Chad Reed

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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2012 11:47pm
Up til 2009, i wasn't a fan of reed. but he has a heart of a champion
I dont see why nobody considers him a title threat. Yes, James is faster most of the time. but James does have a tendency to throw himself on the ground..
Chad:
2002 - East Coast Champion
2003 - 2nd (World SX Champion)
2004 - 1st
2005 - 2nd
2006 - 3rd (battle til the end)
2007 - 2nd
2008 - 1st
2009 - 2nd (battle til the end, and AMA MX Champ)
James:
2002 - 3rd?
2003 - West Champion
2004 - East Champion
2005 - Injured
2006 - 2nd (World SX Champion)
2007 - 1st
2008 - Injured (24/0 Outdoors)
2009 - 1st

James has either won the title, or gotton hurt.
Chad won, when ricky wasnt there, and when james wasnt there. but he has always been right there! If James stays on 2 wheels then we can see him get atleast 10 wins this year and a championship. Chad will put up a fight the whole way though, and never crash trying.
RV has had some bad luck indoors, besides 07 where he won almost every main.
Lets hope for another season that comes down to the wire!
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In order to finish first, you must first finish.
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MXrider410 12/7/2009 6:15pm
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Tell tim ferry that, in 1997 i believe. he did not win one single race in the east coast, but won the championship.
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Ferry also wore those long JT pants that year outdoors, and man were they ugly.

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Another Devin Davis alias??? Really???
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I reckon...

There'd be 50% less threads at Vital if Chad Reed didn't ride...
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MXrider410 wrote:
Tell tim ferry that, in 1997 i believe. he did not win one single race in the east coast, but won the championship.
Carmichael won it the following year by going 8 for 8. RC, JS and Mac all go out and try to check out and win. Reed's strategy is consistency. It worked in 04 and 08 so its not a bad strategy. But he has zero chance of winning the title if the faster guys stay healthy with that kind of strategy.
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tcannon521 12/7/2009 7:19pm
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MXrider410 wrote:
Tell tim ferry that, in 1997 i believe. he did not win one single race in the east coast, but won the championship.
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Carmichael won it the following year by going 8 for 8. RC, JS and Mac all go out and try to check out and win. Reed's...
Carmichael won it the following year by going 8 for 8. RC, JS and Mac all go out and try to check out and win. Reed's strategy is consistency. It worked in 04 and 08 so its not a bad strategy. But he has zero chance of winning the title if the faster guys stay healthy with that kind of strategy.
Funny, I thought that was RC's idea when Reedy was winning out what 7 or so in a row?
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The difference is RC had already built up a lead in the series by checking out early in the series.
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tcannon521 12/7/2009 8:32pm
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Bobbles wrote:
The difference is RC had already built up a lead in the series by checking out early in the series.
Are you that clueless?

Were you even a fan of mx back then? Based on your post I have to say NO!!!!

The reason RC had that lead was because reed crashed twice after passing rc twice in one race. RC even said the only hope he had in that race was if reed crashed. Reed ended up about 16th (?) or so.


Also, that year everyone was hurt which helped RC because he crashed a few times and was lucky enough to not have much top 5 talent left to battle back to 2nd with.


Next time I hope you do a little research before you post.
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tcannon521 12/7/2009 8:34pm
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Reed hasn't been the same since the change to 4strokes.
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jeffro503 12/7/2009 8:40pm
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I'm more of an RC fan then i am a Reed fan.....but i gotta give credit where credit is due. Anyone who counts out Reed for the championship is completely clueless! He IS one of the best SX riders of all time.
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tcannon521 wrote:
Reed hasn't been the same since the change to 4strokes.
Ditto...

He looked like he could do anything on the YZ250... But didn't adapt as well as the other two to the four stroke...

2004 would have been the same result I believe...

People forget... Reed dropped a ton of points in 03 at Minny...Lost his seat...

And started 2005 17 points down when he dnfed the first race and was credited with like 17th due to a front brake mechanical... If you gave him 20 points there it might have been different later...

And in 2006... Would Reed have ridden differently if the AMA had have given RC his points back immediately instead of a round or two later... Maybe...
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41NDT 12/8/2009 12:27am
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tcannon521 wrote:
Reed hasn't been the same since the change to 4strokes.
Crush wrote:
Ditto... He looked like he could do anything on the YZ250... But didn't adapt as well as the other two to the four stroke... 2004 would...
Ditto...

He looked like he could do anything on the YZ250... But didn't adapt as well as the other two to the four stroke...

2004 would have been the same result I believe...

People forget... Reed dropped a ton of points in 03 at Minny...Lost his seat...

And started 2005 17 points down when he dnfed the first race and was credited with like 17th due to a front brake mechanical... If you gave him 20 points there it might have been different later...

And in 2006... Would Reed have ridden differently if the AMA had have given RC his points back immediately instead of a round or two later... Maybe...
People somehow on here forget or ignore or don't know that the last half of the 2003 SX season Reedy had Ricky covered and it would of happened again in 2004
2003 Reed had the goat by the gruff
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Whitey 12/8/2009 12:33am
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tcannon521 wrote:
Reed hasn't been the same since the change to 4strokes.
Crush wrote:
Ditto... He looked like he could do anything on the YZ250... But didn't adapt as well as the other two to the four stroke... 2004 would...
Ditto...

