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Honestly I think Chase knows that at this time at least Jett is faster than him. He can ride well within his comfort zone and not crash and get a podium or he can ride over his head a little and try to beat Jett but maybe crash and can still pick the bike up and get a podium.
Not a terrible tactic honestly, if he was cruising around in 3rd all day we would be giving him shit for that, if he challenges for the win with Jett and crashes and still gets a 3rd we give him shit as well.
" he hasn't been "consistent". "
What? Of course he's consistent, he consistently rides like a bat outta hell to catch up, then does a digger when he has clean air. Eli knew it and Jett does too. If he didn't consistently do this, this thread wouldn't exist.
So the real question is, what's different from catching up vs leading. The mind is a funny thing.
Chase problem is the year before the Jett era started he was battling with ET3 and still everybody thinks he is the man outdoors. Maybe the reality is just that Jett is a bit better than both of them and this is a hard to swallow pill. He can’t keep up with the Jett speed and is riding over the limit to close the gap. That’s also the moment his bike is not working anymore because he is over the limit.
Everybody cant be number 1, Chase is fast enough.
Enough with the comfort thing we keep hearing about with everybody, Dungey did it. Chase can do it, i'ts in his head, Hangtown proved that.
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Sorry...my fault for not being able to correctly convey an idea.
You're %100 correct. He "consistently" goes down. I guess what I was trying to say is that instead of trying so hard to "fix" or get the bike to fit his technique (same problem on both bikes) he should spend some time looking closely at what he's doing when he tucks. James has pointed out numerous times that he's slamming and trusting the front too much. He should know
Sounds like an easy fix but we all know that ain't true.
The narrative is out on the open because Ktm and Chase have mentioned that they have been searching all year. With that said, they shouldn’t be hiding parts they place on the bike and get mad at media (ML512) for pointing out the changes. Sometimes certain bikes work for riders better than others, but generally the teams can make riders happy.
No, I get what you're trying to convey. I just don't know what "the fix" is. Because we see it and talk about it. He lives it. And every time it happens it creates doubt the next time he's out front. I swear, I can go for months "knowing" I locked the front door when I leave the house. But when my wife asks me did you lock the door, I question myself, then, for the next 2 weeks I get out of the truck and go check because it's in my mind "maybe" I didn't do it. We get something in our head and it's really hard to believe in ourself again, especially if it's reinforced with consistency of diggers while out front. I sure hope he gets it figured out because he seems to be the only guy to make this interesting.
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Chase didn’t change anything because he didn’t want to deal with the bike that week.
AP said the bike wasn’t good after Hangtown too.
When he's on a Yamaha in 26, doing the same thing, will it still be the bike?
Chase said they did make change, then decided to go back to hangtown settings
Totally agree with this.
The first Moto, he was 30 seconds behind the leaders then in the second Moto he’s upfront and that’s when you start to see all the mistakes. I just don’t think he’s comfortable/capable of going the speed of the front runners and dealing with all that pressure without making a mistake. You know the guy is in shape,the bike is capable so that doesn’t leave anything but looking in the mirror. I told my daughter when Sexton got in the lead that if Jett stayed close he would make a mistake.
To be fair, his setup still looked no bueno at high point but that wasn’t the cause of that crash. He just pushed the front over a small soft rut, complete mental error.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8QWfsdgdSK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link…
It happens that fast!
All this soul searching when all he did was push THROUGH a soft rut...he didn't even go over.
While the consistency of falling is frustrating, I think it was more a "one of those things" thing this time than a full-blown error.
I'm stoked to see he was running the pace with Jet and at least going back and forth. That was refreshing!
Why can't we celebrate that rather than constantly ripping Chase a new one....
I nominate RV or JLAW as Chases' mental coach
And when I say mental coach, I mean teach him how to turn his brain off during the moto and go off of instinct.
Jett playing 4d mental chess during the moto, Chase trying to match that, when he really needs to just send it. Jetts' mid moto thoughts are pretty deep, guessing 95% of the sports champions didn't think on the track as much as he does.
It's looking like the time spent with Eli is paying off for Haiden 😉
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