It's here at last, and I've set up another SingletrackWorld Cup league...
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Pin number is 24938
i'm in with That will do
welcome aboard
interesting selections there, I was tempted by Stevie myself but decided to go with a [i]bold new strategy[/i] this year
I'm in. Bring on Fort Bill!
Brayton for the WTF!!!!!
Brosnan is good but not a patch on Hill or Kovarik at the last time of asking, Sick Mick will come good and if Tracy can stop crashing.....
I've just entered with "The Rusty Sprockets". Hoping Danny smashes Fort Bill, then probably sub him out for Stevie Smith.
I'm in.
Fakesounding Racing Inc is in!
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I'm in if you'll have me... Downin Clout
Thrown my hand in
I'm in - Peaceful Parsnips
In like a pin
I'm in , lets see how rubbish my team is .
im in
All approved.
🙂
Team Zebin request sent, but there might be changes...
Brayton for the WTF!!!!!
Might not be a bad shout! He just beat Gee Atherton and Brook McDonald at the BDS.
Might not be a bad shout! He just beat Gee Atherton and Brook McDonald at the BDS.
Shame they couldn't have kept the result under wraps until after the team selection deadline.
😉
Batty Assault registered.
Brosnan is good but not a patch on Hill or Kovarik
Yeah right...
Brosnan is good but not a patch on Hill or Kovarik
Yeah right...
Just going on what I have seen (including with my own eyes) clean sweep for Hill in the nationals, Brosnan's not firing yet, might come better but currently not looking at his best. Hill seems to have come alive with the change from Speciialized. Kovarik was hauling it last time I saw him out but a crash meant he missed out on the win. Anyway don't think he is bothering with the WC's and more.
Not long to go now, don't dilly-dally if you want any points from the first round!
Request sent...
There have been changes, heavily weighted to brits now, they always seem to go best at home...not going to be classic 'scottish' weather mind!
If you've got Adam Brayton (like I had), you may want to [url= https://twitter.com/AdamBrayton/status/343009460144451585 ]change[/url] while you still can:
Request sent...
Anyone notice how poo the prizes are this year? (compared to last). They'd have to pay me to wear that awful Sombrio kit!
I used to laugh at my sister's 1980s ski suits, looks like Sombrio have just hired Nevica's head of garish designs dept from 1984...
Anyone notice how poo the prizes are this year? (compared to last). They'd have to pay me to wear that awful Sombrio kit!
Especially true when compared to the prizes on offer for the enduro league...
Request sent for team Svanen.
🙂 4s to hill.Brosnan is good but not a patch on Hill or Kovarik
Yeah right...
Waiting for the results to go up now
Points are up!
I'm happy enough with second spot, all things considered.
Glad I thought better of my initial Gwin-centric team selection policy.
🙂
4s to hill.
Waiting for the results to go up now
You were right. Look at Hill's split before the motorway too 😯
He's back!
Looking forward to seeing Hill in Val di Sole next weekend.
507 points for me.
Holy crap, I'm winning! (Not the Singletrack league, I forgot to enter that, the WHOLE THING!).
Haha, don't expect me to approve your application for the STW league in a hurry then.
😉
I have NO idea how that happened.
so after the weekends action, how many spesh DH bikes hit the classifieds today i wonder?
[url= http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/1359526/ ]There's one here[/url]
like that
having looked invincible for 2yrs, what happened?
Is it the bike, has he stopped doing the drugs, did everyone get bored of letting him win???
what happened?
He's probably thinking the same thing today, but then he did kind of fizzle out last season after he'd secured the overall - so it might not just be the bike.
Whatever the reason - this has gotta be the most exciting start to a series in years.
Hee hee - I'm winning at the moment. Not Too Shabby hit the big time 😀
what happened?
Was thinking that last night when I got round to watching the replay.
Simple answer - articulated about 1 in 3 riders by Warner was - He's got serious, training, hard winter, lots of work etc.
Gwinn dominating last year has probably been the kick up the behind that a few guys needed.
