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Reedy says he wants to race it one more time.
Someone from the supposed five man commity calls Reed and says hey mate you serious? You feel like you can get ready and wanna make a serious go of it?
Yep.
Done! Who you wanna go to battle with?
Id bet the team would look more like Reed Metty and Lawrence. I don't maybe its a good idea to send our most experienced overseas riders to an overseas race? Instead we send blokes that no one will even know who they are and have next to no experience.
Instead politics and broken friendships got in the way and the Aussie MX fans got shafted with Reed.
Nothing good has come of this decision.
For the rest of us we just have to keep putting up with the crap!
Seems like we still can't write you off. Full credit to you sir. I was wrong. I don't even think Dean Ferris would have beaten you today. I sat there shaking my head. Unbelievable. Just unbelievable. Seems like that fire still burns in you, just like it did two decades ago.
That was a man's track today, and you rode it like you'd done a whole season. Skill, experience, and more than a hint of old man's treachery.
Good luck with whatever the future holds.
I really laugh at some of the decision's that are made in this industry and then the riders wonder why. No offense chad, but I probably wouldn't have picked you either after taking the summer off and having the sx results you did this past spring. If you had done better in sx maybe they overlook not racing any nationals, but I would most likely pick guys that have been racing this summer too because they have been in the swing of things.
And after last year I thought the results at the last race of the year doesn’t matter anyway because everyone is just cruising? Has that now changed?
You silly man!!
Pit Row
No hand outs, earn your spot. Just because you’ve been fast in the past doesn’t mean you’re going to be as fast now. The objective is to build a team that can win the race for your country, and with Ironman being a mudder, I still have no idea about Chad’s outdoor speed in normal conditions.
As far as him trying as hard as the young guys, you mean the new guys that are out racing each weekend? And that’s cool that he may be trying “just as hard” but I don’t think the MXoN gives out A’s for effort.
That is a classic example of what all the anti-Reed people do...they change things around in an attempt to give themselves a better argument. They are the all-time champions at Chinese whispers!!!
I don’t need to spin this any way to give myself a better argument, the guy’s outdoors results (or lack thereof) speaks for itself. Point is, there were better options for Australia to pick to put their country/continent in better standing to win, and for CR to think he deserved a spot on the team on name alone reinforces the opinion that he acts like a diva sometimes.
Chad Reed.
36 years old.
Multi time ama champ.
No 5 on all time win list.
Captain of Aus MXDN team since 2002.
MXDN moto winner and overall podium.
More laps around Red Bud than any current rider world wide.
Yes he's coming off a tuff SX series where he could barely walk for half of it but still managed to finish as top privateer.
Mitch Evan's.
18 years old.
Currently 200 plus points down behind Aussie series leaders Ferris.
Never done jack shit at the international level.
Never raced Red Bud.
Not hating on the dude but he's young and has his whole career ahead of him. Holding him out for another year is no big deal. If he's still performing next year he will get his shot.
I'd be willing to bet that Reeds lackluster results at Latvia are still better than what Evan's will produce.
I'm guessing the answer is no and you have no idea the level of competition and conditions that they race in here. All concrete dusty freeways. It's a huge jump from there to the world stage.
so its really Gibbs vs Reed,
take out last weekend as the decision was made a month before and do a comparison,
Reed last MXdN 2014, 14-38 moto Scores,
Gibbs last MXdN 2017 5-19 Moto Score,
2016 Reed UK MXGP 13th overall
2015 Gibbs US MXGP 20th overall.
Gibbs crashed out of the first moto though... but that's kinda the point. Comparisons are not much help if not the same day same track, let alone series against different riders. Comparing Evans and Ferris is hard because Ferris is one of those guys like Langston who isn't afraid of the moment. Not everyone has what he or Reed or Lawrence has. Speed at home isn't speed on the world stage, ask every Canadian racer since Rollerball.
It's a bummer Reedy couldn't have raced Red Bud as a similar performance to Iron Man would likely force MA's hand... although I've heard they're not all eye to eye...
And I think if he can put in a solid effort he deserves it, but now we'll never see it again. I'm not sure USA guys would understand what that means to Aussie moto fans, the dude is a fuckin hero. The sport is so small here, and so different, it's not the same, not at all. What he has done won't happen again in our lifetime, let alone against two of the biggest titans the sport has ever seen.
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