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Damn she’s funny.
I enjoyed that, thanks 🙂
She's done that Strava segment a few times before
no way was her WC win legit
no way was her WC win legit.
No? Didn't she beat everyone else?
That was entertaining. She is faasssttt!
She looked so surprised when she won the world's!
But she was the fastest down the hill that day when others crashed so she earned it
no way was her WC win legit
Ah. A new attention seeking technique! Having exhausted the boasting tactic, you're going for some basic trolling. Nice touch.
That was a good vid, thanks OP.
and
But she was the fastest down the hill that day when others crashed so she earned it
This.
There’s a difference between ‘lucky’ in being better than everyone else on the day, and implying she was cheating, and not being ‘legit’
which do you mean?
Aye. Mibbie in Glasgow
No Tom. I'm not implying she cheated. Just that she was very very lucky. Not sure she'd even podium'd at a WC round previous to that. Or since.
It is also odd she managed to knock 20s off her quali time (which was right where you'd have expected her to place) though.
She was extremely lucky at Cairns was my point.
Isn't the first rule of racing "to finish first, first you must finish"?
She legitimately won. She wasn't lucky at all.
It is also odd she managed to knock 20s off her quali time (which was right where you’d have expected her to place) though.
How do you think she managed that then? Obviously you don't think she cheated so you must have a theory?
Maybe she got some advice from Sam Hill?
I'm sure she'll be devastated to know that an internet forum blowhard doesn't think her win is legit
Reign it in Bob. We'll definitely meet (again) one day.
World Champions;
Miranda Miller - 1
Geex - 0
Her win was totally legit. She was the fastest woman down the hill on the day. However she was also lucky as the odds of the top 3 all crashing in 1 race must be incredibly slim
The difference in her quali run and final run means nothing! Look at Rachel Atherton she is so much faster in her final runs she just doesn’t go out of her cruise speed in quali then lights the jets for the final round!
Perhaps the others all crashed because they were not as good a judge of grip and conditions as her? Anyway, she won, within the rules, seems pretty legit to me.
Yeah. Whereas Miller generally doesn't. But Cairns is an odd track
Unusual for a current DH world champ not to break the top 10 (out of15) in a single WC race the following season
Unlucky? lol
Every dog has his/her day.
Not only was she funny, but some of the flat corners looked incredibly fast.
And usually telly makes people look slow!
An excellent use of YouTube.
Enjoyable and obviously a great rider.
To finish first first you have to finish, its a skill. Bizarre thing to say she didn't deserve it, is it because she is faster than you?
I had to go and check at Sam Hills cheeky line at the start on his run, its a good line, i wouldn't have even spotted it.
Great vid, not sure what her world champ win has to do with it, really
she's contributed a lot more to the world than you have gw
I think it’s fair to say that her Worlds win was unexpected.
lucky? I think anyone who wins any race needs an element of luck.
Luck, Talent & Hard Work, one will get you so far, two will get you a long way, but you need all 3 to win something like a DH World Championship.
I also think it’s fair to say that if any of the 3/4 ladies who were ‘expected’ to win that day had only been racing Miranda they could have ridden with more of a safety margin and would have likely beaten her. But she earned her stripes and there’s no reason why she couldn’t win at international level again.
She would still be awesome even if she hadn't won.
That trail’s a lot tougher than it looks on video. Spent the last minute trying to spot the corner I split my helmet on.
Ha, that's ace 🙂
I've only strava'd credit line 35 times ;).. shes faster than most (34/4359) and QOM by 23 second and only 30sec behind Remy Gauvin and 25 behind Jesse Melamed.
She is awesome!
v good ta.
Loving the straight faced delivery.
What's that Canadian phrase, "kooky"?
Very entertaining video.
Nice video.
I wanna go to Squamish now.
I wanna go to Squamish now.
Yup
I've ridden this section 717 times and I still **** it up......
😁
liked that
Reign it in Bob. We’ll definitely meet (again) one day.
no way was her WC win legit
Ahhh, the 'trailing leg' troll. Invented about 0.1 seconds after the first internet forum opened.
Make a suitably vague, yet obviously leading and slanderous comment. Then when someone picks up on it 'go down in the box' clutching your face whilst playing the 'you just misunderstood me' card. If you do it really carefully and the thread gets long enough so that new entrants can't be bothered to read all of it, you can end up with people defending you..........
Yawn.
It is also odd she managed to knock 20s off her quali time (which was right where you’d have expected her to place) though.
IIRC qualis don't really count for anything on World Champs your race order is already decided.
They're really just timed training.
It might have been legitimate but it was most certainly a fluke. Nothing in her previous WC race performances suggested a World Champs win and looking at her Roots&Rain stats she's pretty consistently 6-15% (or thereabouts) down on a winning time.
This isn't belittling the result or her talent, she looks great on the bike and she's a great domestic racer but she's B-Team compared to Rach or Tahnee or Manon or Hanna or . . . well you get the idea. Would love to see her prove her detractors wrong and start getting up the sharp end of World Cups.
It might have been legitimate but it was most certainly a fluke
Leicester winning the premier league
douglas beating Tyson
lawrie winning the open
denmark winning the euros
etc
they all turned up and won. They did what they had to do. The wins are bona fide
its tiresome that people can belittle the achievements of professional athletes. They’ve put so much work in.
Decent lap and a decent sense of humour.
She did a good job at World's to get the stripes. She put together a better run than the others.
its tiresome that people can belittle the achievements of professional athletes. They’ve put so much work in.
Lack of class is always tiresome. And by ‘class’ I mean modesty and being pleased for others rather than anything that might be construed otherwise.
FWIW, I like Miranda Miller. In this particular vid, the Sam Hill joke did wear a bit thin by the end, but she comes across as someone who is resolutely her own person. A much better role model than any number of ‘elevenerife’ keyboard warriors.
Funny you mention so many different sports but can't cope with a couple of ex-DH riders and long time followers of WC DH commenting that a mid pack WC racer winning world champs was extremely unusual.
No one's belittled how much effort she puts in either. And I do actually respect her as a racer/rider.
If you find it so tiresome. probably stop chipping away at it. It was what it was. Which as I've said was more than a bit lucky. No one here's saying she's the new Lance Armstrong or anything or wanting her not to have the title.
no way was her WC win legit
That’s what you said Geex. Now you’ve changed your tune to “highly unusual”
and do we really have to have your riding CV in every second post? We get that you’re awesome. We know you can ride everything in the tweed valley on a rigid bike with slick tyres. You don’t need to remind us constantly.
Yeah. I'll admit "legit" wasn't really the correct term.
I worry for your mental wellbeing with the rest though.