Yeah loved my milk levers until I left them in Europe after a bike vacation.
The new Pedro's are great too, but snapped one recently after 6 years of use. Hope the quality is still up there.
Yup. More and more people are going to be squeezed into a smaller and smaller area.
If only the boarders had been closed way back in Jan we wouldn't be in this mess. New Zealand is the only country that seems to have got it right.
The dude doing the Toonie drop was Andrew aka Trail Slayer. He was on a SC Nomad. He's a sick rider so no surprise to see him drop this.
I don't think we will see someone on a high tower doing it soon.
Bring back Freeride!!!
Haha
When did this all happen? Perhaps he 'borrowed' one of these riders water bottles :)
If its harder than Chossy then wow! That trail is a serious head scratching workout.
Yeah Tommy!!! Ripping as usual. I really need to get out there soon.
Awesome. I've been waiting for a good review of this system. Thanks Cam.
Take my money Tannus.
I just don't get the lust for Yeti's. Over engineered throughout their lifetime, remember the crap sliding beam thing on their DH bike?
Sure they ride great, but so do much simpler designed frames.
Dentist bikes ;)
Nothing but five tens. They used to be good and last at least 2 seasons. My last pair started to fall apart just 2 months in. I demand better for the bucks they cost.
Dam. I'm after new shoes but sick of Five Tens falling apart after 3 months of riding. I was hoping these were the ticket. They are even in my colour :)
For a heavier rider do you think they would make more sense?
Yeah its live, but if you head over to cypress you'll see BP ripping them out a dozen at a time and no one seems to be up in arms about that!
If the judges don't want to judge then give the vote to the people. With technology as it is these days you could easily score each run as it happens.
I agree, limit time on building or whatever is needed to reduce trick scoring.
But I would say there have been plenty of Slopestyle riders that have come and had a go at Rampage.? Even this year there was a good number. I think a good slopestyle rider can easily get their head around riding down the hill as long as it pretty well groomed.
Oh and Brendan finished his line way before anyone else and was riding. Everyone else was still buffing the shit out of the mountain.
This year wasn't the first year that they removed the Red Bull Evel Knievil style woodwork. Last year benefited from it too :)
Personally I'd love to see more of a return back to its roots (the last two years have to some extent).
I think tricks should be scored much lower than line choice and speed / style. Some of the riders lines are basically manicured all the way down the mountain, like a much steeper Crankworx course. While its impressive, there's already well established events that scores for these.
Rampage should be about death defying chutes, hucks and gaps - Finding features on the hill that make impressive stunts (like Brendans rock) and riding terrain that should be impossible to all but the most skilled riders.
Keeps the tricks to the mega booter events and hopefully this would level the scoring field for the majority of the riders.
All the criticisms of judges / event layout etc makes me think the only way forward is the peoples vote. Then there would be no bitchin.
Brendogs was the certainly the most creative line out there but sadly that means jack shit these days.
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