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Kowalski675
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Just seen this bloke on Rude Tube, and figured it was worth an airing here for those who weren't watching...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmILpd_eIM4
Even I'm not that shite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmILpd_eIM4
Even I'm not that shite. 0
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I really hope I'm not that shite, that was just embarrassing!Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.0
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Roll into the Bombholes at Swinley. Steeper than it looks on there, and I've seen lots of people try and ride up it, and most fail.I don't do smileys.
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That cameraman was terrible! I wanted to see what everyone was wincing at!welshkev wrote: It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
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cooldad wrote:Roll into the Bombholes at Swinley. Steeper than it looks on there, and I've seen lots of people try and ride up it, and most fail.
It's still hardly a mountain! What I don't get is when people hit stuff like that, they stop pedalling all together... Crank the feck into it (which he really didn't) hit the compression at the bottom and then pedal again, it's not hard! 0 -
Tee hee. That really is pants. Looked a bit painful with no protection apart from a lid. Mind you, he deserved that for looking like a total bellendwelshkev wrote: "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
lawman wrote:cooldad wrote:Roll into the Bombholes at Swinley. Steeper than it looks on there, and I've seen lots of people try and ride up it, and most fail.
It's still hardly a mountain! What I don't get is when people hit stuff like that, they stop pedalling all together... Crank the feck into it (which he really didn't) hit the compression at the bottom and then pedal again, it's not hard!
The little slope at the bottom makes it tricky, believe it or not. One guy cranked off the flat so hard he landed square on the upslope and exploded his back tyre. So it's hard to go into it with any speed.I don't do smileys.
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welshkev wrote: I just laughed so hard I nearly peed myself. Just the socks were funny enough, but the crash was fucking brilliant. 0
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thekickingmule wrote:
That cameraman was terrible! I wanted to see what everyone was wincing at!welshkev wrote:
Yeah, sounded like he was still cartwheeling down the hill when the camera stopped rolling 0 -
They showed this one on the same Rude Tube programme - bit more hardcore: :shock:
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See it from his perspective.Kowalski675 wrote:They showed this one on the same Rude Tube programme - bit more hardcore: :shock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPNI-51j008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__mL7yDWP9AIt takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
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Kowalski675 wrote:They showed this one on the same Rude Tube programme - bit more hardcore: :shock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPNI-51j008
Shows how fast the progression of the event is, Zink has a huge crash and then a year later Kerry McGarry flips the exact same gap, insane stuff!0 -
lawman wrote:Kowalski675 wrote:They showed this one on the same Rude Tube programme - bit more hardcore: :shock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPNI-51j008
Shows how fast the progression of the event is, Zink has a huge crash and then a year later Kerry McGarry flips the exact same gap, insane stuff!
Yeah, you have to grow up tough when your parents give you a girl's name though...
It's like FMX progression, I guess - a few years ago a backflip was a big deal, now you need to combine it with two other tricks to even raise an eyebrow, lol.0 -
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pinarello001 wrote:
Personally I think he should have won.0 -
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Kowalski675 wrote:pinarello001 wrote:
Yeah, seen that one too. They're all mental.
Obviously, I am no mountain biker but that must take phenominal skill and balance.
The McGarry flip was better than the winner but he did pick up some speed down the middle bit.(38 seconds in)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... GyX50#t=36seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
welshkev wrote:pinarello001 wrote:
Personally I think he should have won.
Strait's line on the the top section was way gnarlier than McGarry's, which was no where near as steep and was a little off line on the final flip, Strait's fun was fast, gnarly, sent it off the Icon and pretty much flawless. As insane as the flip over the canyon was, Straight deserved the win. I was gutted for Aggy and Semenuk though, would have definitely challenged for the win had they not crashed, Semenuk's line was just bonkers, probably a little too hardcore!0 -
Saw those recently - I don't use the word awesome lightly but it applies here!"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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lawman wrote:welshkev wrote:pinarello001 wrote:
Semenuk's line was just bonkers, probably a little too hardcore!
You'll have to explain that to me. I thought the more hardcore, the better?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
pinarello001 wrote:lawman wrote:welshkev wrote:pinarello001 wrote:
Semenuk's line was just bonkers, probably a little too hardcore!
You'll have to explain that to me. I thought the more hardcore, the better?
The video you linked was 2009, the course was alot different in 2013! McGarry took a relatively easy line to get the canyon gap he flipped, traversing the mountain side, Semenuk's line last year pretty much plummeted straight down the direct path, it was insanely steep, but he crashed on his first run as they didn't get to do two runs because of the winds he finished well down the standings. If he had completed his first run, it would have been well up with the best runs of the contest without doubt... but then it is rampage and we all know what happened to Norb's... 0 -
Stevo 666 wrote:Saw those recently - I don't use the word awesome lightly but it applies here!
I presume you're not talking about the guys in the first two vids... 0 -
lawman wrote:but then it is rampage and we all know what happened to Norb's...
Norb's?0 -
Kowalski675 wrote:lawman wrote:but then it is rampage and we all know what happened to Norb's...
Norb's?
Oh. Didn't you know? He got robbed...
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That's completely over my head, no idea who he is, lol.0
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It's here. Pity about the daft yankee tunes and commentary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B3HSDilwxkseanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Still no Idea who he is, but he can ride a bike. How do these blokes fit such enormous bollocks into normal shorts?0
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