DH World Cup thread

[VWsurfbum]

This weeks Downtime Podcast with Alan Milway is worth a listen around all the changes.

 

[Husky430]

Hanging out for Hardline Tassie, it's only a couple of weeks away. Went last year with a mate and it was fantastic, got there a couple of days early and could hang with the athletes themselves plus catch up with the likes of Rob Warner, Elliot Jackson, Wyn Masters, Moi Moi and of course, Ed Masters.
Was excellent even managed to get in with the photographers and had much better vantage points to watch a lot of it during the final practice. Thinking things might be a bit different this year as they would have learnt a lot from last year but still heading down there as it was a great event.
Heading over to Europe this year and planning to try to get to the Les Gets round of the downhill in August as it seems the maddest of them all with up to 100,000 fans going mental at the end of the day, figure it's a sight to behold.

 

[RustyMTB]

Les Gets is wild. Definitely the pick of the rounds.

 

[Mabman]

At this time gearboxes and belts make perfect sense for bikes that primarily will be ridden downhills. It's when they have to be ridden up them and across the flats when they get iffy it seems?

 

[irie]

At this time gearboxes and belts make perfect sense for bikes that primarily will be ridden downhills. It's when they have to be ridden up them and across the flats when they get iffy it seems?

After reading posts on this forum about mud helping belts to shed, not belts I think.

 

[TheSnowShark]

For DH I think the Pinion gearbox is an advantage, because it removes a lot of suspended weight, which helps the rear suspension to work better..

 

[RustyMTB]

Not a great lot of pedalling in DH anyway. Big clue in the name.