carbon Demo:



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Scrub 3/14/2012 5:13pm
3/14/2012 5:13pm
Scrub wrote:
Rachel Atherton isn't even going to race there in SA....Haha VitalMTB OTB players that picked her.
http://dirt.mpora.com/news/rachel-atherton-world-cup-1-pietermaritzburg…
Stiksandstones wrote:
I thought it was common knowledge she wasn't racing RSA?
Yeah I knew it but apparently some people didn't get the memo so that's why I posted the link. Still funny that people are still picking her to win SA. lol
Stiksandstones 3/15/2012 8:45am
3/15/2012 8:45am Edited Date/Time 4/21/2016 10:21am
He is not in africa.
You are reading too much into the tweets.
iceman2058 3/15/2012 9:13am
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Stiksandstones wrote:
He is not in africa.
You are reading too much into the tweets.
That can ACTUALLY happen????

:-)

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