2021 World Cup Downhill discussion
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beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
Gotta say, Greenland's run impressed me. Those Mondrakers have looked like just about the roughest bikes to ride all season and he still pulled out a very swift run.
Stoked for the winner, bonus points for just pipping the man in second.
Was devo'd Daprela went down though. Love watching him ride purely because he's full send all the time!
Stoked for the winner, bonus points for just pipping the man in second.
Was devo'd Daprela went down though. Love watching him ride purely because he's full send all the time!
moorey
call me Mia
Daprela says a mechanical caused his crash. What happened?
His Enve front rim exploded and sent him down hard in the middle of the (endless) rock garden. Was grim.
moorey
call me Mia
Jebus. Runs off to change fantasy team…..
Bastard looked fine, amazingly.
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
Like @creaky said, he was just doing standard Enve things...
I watched the replay and slow-mo's a few time. Pretty innocuous bit of track in between rocks. Maybe there was a small rock hidden out of sight of the camera, but it seemed like the wheel failed before the fork even made it to a quarter of the travel. Maybe it'd already broken and that was just when it let go, but yeah...
Ooft!
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moorey
call me Mia
You thrashed world leader projectprivateer.
That was a weird round. Reckon the guys who mainly did really well this round were more than a bit lucky.
fjohn860
Alice in diaperland
Just watched itLike @creaky said, he was just doing standard Enve things...
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I watched the replay and slow-mo's a few time. Pretty innocuous bit of track in between rocks. Maybe there was a small rock hidden camera, but it seemed like the wheel failed before the fork even made it to a quarter of the travel. Maybe it'd already broken and that was just when it let go, but yeah...
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Made that rim look like it was made of cheese
bigpavmate
Squid
Wasn't Minaar using ENVE carbon wheels when he had a few wheel failures in a row?
leitch
Feelin' a bit rrranty
Fantasy league is scored like golf, yeah?
The Reverend
Likes Bikes and Dirt
I watched that stack from Daprela and wondered how he got up. I'm sure his ancestors felt that hit.
If he's not got concussion I'd be amazed. And it looked his right hand took some impact too.
Did the tyre burp / let go then the wheel hit a rock and just folded, or was the wheel already folding before the tyre went off?
I'm not sure if any rim would hold up hitting those rocks at that pace.
If he's not got concussion I'd be amazed. And it looked his right hand took some impact too.
Did the tyre burp / let go then the wheel hit a rock and just folded, or was the wheel already folding before the tyre went off?
I'm not sure if any rim would hold up hitting those rocks at that pace.
moorey
call me Mia
Only a true gumby would have got lower than me....oh, awkward.
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
The way the rim cracked right through despite not really having a hard hit in that section of track, I reckon the tyre rolled off as the rim broke apart. More than likely it partially failed a few meters earlier, but hadn't fully split until the torsional loading occured as he entered the corner.
...except for every other wheel of every other bike in the field, including underneath the people that went faster than him. There's the argument that he was just unlucky. But also, Enve's history.
leitch
Feelin' a bit rrranty
Told you, I still had Connor on my team aha.. Thought I'd put Dak in for some local knowledge benefit in the last round. Probably he will crash out in qualifying
moorey
call me Mia
Yeah, thought the same about Dak, but he's one of those where his price never seems to justify his results. I'm a little worried about Daprela now. He'll want to put on a brave face and race for the overall win....but that was a brutal hit.Told you, I still had Connor on my team aha.. Thought I'd put Dak in for some local knowledge benefit in the last round. Probably he will crash out in qualifying