He looked like he could do anything on the YZ250... But didn't adapt as well as the other two to the four stroke...

2004 would have been the same result I believe...

People forget... Reed dropped a ton of points in 03 at Minny...Lost his seat...

And started 2005 17 points down when he dnfed the first race and was credited with like 17th due to a front brake mechanical... If you gave him 20 points there it might have been different later...

And in 2006... Would Reed have ridden differently if the AMA had have given RC his points back immediately instead of a round or two later... Maybe...
41NDT wrote:
People somehow on here forget or ignore or don't know that the last half of the 2003 SX season Reedy had Ricky covered and it would...
People somehow on here forget or ignore or don't know that the last half of the 2003 SX season Reedy had Ricky covered and it would of happened again in 2004
2003 Reed had the goat by the gruff
You might want to change James to Ricky
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41NDT 12/8/2009 12:38am
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tcannon521 wrote:
Reed hasn't been the same since the change to 4strokes.
Crush wrote:
Ditto... He looked like he could do anything on the YZ250... But didn't adapt as well as the other two to the four stroke... 2004 would...
Ditto...

He looked like he could do anything on the YZ250... But didn't adapt as well as the other two to the four stroke...

2004 would have been the same result I believe...

People forget... Reed dropped a ton of points in 03 at Minny...Lost his seat...

And started 2005 17 points down when he dnfed the first race and was credited with like 17th due to a front brake mechanical... If you gave him 20 points there it might have been different later...

And in 2006... Would Reed have ridden differently if the AMA had have given RC his points back immediately instead of a round or two later... Maybe...
41NDT wrote:
People somehow on here forget or ignore or don't know that the last half of the 2003 SX season Reedy had Ricky covered and it would...
People somehow on here forget or ignore or don't know that the last half of the 2003 SX season Reedy had Ricky covered and it would of happened again in 2004
2003 Reed had the goat by the gruff
Cheers Whitey
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Little Dave 12/8/2009 1:26am
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Reed was the man on the 2 stroke, he jumped to the 4 and didn't look the same.
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AusMxFan 12/8/2009 2:50am
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It looked like he was riding pretty conservative in Brisbane, just doing what he had to do.


He looked as if he would have been able to click it up a gear if he was challenged at any time.


A1 will be good, there is no way Chad will be letting James go.

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Poker_Player 12/8/2009 6:21am
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Little Dave wrote:
Reed was the man on the 2 stroke, he jumped to the 4 and didn't look the same.
Yep:







Oh you meant a 250 2T.
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Bobbles 12/8/2009 7:17am
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Bobbles wrote:
The difference is RC had already built up a lead in the series by checking out early in the series.
tcannon521 wrote:
Are you that clueless? Were you even a fan of mx back then? Based on your post I have to say NO!!!! The reason RC had...
Are you that clueless?

Were you even a fan of mx back then? Based on your post I have to say NO!!!!

The reason RC had that lead was because reed crashed twice after passing rc twice in one race. RC even said the only hope he had in that race was if reed crashed. Reed ended up about 16th (?) or so.


Also, that year everyone was hurt which helped RC because he crashed a few times and was lucky enough to not have much top 5 talent left to battle back to 2nd with.


Next time I hope you do a little research before you post.
I didn't say that Reed didn't crash .. My point is, he had a lead built up (regardless whether it was from whipping Reed or from Reed crashing) and RC was on cruise control the last half to preserve his points.

Next time I hope you do a little closer reading before you post.
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and yes tcannon, i've been a fan of the sport for 27 years...
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Bobbles wrote:
The difference is RC had already built up a lead in the series by checking out early in the series.
tcannon521 wrote:
Are you that clueless? Were you even a fan of mx back then? Based on your post I have to say NO!!!! The reason RC had...
Are you that clueless?

Were you even a fan of mx back then? Based on your post I have to say NO!!!!

The reason RC had that lead was because reed crashed twice after passing rc twice in one race. RC even said the only hope he had in that race was if reed crashed. Reed ended up about 16th (?) or so.


Also, that year everyone was hurt which helped RC because he crashed a few times and was lucky enough to not have much top 5 talent left to battle back to 2nd with.


Next time I hope you do a little research before you post.
Bobbles wrote:
I didn't say that Reed didn't crash .. My point is, he had a lead built up (regardless whether it was from whipping Reed or from...
I didn't say that Reed didn't crash .. My point is, he had a lead built up (regardless whether it was from whipping Reed or from Reed crashing) and RC was on cruise control the last half to preserve his points.

Next time I hope you do a little closer reading before you post.
RC wasnt anywhere near cruise control. He was getting his ass kicked, plain and simple.
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Denn700 12/8/2009 7:43am
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I don't think Reed liked te 05 YZ250 because of the Aluminam frame or any of the YZ450's except maybe the 08. He looked alot better on the Suzuki last year and raced with James alot last year where James would just Check out before. James won the majority of the races but some could have gone either way. The first couple of rounds last year Chad was faster even if the results don't show it. Go back and watch the races where Chad is catching James at the end. I don't think James was adjusted to the bike yet.

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