New challenge for Sam? he was looking on it in the national round I saw him at taking a clean sweep. Mick Hannah has been hitting the training and racing all winter down here.
The other factor is that Ft William is probably the toughest opening round for anyone carrying an injury to hold it together through so if somebody was carrying a knock that they were trying to keep under wraps then it would probably get exposed there.
In for the win... missed Ft. Billy though 🙁
All GBR Team.
Simple answer - articulated about 1 in 3 riders by Warner was - He's got serious, training, hard winter, lots of work etc.Gwinn dominating last year has probably been the kick up the behind that a few guys needed.
So 19 riders are suddenly fitter than Gwin?
More likely it's in his head, IMO.
The Sanitised Specialized PR version
Not sorted on the bike, didn't like the track, not ready, everyone else was on their game.
Gee fastest in qualification at Val di Sole, Gwin second.
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Then Stevie, Brook, Sam and Danny.
This could be even better than last weekend's race.
Live now...
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I knew last week was too good to be true. My top 3 all went down today.
Good stuff from the Athertons , at least ONE of my team got a podium again .Cheers Stevie!
Well I am pretty happy I had both the Atherton's in my team for both races.
wow, I'm second!
Well done being first of the losers 😉
Worst week ever.
The P45s are gonna be flying thick and fast before Vallnord.
Who's got Sam Hill in their team then?
He just went quickest in qualifying. Then Greg, then Gee.
Well don't I look stupid swapping out Hill for McDonald after round 2 and then missing McDonald's injury in the break. Not too bad over all though. Villegas earned his keep this week and Carpenter was strong, as usual.
I had a "steady" scoring round from all my riders, not earth shattering, but I am now a few places further up the league than I was, I'm tempted to leave the team as is for MSA, especially as I've got Stevie Smith and I reckon he'll pull out all the stops for his home round, and he's the 2nd placed man overall after Gee, I may even leave the team for the World Champs...
I notice they've changed the format a tad from the last couple of years where you nominated one rider who's score would be doubled at the World champs any more, I quite liked that as it tended to mix the table up a little, especially if there were some unexpected results, now it's just another round, I think the top of the tables will probably stay more or less as they are now...
How many people have ditched Gwin by now?
I'd love to see Hill (not in my fantasy team) clamber up a couple of places into the top 3 by the end of the season (He's curently holding 5th and he's which is where he finished last season) and leave Gwin (who displaced him from Specialized) floundering in 11th... That'd learn the buggers!!!
Another poor week for me. My swapping Danny Hart for Steve Smith wasn't a [i]bad[/i] move I guess, but I only found out Brook was hurt too late.
Tempting to sub Hill in, as I'm rooting for him anyway and he's won at MSA before. Hmmm.
I imagine with MSA being a bit less technical that we'll see a more "normal" podium. There's just so many strong contenders now though. It's bloody brilliant.
Stevie's looking good in timed practice...
[url= http://dirt.mpora.com/news/stevie-smith-goes-fastest-at-msa-in-timed-practice-full-results.html ]http://dirt.mpora.com/news/stevie-smith-goes-fastest-at-msa-in-timed-practice-full-results.html[/url]
Feels like its wide open this round.
Don't forget to tweak your teams before the big finale this weekend.
I've managed to creep back up to 4th from a mid-table start, using my astounding tactical nous - so there's still all to play for.
Just joined! After an awesome first round I tailed off a bit, not least because I keep forgetting to change my team...
Just noticed the STW league is top of the Private Leagues league for the Enduro, but 12 for the DH. Must try harder next year 😛
I'm fourth or fifth overall in the Dirt Fantasy Enduro - tantalisingly close to winning a new Pike!
I think the league championship is cumulative points, not averaged against number of teams. So the bigger leagues have an instant advantage.
So, how did everyone do? I came in 335th overall and 5th in the STW league 😀
265th overall, 4th in stw league.
But I won my mates' league at least.
Came second in STW league! What do I win?
16th in the stw league