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The entire quote, not out of context was, "My job is to go as fast as I can to try to win the race, and that’s within my limits, but you’re always going to push your limits when you’re racing a little bit more than when you’re practicing, and I don’t want to put myself in a dangerous situation to possibly hinder my career any further."
First off, the question was about if he'd be at Anaheim racing. He said he might be cleared the Thursday before, but that he doesn't want to race until he's ready. Which means he wants to make sure he has the health, fitness, and ability to ride at the level he's accustomed to.
Secondly, only one of the three injuries even happened in a race.
The third paragraph is a reasonable position to have, I think. He even said himself that the crash happened because he wanted too much too early.
Dungey does crash. Remember San Francisco 2010? He has some big ones occasionally. But his riding style isn't like Trey's, either. Decoster won't change Trey's riding style, which is more aggressive - over the front of the bike - than Dungey's is. Trey has been balls out since way before he hit the pros, though...
Like I said, my issue with this is the idea that, for example, he scrubs too much, which I don't think is a reasonable position to have when you consider all of his injuries and what caused them. And secondly that his competitors also think he basically does stupid things for no gain.
Exactly. Makes perfect sense.
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This is only helping him get hits, and despite all of the nonsense in this thread from the usual suspects spewing idiotic nonsense about me, the discussion has been pretty good.
And Bauer's accusation was priceless. So that was worth the price of admission by itself.
Sticking to the facts, though, no one has come up with any way of justifying the idea that Trey is being hurt because of ultra-risky maneuvers. Probably because it's one of these things that FEELS like that, because we all see how hard he rides, but just isn't that in actuality, and sometimes people's gut feelings are just wrong.
And I figured that was your interview, but the name Perez was being flung around and I became disoriented.
And I don't think I took his quote out of context. Or if I did it doesn't suddenly negate everything I said.
And I think Dungey's foot slipped off the peg in that San Fran crash--it was those damn newfangled Nike boots!
Besides all the scrub jib jab, though, you also said this: "I've never heard any other racers mention any "risky maneuvers" by Trey Canard at all. At least not since Canard took out RV for the 2008 Lites title."
Did he really take out Villopoto? Is that what most people think? This was probably discussed plenty at the time, but it looked to me like Trey had committed to his line before RV cased the final jump of the section, ruining his momentum and causing Trey to run into him in the turn. I guess it's the same issue with James landing on JT at Houston or wherever--people can see it however they want.
DC
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EDIT: Ok I wasn't 100% right. James said "Trey does it better than anyone"... so maybe only half serious
@ 4:05-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQYx-XzJLDA
Pit Row
His being a cool cat and all shouldn't lead people to minimize his mistakes.
I, and most everyone likes and pulls for TC, but come on, call a spade a spade. He needs to up his mental game in order to keep it on two wheels. Sheesh!
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