Moto speed on a Dowhhill MTB

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Edited Date/Time 5/13/2014 12:06pm
Check out this video from yesterdays Downhill at Fort William Scotland of former World Champion Danny Hart doing a practice run!.....................enjoySmile
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ML512 5/12/2014 8:46am
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Every time I see a video from Danny Hart, I think of his run from 2011 where the announcer yells "How does he sit down with balls that big!" Laughing
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robkinuk 5/12/2014 8:49am
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Red Bull did a race between yesterday's elite race winner, former World Champion Gee Atherton against Enduro legend David Knight on his 535cc KTM down this same course!
Guess who won?
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robkinuk wrote:
Red Bull did a race between yesterday's elite race winner, former World Champion Gee Atherton against Enduro legend David Knight on his 535cc KTM down this...
Red Bull did a race between yesterday's elite race winner, former World Champion Gee Atherton against Enduro legend David Knight on his 535cc KTM down this same course!
Guess who won?
Those Atherton guys (and girl) are nuts. The Atherton project was pretty cool but they needed to include WAY more bike riding and less talking.

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Bultaco 5/12/2014 9:08am
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Good stuff. Can't understand how the World Cup guys go through the rock gardens so fast. But they do.
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Hman144 5/12/2014 9:11am
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Rob- watching the vid I was thinking there are precious few people who could go that fast on that course even on a moto. Knighter is likely one of them, but given the tight nature of alot of the turns, I'm guessing the bicycle won the head-to-head.

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7eleven 5/12/2014 9:15am
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I'd like to know how many runs he has down that course to have his lines so dialed!
That was awesome to watch.
Thanks
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bvm111 5/12/2014 9:31am
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Bultaco wrote:
Good stuff. Can't understand how the World Cup guys go through the rock gardens so fast. But they do.
They are like whoops... Just slippery and hard... You just lean back and pray Tongue
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seth505 5/12/2014 10:51am
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Sick vid.

Old Mt.Snow VT national course had scary fast sections on open ski slope, really wide so you could take many lines. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared in certain sections every run!
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Radical 5/12/2014 10:54am
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That is awesome!
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jndmx 5/12/2014 10:59am
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Holy crap!

Does he just have really quiet calipers/brake pads or did he never touch the brakes?
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Robgvx 5/12/2014 11:15am
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Jeez!

I found myself watching that and concentrating so hard I never blinked. Just like moto. Full-on concentration.
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fidiot 5/12/2014 11:21am
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FAWK all those rocks!
CBailey306 5/12/2014 11:34am
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ML512 wrote:
Every time I see a video from Danny Hart, I think of his run from 2011 where the announcer yells "How does he sit down with...
Every time I see a video from Danny Hart, I think of his run from 2011 where the announcer yells "How does he sit down with balls that big!" Laughing
Lol Yes! That was great.
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wow123 5/12/2014 12:13pm
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Enjoy?

How many things could you hit?

The 2.00 mark on, rock city!

Awesome

Makes me riding a small sea break today with a 1 metre drop look tough. lol
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Titan1 5/12/2014 12:23pm
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What are the whistles?? Do they mean anything or is that what fans do when the riders come by?

And I was all on board with that...then he got to the rocks...I hate rocks. and he didn't even slow down. unbelievable!
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seth505 5/12/2014 12:26pm
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What are the whistles?? Do they mean anything or is that what fans do when the riders come by? And I was all on board with...
What are the whistles?? Do they mean anything or is that what fans do when the riders come by?

And I was all on board with that...then he got to the rocks...I hate rocks. and he didn't even slow down. unbelievable!
That's like instead of yelling "Rider up"

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Titan1 5/12/2014 12:32pm
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Titan1 wrote:
What are the whistles?? Do they mean anything or is that what fans do when the riders come by? And I was all on board with...
What are the whistles?? Do they mean anything or is that what fans do when the riders come by?

