"racing is as tight as a nipple clamp today" 😀
aye...bit risque with that comment.
ta fer the heads up, too...
Double whammy!! Again!!
Go Athertons!! 😀
Incredible last run there. just how fast do these folks go. You do get the impression that the bikes do make a big difference as some seemed to bounce around a lot but the bikes of Gee and Steve seems to just stick to the ground
Bonkers track.
Another Athertons double!
Cheers rocketdog - spot on timing that, thanks. Saw the last three men's, top stuff! 🙂
Gee was fast as fudge!
well that saves me the bother of watching the replay now 😉
This year's WC is absolutely brilliant so far.
Really pleased for the Atherton's again 8)
Gutted for Danny tho.
Quality ride by Gee, loved the way he popped it down those big rocks.
Gee's riding like Gwinn did last year...
Even if you know the result it's worth watching... mentally fast!
I would happily watch that again....and will!!
Gee and Steve seemed streets ahead of the others, fully composed and on the nail. Can't deny a bit of bad luck to Hart and Bulldog but that's racing, all about riding your luck (pun intended).
Loving this years DH!!!!
The bar has definitely been raised this year. Big fan of Stevie Smith and chuffed he is having such a good start but the Athertons are just awesome!
First two races have been a fantastic advert for the sport. Looking forward to the next round.
I honestly didnt think Gee would manage to beat the time put down, so many people were getting caught out trying to push harder. Really impressed how well he held it on line, clean and quick.
Really enjoyed watching it today - standard of camerawork and streaming is spot on now, as good as any televised sport, you get to see everything. Fantastic race too, so many riders looking fast but going down - especially gutted to see Danny Hart crash, he took off like a rocket.
standard of camerawork and streaming is spot on now,
I think the use of remote cameras (Go-Pro's?) in the trees on really close to the track is great too, more of that please!
Rob's repeated use of co-commentators nick name, a nice touch to proceedings I thought ?
Think we need warner bingo
Unbelievable, cunny, skills etc
Quality highlights
Knightrider - now you are talking!
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"Steve Peat has done more for Downhill Mountain Biking than Osama Bin Laden has done for terrorism"
couldnt watch live,
watching the repeat on a sunday evening is fantastic, good work athertons.
agree a couple of the bikes seems to hold a line better through the rough, bike/tuning/rider, who knows
Finished watching verdict is Atherton is on fire, Gwinn under pressure.
Good to see minaar back up there and disappointed for Sam Hill.
Of the rest a great run from Bryceland was a high point. Can't help thinking Darry 'ART is believing a bit too much of the stuff people write about him, do or die is unlikely to work against that stacked a field on a dry track. Despite the number of mistakes there were still some solid runs up there.
It looked like there were 5/6 genuine contenders and another 10/20 who were trying to luck out and go balls out win or 60th/Ambulance....
There was a little bit of audio from Sam Hill on crashing, and how dry and dusty is was they didn't get to practice in the afternoon evenings so it turned out to be even dryer than they had been practicing by the time it got to the race runs which could explain why so many went down.
