2023 Racing Talk

9/26/2023 12:55pm
manuel10 wrote:
In the new Wyn TV Greg said he still had a problem with a component on the bike that keeps failing. Does anyone knows what happened...

In the new Wyn TV Greg said he still had a problem with a component on the bike that keeps failing. Does anyone knows what happened in his run? is it a flat.... again? maybe big man should run some inserts lol or maybe maxxis should do a goat side wall (if that's the issue)

It was his rebound on his shock at that last round. 

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9/26/2023 4:56pm Edited Date/Time 9/26/2023 4:57pm

Interesting to see Jackson (at 17:24 in the Wyn TV video) bring up the difficulty he had maintaining speed "as a small guy."

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9/27/2023 9:44am

Fantastic job on the US Open Finals video! I really appreciated the intro portion and the overview with Clay Harper. They have a lot to be proud of.

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9/27/2023 12:09pm

2024 calendar is on UCI website

no venues listed

DH 7 races plus worlds

enduro 6 races 

 Xc 7 races 

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9/27/2023 12:14pm

On the Downtime podcast Snowshoe preview, Chris Killmurray alluded to no North American rounds in 2024

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9/27/2023 4:23pm
Ahab wrote:

On the Downtime podcast Snowshoe preview, Chris Killmurray alluded to no North American rounds in 2024

My takeaway was "additional" races in North America bringing the total up to 4 or 5 rounds.

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9/27/2023 4:33pm

snowshoe junior vid and POV up - hit the homepage or the snowshoe race forum

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9/28/2023 12:14am

2024 calendar is on UCI website

no venues listed

DH 7 races plus worlds

enduro 6 races 

 Xc 7 races 

so much for expanding the calendar 

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9/28/2023 3:14am
sethimus wrote:

so much for expanding the calendar 

Something something global leverage something something something unrivalled storytelling...

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9/28/2023 5:26am

I hope it's okay to post this, since it's racing-related, even if not Downhill:

"Despite trying conditions, Canadian cross country marathon national champion Haley Smith (Maxxis Factory Racing) shone. The Uxbridge, Ont. racer scored silver in the elite women’s World Cup XCM final. Only U.S. local Hannah Otto (Pivot Cycles) would finish ahead of the Canadian to take the win on home soil......

XC Marathon racing is a new addition to the World Cup calendar for 2023. Despite earning the World Cup name, the endurance series has not yet recieved the same level of coverage (or any live coverage at all) in the first year of Warner Bros Discovery reign as mountain biking’s official broadcasters."

From Canadian Cycling Magazine.

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9/28/2023 5:39am

The Snowshoe XCM was anemic, scary, considering its the venue for XCM worlds next year.   Even though Marathon is open to literally anyone with a racing license, 33 men’s entrants and 9 Women and 18 “open” non-elite starters is definitely “not great”.   

Of course if USAC hadn’t held their XCM national championship 11 hours away in Alabama over the weekend, that might have helped turnout…   

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9/29/2023 6:26am

Going to the bookies to spend my next paycheck on a Ronan Dunne bet, billionaire lifestyle, here I come!

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9/29/2023 6:38am
This should be interesting.... Thats between 3 and 4 inches of rain over 2 days... with temperature in the low 60's...

This should be interesting....

Thats between 3 and 4 inches of rain over 2 days... with temperature in the low 60's...

Screenshot 20230929-072607~2

When the schedule was announced, MSA in October was a hot topic. Just about everyone said the weather was going to be terrible. 

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9/29/2023 6:49am

What’s the over under of cancellation?

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9/29/2023 7:16am
This should be interesting.... Thats between 3 and 4 inches of rain over 2 days... with temperature in the low 60's...

This should be interesting....

Thats between 3 and 4 inches of rain over 2 days... with temperature in the low 60's...

Screenshot 20230929-072607~2

jsray wrote:

When the schedule was announced, MSA in October was a hot topic. Just about everyone said the weather was going to be terrible. 

The thing is, its been absolutely beautiful the last 3 weeks, and for the next week too...

No rain, sunny, temperatures in the 70's

Lets cross our fingers the rain gets pushed on sunday 😂

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9/29/2023 8:17am
mfoga wrote:

What’s the over under of cancellation?

If anything they would move it Friday. But I’ve seen a variety of weather reports from no rain to this one which is the worst case scenario. 

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9/29/2023 3:52pm

If racing World Cup dh racing is part of a companies marketing, minnaar can’t be selling many reserve rims or maxxis tires with the amount he’s had tire/wheel issues this season. It’s getting to be a bit if a joke 

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9/29/2023 7:27pm
mfoga wrote:

What’s the over under of cancellation?

BGoldstone wrote:
If anything they would move it Friday. But I’ve seen a variety of weather reports from no rain to this one which is the worst case...

If anything they would move it Friday. But I’ve seen a variety of weather reports from no rain to this one which is the worst case scenario. 

I am not sure if that is even a better option unless they make that plan on Monday and move everything up.  What cancel Jrs Thursday morning run qualifiers after a couple hours of practice and try to race Friday?

 

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9/30/2023 8:15pm

That was an exciting race and Gwin's commentary was excellent. 

Even Cedric is better with him it’s like it takes pressure off him 

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9/30/2023 11:32pm
Mugen wrote:

Going to the bookies to spend my next paycheck on a Ronan Dunne bet, billionaire lifestyle, here I come!

Might actually have to follow through on this joke...

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10/1/2023 6:18am

That was some performance from those two young Irish lads yesterday. 

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10/1/2023 8:07am
lloyd506 wrote:

https://docs.uci.org/documents/calendar/MTB/MTB_PreCalendrier.pdf?fbcli…
 

shows three rounds outside Europe, one being Snowshoe. Other two killington and st Anne?

bizutch wrote:

Snowshoe is confirmed NOT having a 2024 World Cup.

There is a totally new country for 2024 though.

Somebody on another website let slip a link suggesting that Lake Placid is a venue next year. 

Definitely makes things easier for logistics between the US race and MSA

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10/1/2023 3:04pm
Somebody on another website let slip a link suggesting that Lake Placid is a venue next year.  Definitely makes things easier for logistics between the US...

Somebody on another website let slip a link suggesting that Lake Placid is a venue next year. 

Definitely makes things easier for logistics between the US race and MSA

Where is that?

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10/1/2023 3:36pm
Somebody on another website let slip a link suggesting that Lake Placid is a venue next year.  Definitely makes things easier for logistics between the US...

Somebody on another website let slip a link suggesting that Lake Placid is a venue next year. 

Definitely makes things easier for logistics between the US race and MSA

Stewyeww wrote:

Where is that?

Upstate New York.

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