Deyn on bike

Supermodel Agyness Deyn on her Electra bike

downhill results : Val di Sole, Italy

Results

1 Gee Atherton (Great Britain) 3.12.12
2 Steve Peat (Great Britain) 0.02.62
3 Samuel Hill (Australia) 0.03.15
4 Greg Minnaar (South Africa) 0.05.22
5 Fabien Barel (France) 0.05.80
6 Justin Leov (New Zealand) 0.05.84
7 Mickael Pascal (France) 0.08.00
8 Julien Camellini (France) 0.09.19
9 Fabien Pedemanaud (France) 0.09.34
10 Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spain) 0.14.74


Gee Atherton brought home Great Britain's third gold medal of the day when he won the elite men's downhill World Championship. As the final rider down the mountain on a technical and steep, but completely dry 2.25 km course, all eyes were on him. On a day of many small mistakes and more than the usual number of crashes, Atherton rode a consistent race to victory. On his way to the win, he ousted compatriot Steve Peat from the hot seat.

"It's hard for me to say where was critical on the run – where I won. It was a track you had to be on the gas all the way down," said Atherton. "My run wasn't perfect, and I made mistakes, but obviously it was a track where you could afford to make a few. It paid to be consistent."

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watch Gee's run here

Maxxis Minion Kevlar DH F+R

Specification

Name:
Minion Kevlar DH F+R
Built by:
Maxxis
Price:
£24.00
Weight (g):
778.00 g

review from bikeradar

By Guy Kesteven

The Minion has been the downhiller’s favourite for years, and this lightweight version brings that ‘take all comers’ confidence to the trail. Quite simply, the Minion blew us away with its performance on every ride we took it on. Great stuff.

This is a tyre that instils confidence in all conditions. It has excellent grip and traction, even in winter conditions. It's tough and great value for money.

The mid-height, multi-shaped tread looks slow, but actually rolls surprisingly well, and this single-ply Kevlar-beaded version is pretty light for its category. For a bit more speed two Minion Fs are a great combo.

Traction levels are superb, with the varying tread shape leaving no obvious gaps in grip, whether you’re hard on the brakes or rolling right over onto the shoulders. This lets you push it hard on loose rock or roots with consistent confidence.

Tread sipes and decent spacing mean it clears quickly in filth, handling winter work as well as most winter-specific tyres.

While it’s not as bombproof as its double-ply downhill brothers, the Minion handled sizeable drops, random rock gardens and low-pressure use without complaint.

Robinson's World Record in Central Park

pic from wenn

BMX legend Kevin Robinson broke the world record by airing 54 feet off the ground.

Kevin hurled himself down a 60 foot high roll-in at speeds over 45 mph, up a 27 foot Super Quarter Pipe, sponsored by Red Bull. Kevin broke it by one inch, at 26.7 feet.
The previous record of 26.5 feet was held by BMX pioneer and Kevin's mentor and sponsor Mat Hoffman, who was on site to witness the feat.

Kevin, A BMX legend, is one of only a few athletes that has competed in every X Games since the inaugural event in 1995 and since then has grown into one of the most respected action sports stars of his generation.The winner of seven X Games medals, including three gold, made his attempt on a never before built Super Quarter Pipe. This feat was experimental in many ways -- from the construction of the ramp, to the speed it took to break the record, the g-forces on his body and ultimately the never before reached height on a BMX bike.(newsblaze)

whats about skinsuit?

pic and quotes from velonews

Moseley on her Fort bill race:

"I just tried to improve upon the things I did in the semifinal," said Moseley. "There was nothing big, just little bits here and there that made the difference."

However, one difference Moseley did make was to don a skinsuit for the final - something that is causing a lot of controversy in the downhill community. The Mojo Orange team has been testing the suits and claim they can shave six to eight seconds off a run. Moseley's winning margin was four seconds.

My opinion is you can wear anything for the race, as long you wear all the safety gears - helmet, protector and so on - and nothing in it big enough to causing up any controversies. If you dont like it, dont wear it. Just remember, the fastest is the winner.

And for Indonesian downhill team, they already wear this this shameful skinsuit for ages. I think it brings luck sometimes!

DH RESULTS - Fort Bill

Men
1. Greg Minnaar 4:43.52
2. Gee Atherton
3. Steve Peat
4. Nathan Rennie
5. Sam Hill

Women
1. Tracey Moseley 5:20.87
2. Sabrina jonnier
3. Rachel Atherton
4. Mio Suemesa
5. Melissa Buhl

Fort. William World Cup - 4x REsults

FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- Jared Graves made his only World Cup appearance of the year here in fort william, and took home gold. " I have been riding BMX 6 days a week and training my ass off. I just wanted to come have fun on my mountain bike." Graves was followed by Joost Wichman and last week's winner, Dan Atherton. Michal Prokop went down in the first corner and was 4th.

For the women it was Jana harakova followed by Rachel Seydoux of Switzerland in second. Fastest Qualifier Melissa Buhl has a bad start and was left behind on the first straight. Anneke Beerten was 3rd.

Men
1. Jared Graves (AUS) Yeti
2. Joost Wichman (NED) Cannondale
3. Dan Atherton (GBR) Animal Commencal
4. Michal Prokop (CZE) Author

Womern
1. Jana Harakova (CZE) Suzuki
2. Rachel Seydoux (SUI)
3. Anneke Beerten (NED) MS Intense
4. Melissa Buhl (USA) KHS