Val Di Sole always an exciting course to watch and a true test of the all round downhiller. Can’t wait.

Who wins for the best looking bike?

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/bikes-of-the-best-val-di-sole-world-championships-2016.html#cid1508605

Tough call, they syndicate as always get a good job done. Braytons can you just anodise that bit too is a nice looking bike.\
For the women Seagrave’s Shiny Disco Explosion Transition is the best.

Trek looks like they forgot to send the frames off

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/fear-and-loaming-val-di-sole-dh-world-champs-2016.html

I’d expect most reading this thread will have seen the link.. but just in case not…. amazing pics.

howsyourdad1 – Member

Who wins for the best looking bike?

Lots of tarts handbags tbh. I like the ano and unpainted ones, where the company’s remembered they’re making a race bike not a prop for fast and furious

Who wins for the best looking bike?

Santa Cruz and Specialized have both done really nice looking bikes.
Ratboy’s is best looking at the moment, but going on form he’ll crash it in practice, qualifying and race run, and it’ll no longer be looking quite so nice.

Love the stealth Teks and the raw GT furys.

I reckon it’s up between Hart, Gwin or Minaar for the men’s and then Rachel will take the womens followed by Tahnee, or Tracey then Manon.

I’d love to see Ratboy do it, but he definitely seems to be off pace and uninterested this season. Would suck if he retired too.

Lots of tarts handbags tbh

Yup. Commencal, Trek and Kona for me. Didn’t spot the GT, I’ll have another look…

The Commencal bikes are totally classy.

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/commencal-supreme-dh-v4-for-the-world-champs.html

That gold rocker though on Brosnan’s bike.

I think Troy’s Demo looks pretty good.

Some of them are awful – definitely a case of less is better.

Not a fan of stealth or raw, look too plain. Love the bling ones though, Brayton’s being my favorite.

Not a fan of stealth or raw, look too plain.

The Trek’s look like they haven’t bothered!

mindmap3 – Member

The Trek’s look like they haven’t bothered!

They basically haven’t – theirs are unpainted raw carbon, as it saves the weight of the paint.

Whatever about the bike, hopefully Rachel Atherton wins – a clean sweep of all the World Cups and the World Champs would be incredible.

Some stunning photos in Weeky’s link up there, wow!

Insane place, trails never look steep on video so I always think if it looks steep on a video its bastard steep

The Trek’s look like they haven’t bothered!

Hmm, exactly, ‘stealth’ isnt hard with a carbon frame. Id be a bit dejected to be honest.

Hmm, exactly, ‘stealth’ isnt hard with a carbon frame. Id be a bit dejected to be honest.

Exactly – Rachel will most likely smash the rest of the field so 230g of paint won’t make much difference to her and Gee isn’t riding.

Bruni and Illes bikes look ace too.

Running Order:

09:00
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12:00
Accreditation Center Open
08:00
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09:00
Official Downhill Training >>> Juniors and Women Elite
09:30
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10:30
Official Downhill Training >>> Men Elite
11:00
World Championships Downhill
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Women Juniors and Men Juniors
Followed by Awards Ceremony >>> Women Juniors
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Men Juniors
12.45
World Championships Downhill
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Women Elite
14:00
World Championships Downhill
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Men Elite
Followed by Awards Ceremony >>> Women Elite
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Men Elite
16.00
Steve Peat
Special party

Brilliant cheers buckster. Peaty first!

4X coverage starts soon.

Flags don’t make for great colour schemes.
Brosnan’s is probably the best, in conjuction with his Jesus saviour racekit

I read the Hart had been seconds faster than others in unofficial practice,looks like it was true

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/timed-session-seeding-val-di-sole-dh-world-champs-2016.html

Atherton and Hannah very close …

Yep – only .5 of a sec.
Hopefully Tracey can keep it interesting!

Quite a gap for Danny!

I’d like to see Seagrave win the women’s race as she’s had a great season. And Bruni to win the men’s race as he’s a great rider but been out of action for most of the the World Cup.

I like the green and yellow Kona (Fearon, I think).

I’m well up for the actual event now!

Val Di Sole. World Champs. I’ll just leave this here. The greatest winning run that never was. LOOK AT THE TIME!

[video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wVwvXKhQvkE[/video]

http://m.pinkbike.com/news/warners-course-preview-val-di-sole-dh-world-champs-2016.html

Brilliantly fun and scary!

Well, it’s certainly looking dusty!

Watching the women’s race now, certain sections look utterly brutal

Yeah, I can’t imagine how they even get down it!

Seagrave way off the pace of Nicole

Oof

That was horrible to watch

Savage crash, poor Manon

Tight

Less tight

Brilliant, really needs a rival though she is in her own league.

25s between the top 5, mental