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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    lawman wrote:
    . Healing vibes to Taylor Vernon, he had a huge stack in the juniors, there's a video on pinkbike, but it's not for the faint hearted, his screams sent shivers down my spine, so Christ knows how his back feels! :shock: awful, awful crash and thankfully afaik he's ok!

    just read on his facebook page he's fine. a bit stiff and sore but fine thank feck :shock:
  • DCR00
    DCR00 Posts: 2,160
    Think he might be wearing a back protector after that crash. I didnt have the sound on when i watched it, but you didnt need it to see that was painful...

    Gwin didnt look too happy when he got to the bottom. Did he have minions to take away his stuff for him ? he seemed to hand his goggles and bike to someone off camera...
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    DCR00 wrote:
    Think he might be wearing a back protector after that crash. I didnt have the sound on when i watched it, but you didnt need it to see that was painful...

    ...

    the sound made it even worse, poor guy was screaming his head off
  • lawman
    lawman Posts: 6,868
    Yeah the sound was genuinely chilling, not nice at all. I'm amazed he walked away from it, though I suppose if he said nothing it could have been much much worse as we saw with CG last year. It's the best track on the calendar IMO but by heck if you get it wrong chances are its gonna hurt big time!
  • DCR00
    DCR00 Posts: 2,160
    that track demonstrates the level of skill of the riders remarkably well

    I reckon i could ride that track (slowly), but to see the top guys belting it down terrain like that really drives home the level of skill they have on a bike
  • thekickingmule
    thekickingmule Posts: 7,957
    Wouldn't mind seeing that fall in slow motion, he flips so quickly that before you know it he's on the ground!

    A couple of changes to my team have been made, as I don't think 2 of the riders are even competing! No doubt, the 2 I got rid of will start racing and doing well, and the 2 I selected will break bones or something :roll:
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  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,981
    1st in the CC league and 101st in the overall standings.

    Good work team CWNT!
  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,981
    Just spotted, team crudcatcher is currently 7th in the overall team standings too.

    Well done team crudcatcher. We may only be able to count to Potato, but it would appear we're reasonably good at picking out people who are good at bikes and stuff.
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    Just spotted, team crudcatcher is currently 7th in the overall team standings too.

    Well done team crudcatcher. We may only be able to count to Potato, but it would appear we're reasonably good at picking out people who are good at bikes and stuff.

    Nice :)
  • DCR00
    DCR00 Posts: 2,160
    given the amount of time spent discussing and (in guessing) thinking about bikes and riding bikes, I would expect nothing less

    I am however less impressed with being in 4th. That said I'm not convinced ill make any changes this week. I still trust that Manon and Brook will come good.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,424
    Not a bad second round for Stevo's Randoms, but still not sure whether to swap Gwin out. Decisions decisions...
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    DCR00 wrote:
    given the amount of time spent discussing and (in guessing) thinking about bikes and riding bikes, I would expect nothing less
    .

    Wait, who does that?
  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,981
    Bah!

    Completely forgot about this round at Vallnord, as such no changes were made to team CWNT.

    Still managed to hold on to my lead in the CC league, but dropped nearly 30 places in the overall standings.

    Team Crudcatcher dropped down from 7th to 11th this week too.

    Work is needed.
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    yeah, i'm not doing too bad. still need to improve though
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    I had my usual non runner, and a NQ, but still got 3rd in the round!
  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,787
    2 non runners… still 2nd though overall, just a handful of points behind CWNT. Bring on the next round.
  • DCR00
    DCR00 Posts: 2,160
    Only one non-runner, but i need Brook to start performing. Im gonna stick with Manon, I reckon she can steal a couple off Rachel. She was bloody close on Sunday.

    Question is, was Remi a fluke, or do i swap him out for Brook....
  • DCR00
    DCR00 Posts: 2,160
    Everyone see the racing yesterday ?

    Was a good race. Shame for Rachel though. Has anyone seen her first crash ? I've seen a couple of grainy photos on FB, but no live footage.

    No podium for Gwin again.... maybe not quite as sh*t hot as everyone thought he was

    Points wise i think ive done ok. Two 2nd places, but Brook now needs to go.
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    DCR00 wrote:
    Everyone see the racing yesterday ?

    Was a good race. Shame for Rachel though. Has anyone seen her first crash ? I've seen a couple of grainy photos on FB, but no live footage.

    No podium for Gwin again.... maybe not quite as sh*t hot as everyone thought he was

    Points wise i think ive done ok. Two 2nd places, but Brook now needs to go.

    I got 2 seconds with gee and manon and then a 13th,14th and 15th :lol:
  • DCR00
    DCR00 Posts: 2,160
    welshkev wrote:
    DCR00 wrote:
    Everyone see the racing yesterday ?

    Was a good race. Shame for Rachel though. Has anyone seen her first crash ? I've seen a couple of grainy photos on FB, but no live footage.

    No podium for Gwin again.... maybe not quite as sh*t hot as everyone thought he was

    Points wise i think ive done ok. Two 2nd places, but Brook now needs to go.

    I got 2 seconds with gee and manon and then a 13th,14th and 15th :lol:

    That's not that bad. Brook has gone for Smith.
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    ah balls no I haven't...for some reason I swapped out matt Simmonds last week :x
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    i'm top of the league..woo hoo :D
  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,787
    Somehow I managed to stay 2nd despite the Athertons having a bit of a nightmare weekend :shock:
  • Have you seen the crash Gee had?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK3LXYe_H_w
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  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,787
    Ouch.

    Maybe I'll leave him out of my team for MSA next year, that's 2 years in a row he's had a nasty crash there :shock:
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    i'm back on top, woo hoo :lol:
  • DCR00
    DCR00 Posts: 2,160
    up one place on last race

    looks like a solid mid table finish for me
  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,787
    Eh!?! I've moved down to 2nd. That means at some point I was on top :shock:
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,084
    hey I forgot about this, seems I'm positively mid table with no effort
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