[Closed] Amazing danny!

Admit I have no idea of the lads personal finance, his father must have been/be extremely rich? 🙂

You clearly don't have the vaguest incling as to how much money Paul Hart must've spent funding his Son's hobby over the years. He could have probably bought a footballer for less

I'm sure Danny's dad is beyond proud, and he's certainly put the hours in on gold muddy hillsides. World champions aren't born that way....

We're just around the corner from a generation who's dads (and in some cases mums) were DH riders themselves and understand the sport in the same way as other sporting dynasties, but every virtually every DH racer prior to this day will have have had to rely at some point relied on parents who understood their kid's love for riding fast..

Agree Ollverd... his Dad should be very very proud, & good on his Dad too if he helped him...i would help my son in the same way... 🙂

just brilliant

Yes, his dad is (and has always been) very proud of him. the point I made on the cost of funding a DH racing career/hobby was in reply to this...

One of the things I love in MTB is that it isn't an elitist money mad sport like soccer.

but every virtually every DH racer prior to this day will have have had to rely at some point relied on parents who understood their kid's love for riding fast..

I'll be a sad man when warner hangs up the mic.. i just read a couple of pages back through this thread and someone suggested more 'sensible' commentary.. ffs 🙁

this was my first year of watching all the worlds and the champs. it was class. Si paton and that other bloke on eurosport were frighteningly drab.

Dear gods that was a brilliant run. I'm struggling for superlatives.

Fantastic riding and re the commentary - it's good to hear guys as passionate, spot on - "how does Danny sit down with balls that big" - brilliant.

One of the things I love in MTB is that it isn't an elitist money mad sport like soccer.

Eh? You're talking complete shite, its the other way round. Look at some of the best players the world has seen - Ronaldo, Rooney, Zidane etc. They all come from deprived backgrounds. How many kids from the ghetto do you see travelling to dh races every weekend with their £4k bikes?

Since when does a dh bike have to cost 4 grand?

It doesnt, you could race on a £500 bike. The point is, it costs a shit load of money.

the cost of a bike is almost irrelevant, as David says, you can buy a bike for £500, but each race i entered this year cost at least £100.

(race entry, accomodation, travel, bits and bobs, etc.)

next year, i will be entering no races, i just can't afford it.

anyway...

prediction: it'll be Brendan next year!

Where are the champs next year?

must be Llangollen 😉

legend - Member
Where are the champs next year?

Leogang

Front page on Reddit now too.

Had to watch it again, superb run made all the better by the commentary!
http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/k6tdx/absolutely_mind_blowing_uci_world_champs_winning/

OMG - just got round to watching this. Great run!

Just got emailed a link to the run by my Dad, that has to be the SI measure of online video superstardom.

but every virtually every DH racer prior to this day will have have had to rely at some point relied on parents who understood their kid's love for riding fast..

this is not even vaguely true.

I just meant there's not many old DH'ers with kids old enough to ride seniors yet...

 

This is the run

prediction: it'll be Brendan next year!

I also have a good feeling about Brendon next season. I think he now knows what he is capable of when fit.

Does anyone else think there have been more race incidents this WC season? I mean crashes in training and in the race, DQs, mechanicals.

😯

I've watch the video 10 to 15 times now, absolutely fantastic, including the bonkers commentary.

I just meant there's not many old DH'ers with kids old enough to ride seniors yet...

Does anyone else think there have been more race incidents this WC season? I mean crashes in training and in the race, DQs, mechanicals.

Head to head with Spagnola up on freecaster. Danny is about 10 seconds up by the time he gets to that vertical drop off - must have missed a few corners at the top I reckon....

Not sure if you needed to have paid to see this....

[url= http://uk.freecaster.tv/mountainbike/1017610/santa-cruz-head-to-head-hart-v-spagnolo-champery ]Hart v Spagnola[/url]

sniff - Member

Danny is about 10 seconds up by the time he gets to that vertical drop off

Slightly over 4.

Nearly 10 seconds by the second timing split, and 11.something at the end. In the interview, Danny says it might have been 12 if he hadn't done the moto-whip 🙂 But he wanted to do because it felt good.

Iconic image (from a training run, I think the race run whip was bigger):

[img] [/img]

leogangbang you mean 😀

Got a reply from BBC

Hi

Thank you for your e-mail. The BBC only has limited resources and has to
spread those resources across a great number of sports, including many
minority sports which other commercial broadcasters do not cover. Along
with the major sports, we make a priority of covering those to which we
have broadcast rights, and Olympic sports. This does mean that sports
such as downhill mountain-biking are likely to miss out.

We do on occasion cover world titles in sport that fall out of the
parameters set out above but it's a case of when staffing allows.
Unfortunately the downhill mountain biking fell on a massive weekend of
sport - with Olympic sport including athletics, rowing, basketball - and
[b]we weren't made aware of the event beforehand or the results afterwards
by the body in charge of the event[/b].

In addition, we'll be getting in contact with our regional journalists
to investigate the possibility of doing a piece with Danny Hart.

Kind regards,

BBC Sport Interactive

The bit in bold I found interesting...

It often works like that, if you want the coverage, tell the TV Companies. Simples.

I read a quote from Danny Hart put simply he said

There was a river running down the course so I followed it

Good old gravity and water all you need is massive balls

🙂

downgrade - Member
Got a reply from BBC
Hi
Thank you for your e-mail. The BBC only has limited resources and has to
spread those resources across a great number of sports, including many
minority sports which other commercial broadcasters do not cover. Along
with the major sports, we make a priority of covering those to which we
have broadcast rights, and Olympic sports. This does mean that sports
such as downhill mountain-biking are likely to miss out.
We do on occasion cover world titles in sport that fall out of the
parameters set out above but it's a case of when staffing allows.
Unfortunately the downhill mountain biking fell on a massive weekend of
sport - with Olympic sport including athletics, rowing, basketball - and
we weren't made aware of the event beforehand or the results afterwards
by the body in charge of the event.
In addition, we'll be getting in contact with our regional journalists
to investigate the possibility of doing a piece with Danny Hart.
Kind regards,
BBC Sport Interactive
The bit in bold I found interesting...

slainte ➡ rob

There is an interview with Brendan Fairclough in this months Dirt where he says that he does whips, not to show-off, but because that is the way he likes to ride.

I guess that the best way to go fast is to ride the way you like to ride, a bit like Rossi or Stoner rear wheel steering through a corner: Sure it looks good, but ultimately it's just the way they like to ride.

Someone please shoot the commentators. Utter ****s. He's just riding a frickin' bike.

I got the exact same response.. Weird eh!!
Would have thought there would have been more about it on here.. Was that the case when Peaty won it??

each race i entered this year cost at least £100.

That's nuts, I had no idea it cost that much to do a race. I guess there needs to be more organisation than something like a £30 CRC Marathon though.

[url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2011/sep/15/classic-youtube-best-sports-clips ]Danny Hart on the Guadian home page[/url]

Unfortunately, the Grauniad sports journo refers to it as a 'World Cup' event.

did not spot that. bl00dy sh1t guardian.

coogan - Member

Someone please shoot the commentators. Utter ****. He's just riding a frickin' bike

🙄