2024 World Cup Downhill / EDR

caad9

Likes Bikes and Dirt
Pretty wild that this is what caused the issue.
They are hurtling down a greasy mountain at warp speed and rely on the tyres to keep them safe.
 

beeb

Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
A sponsors dream...
His Pirelli butt patch didn't match the sidewalls
I wouldn't have thought he fitted the tyres himself though. Surely that'd be the mechanic's job, and thus also should be the bloke getting handy with the Sharpie? Guess it's a pretty big insult to a sponsor to be considered worse than Bonty tyres though. :p
 

Mattyp

Cows go boing
Pretty wild that this is what caused the issue.
They are hurtling down a greasy mountain at warp speed and rely on the tyres to keep them safe.
Not really wild, you sign a contract, Pirelli agree to pay the team X amount to use their supplied tyres for the year...
You decide to use other tyres (in front of a global audience) and put the whole teams contract in jeopardy...
Piss off and go do some jumps you little park rat.
 

jrewing

Eats Squid
Honestly Pirelli make garbage tyres. Cant blame him.
Ive had a rear tyre on a van explode at freeway speed, compounds go rock hard on the other van and be like ice in the wet. Multiple beads tear on the MX bike, worse since going from Brazil to Indo manufacturing,
I dont used them for anything anymore.
Not really wild, you sign a contract, Pirelli agree to pay the team X amount to use their supplied tyres for the year...
You decide to use other tyres (in front of a global audience) and put the whole teams contract in jeopardy...
Piss off and go do some jumps you little park rat.
Pirelli are garbage. Car, van, mx and i guess Mtb as well.
 

caad9

Likes Bikes and Dirt
Not really wild, you sign a contract, Pirelli agree to pay the team X amount to use their supplied tyres for the year...
You decide to use other tyres (in front of a global audience) and put the whole teams contract in jeopardy...
Piss off and go do some jumps you little park rat.
Seems it may not be the tyres?
There's comments about the Helmet being Fox rather than 100%
 

Mattyp

Cows go boing
The shortest schedule yet... Although if this thread is anything to go by, no-one really watches them anyway.
7 DH venues 6 Enduro, 12 XC
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dancaseyimages

Mountain bike pornographer
I hear they're phasing out all the unpalatable Amish aspects, and going all in on the eeeeebs.

YIEEEW
Super excited, if and when we get automated bikes then no pilot is needed.
Formula 1 has been testing driverless cars for a few years now.
 

sane

Likes Bikes and Dirt
Although if this thread is anything to go by, no-one really watches them anyway.
My guess is there’s a few watching, but they’re cautious about giving results away. Need a spoiler alert in the title, or separate thread altogether for shit talking
 

Mattyp

Cows go boing
My guess is there’s a few watching, but they’re cautious about giving results away. Need a spoiler alert in the title, or separate thread altogether for shit talking
I mean... if you click onto a thread about worldcup racing directly after a race you haven't watched, its pretty safe to say you will have it spoilt... but chances are Social media has done that for you 0.3 seconds after the race has finished anyway.
 

dancaseyimages

Mountain bike pornographer
I mean... if you click onto a thread about worldcup racing directly after a race you haven't watched, its pretty safe to say you will have it spoilt... but chances are Social media has done that for you 0.3 seconds after the race has finished anyway.
Thats what happens with Rampage too, frustrating but watching it live is another level.
 
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