Flow-Rider
Burner
Most likely when they start advertising bike bells.
2025 World Cup Downhill / EDR
- Thread starter Mattyp
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I only ever have two subscriptions on the go. Presently I have a yearly subscription to Kayo that cost me $180 for all the sport. I used to have Foxtel but only watched the Sport so yeah, just Kayo works. I also run Stan for the length of the Indycar season (say 8 months) and will chuck Disney on when the cool stuff is showing (Star Wars for example). If I broke it down to a monthly cost to have Kayo, Stan and Disney running for twelve months of the year it'd be about $70 a month, $18 a week. I watch basketball, I watch motor racing, mountain bike racing, cool TV shows. I somehow manage to jam that into my spare time, I work 11 hour days on weekdays plus whatever weekend stuff comes along. How and why do I justify it? I ride my bike to & from work, I walk to & from work. Thats an additional 1.5 hours to my day; up at 5am, home after 6pm. That little bit of effort saves me $60 a week in diesel. I'm $40 in front each week by making a few monetary sacrifices that are good for my health and good for my day. I'm fucking wrecked each day and enjoy that hour I get most nights to pay for some good content.
At what point would I feel like I was being taken for a ride? I've never really thought about the cost of it too much but if the two or three subscriptions were $100 each for me to watch the sport I love then I'd have to start doing more than riding to work.
sane
Eats Squid
So, if someone were only interested in watching the dh, the NZ broadcaster staylive could be an option.
2 months sub from early May would take in the first 5 races. Cancel for August and renew early September for a month, Loudonvielle and MSA. Season covered at 3x us5.99/m
There’s been a few beers on the go this arvo so could have it all wrong
2 months sub from early May would take in the first 5 races. Cancel for August and renew early September for a month, Loudonvielle and MSA. Season covered at 3x us5.99/m
There’s been a few beers on the go this arvo so could have it all wrong
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Beers are good, thanks @sane.
I am just commenting and haven't looked into your link but will do in the next few days.
Most of us here dont give a fuck about footy, baseball or basketball... or any other sports, so justifying mega $$$ for 7 races is just bullshit.
We want to watch DH and maybe the XC, that's it.
fjohn860
Alice in diaperland
I signed up and clicked on the Fort William world cup link and it says "streaming not available in your country".
But....
A NZ vpn let's you get to the subscription pay screen. $93 AUD isn't too bad I guess.
Jpez
Down on the left!
Yeah I figured a VPN was going to have to be the go. Still cheaper than $170 for Stan to watch the 6 races.
fjohn860
Alice in diaperland
At $9.25AUD/mth for 6 months it is a shit tonne cheaper
sane
Eats Squid
Yeah, I think what I was trying to get at last night is that the schedule the first 5 races fall within 2 months, then a break, and last 2 are within 1 month. So if you’re a tightarse like me you could subscribe for 2 months, kill it for a bit, then resubscribe for a month. Job done
fjohn860
Alice in diaperland
So Bielsko-Biala, Poland?
Apparently it's the second DH venue (in 4 weeks time).
Has anyone seen anything in regards to the track/course?
I had a google and found an article from 5mths ago saying they are constructing/digging a brand new trail for the DH. But crickets since then...
Apparently it's the second DH venue (in 4 weeks time).
Has anyone seen anything in regards to the track/course?
I had a google and found an article from 5mths ago saying they are constructing/digging a brand new trail for the DH. But crickets since then...
Mattyp
Cows go boing
Never heard of it, but looks like it's mostly an Enduro trail Network. There's about 300m of usable elevation looking at the trail map.
Jpez
Down on the left!
I saw some of the photos on a european forum they put out of the trail they built a couple months ago and it looked pretty amateur. I’ll see if I can dig up the article.
Mattyp
Cows go boing
oldcorollas
Levin the moment
DH will be in Szczyrk ?
" The culmination of the gravity weekend will be the live broadcast of the final race in Downhill, which will take place in Szczyrk on Sunday. "
title is a bit clickbait (11 months ago), but a track at the resort.. looks fun
" The culmination of the gravity weekend will be the live broadcast of the final race in Downhill, which will take place in Szczyrk on Sunday. "
title is a bit clickbait (11 months ago), but a track at the resort.. looks fun
oldcorollas
Levin the moment
found a track walk!! (build so far, from bottom to top))
translation:
" An independent group of experts checks the route to the World Championships in Szczyrk. Well, will they say?? Check here! As of March 29, 2024 "
translation:
" An independent group of experts checks the route to the World Championships in Szczyrk. Well, will they say?? Check here! As of March 29, 2024 "
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oldcorollas
Levin the moment
Mattyp
Cows go boing
So if you can somehow magically teleport your internet to NZ, i can confirm that the Staylive stream works. Watched some of the XCC and a skipped through a bit of the XCO this morning. It did seem to go a bit out of sync towards the end though, not sure if that was because I was also Casting it to my TV, but the end of race interview were 1-2 seconds sound/video out of sync...