And I was all on board with that...then he got to the rocks...I hate rocks. and he didn't even slow down. unbelievable!
seth505 wrote:
That's like instead of yelling "Rider up"
So the rider was blowing it?
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jndmx 5/12/2014 12:35pm
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Titan1 wrote:
What are the whistles?? Do they mean anything or is that what fans do when the riders come by? And I was all on board with...
What are the whistles?? Do they mean anything or is that what fans do when the riders come by?

And I was all on board with that...then he got to the rocks...I hate rocks. and he didn't even slow down. unbelievable!
seth505 wrote:
That's like instead of yelling "Rider up"
Titan1 wrote:
So the rider was blowing it?
No that was the track marshalls signaling that the rider had just passed their spot and was up and running.
If you notice it happens every time he goes by one of those guys in the safety vest.
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Titan1 5/12/2014 12:38pm
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seth505 wrote:
That's like instead of yelling "Rider up"
Titan1 wrote:
So the rider was blowing it?
jndmx wrote:
No that was the track marshalls signaling that the rider had just passed their spot and was up and running. If you notice it happens every...
No that was the track marshalls signaling that the rider had just passed their spot and was up and running.
If you notice it happens every time he goes by one of those guys in the safety vest.
Ah, good to know. I've watched tons of downhill vids and never understood why they did that. Now I know.
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FGR01 5/12/2014 12:49pm
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Titan1 wrote:
What are the whistles?? Do they mean anything or is that what fans do when the riders come by? And I was all on board with...
What are the whistles?? Do they mean anything or is that what fans do when the riders come by?

And I was all on board with that...then he got to the rocks...I hate rocks. and he didn't even slow down. unbelievable!
I was on board with the whole thing until I remembered I don't have a sponsor to give me free replacements for destroyed bikes and wheels.
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Radical 5/12/2014 12:55pm
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My bike would have given up the ghost half way down. It looks fun! I want to go! (will need a downhill bike).
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robkinuk 5/13/2014 11:31am
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Hman144 wrote:
Rob- watching the vid I was thinking there are precious few people who could go that fast on that course even on a moto. Knighter is...
Rob- watching the vid I was thinking there are precious few people who could go that fast on that course even on a moto. Knighter is likely one of them, but given the tight nature of alot of the turns, I'm guessing the bicycle won the head-to-head.

Reveal?
Sorry for delay in replying , been away, but yes Gee Atherton won the race with Knighter. Check out Youtube, may still be up on there.
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IceMan446 5/13/2014 11:37am
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Hman144 wrote:
Rob- watching the vid I was thinking there are precious few people who could go that fast on that course even on a moto. Knighter is...
Rob- watching the vid I was thinking there are precious few people who could go that fast on that course even on a moto. Knighter is likely one of them, but given the tight nature of alot of the turns, I'm guessing the bicycle won the head-to-head.

Reveal?
robkinuk wrote:
Sorry for delay in replying , been away, but yes Gee Atherton won the race with Knighter. Check out Youtube, may still be up on there.
They should turn around at the bottom and race back up the mountain!

Wonder who would win then???
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seth505 5/13/2014 11:58am
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Hman144 wrote:
Rob- watching the vid I was thinking there are precious few people who could go that fast on that course even on a moto. Knighter is...
Rob- watching the vid I was thinking there are precious few people who could go that fast on that course even on a moto. Knighter is likely one of them, but given the tight nature of alot of the turns, I'm guessing the bicycle won the head-to-head.

Reveal?
robkinuk wrote:
Sorry for delay in replying , been away, but yes Gee Atherton won the race with Knighter. Check out Youtube, may still be up on there.
IceMan446 wrote:
They should turn around at the bottom and race back up the mountain!

Wonder who would win then???
O god that would suck, and it would be called xc racing Smile
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Bultaco 5/13/2014 12:06pm
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One sobering thought is Danny Hart (the rider) for the past couple years has been an also-ran. So there are more than a few guys that are going this fast or more. On the other hand when Danny is on (the world champs, 3 years back) he is incredible. This if the video ML512 was referring to.

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