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Missy was a legend, just hope she does well now. I think it is very brave of her making an MTB video and not just disappearing after her drugs shame.
Kinda my point.
which illustrates mine. I’ve heard on the grapevine you are a decent rider. Why feel the need to shit on others in an area you don’t/can’t compete?
Geex, you are a prize ****.
Haha. This might be correct.
But to be honest...- without "geex" such a forum might be boring. Geex is the guy who is adding stress.
Without ANY stress we are dead - or?
“drugs shame”
I doubt it. Maybe regret she got busted.
just being realistic.
This Tom
I'm not shitting on anyone's achivement as I honestly don't see finishing a minute and a half slower than a podium time in a World level DH as an "achievement" worthy of celebration. Would you honestly celebrate male a rider doing similarly badly in the mens? or would you be realistic and think why is that guy even racing at WC level?
niche sport with not enough females competing is the real reason for the massive variance in ability having watched WC DH practice with girls there struggling just to ride the track in dry conditions it's not really an achievement someone of that level of skill being there. it's ****ing dangerous.
Do people really get stressed over anything I say?
Probably time to step away from the screen dudes... infact. switch off all screens and radio and don't go outside.
don’t go outside.
Unless you can meet GWs standards for whatever it is you choose to do. As if you can’t, frankly, why are you even bothering?.
You're not even making sense now Tom
Would you honestly celebrate male a rider doing similarly badly in the mens?
You're right, I probably wouldn't.
or would you be realistic and think why is that guy even racing at WC level?
Probably wouldn't think that either. If I'd ever qualified for something, I'd be thrilled. I once did quite well in one of the derbys in my skiing days, and was please with my achievement but was nowhere near the front runners. Should I have just not bothered going? I don't think so. Of course no-one ran up to me and hugged me, no-one cheered when I crossed the line (well, I did 🙂 ), and nor did I expect them to. Wouldn't expect people to tell me I'm a talentless loser either (it was fairly obvious and pointing it out wouldn't achieve much 🙂 ) and that I was training all wrong.
I would just expect anyone who said anything to me to be respectful of what I'd achieved for myself, and I think that might be what people are objecting to when you post comments like those.
watched WC DH practice with girls there struggling just to ride the track in dry conditions
Everyone's got to start sonewhere. I think anyone who zip ties a number board onto thier bike deserves a cheer, take the arguement that non winners aren't worth celebrating to its limits and anyone that doesn't win has just wasted thier time and that's clearly not true. Competition is more than just 1st to 3rd, there's just as much at stake for the riders battling between themselves for 34th.
What time they miss the podium by totally misses the point of the event
I agree spiderman.
and repect the personal achievement. But that's not what I was actually commenting on. Just what the hand wringers choose to latch onto.
Everyone’s got to start somewhere.
Yes. Obviously. And I've not said otherwise. Probably not the best plan to go straight to the worlds highest elite level when you're still struggling riding DH courses at regional level though. Even If only from a rider safety perspective.
Like I said, the issue is the small numbers of women competing. The reality of this is you can turn up at a couple of local events and get a podium because there are 2 other girls there. Buy a licence and try your hand at a few bigger events and due to small numbers in many you could gain enough points to enter a WC fairly easily/quickly. Having the points to enter doesn't mean you've "trained" properly for it or even have the ability to ride the course safely.
Competition is more than just 1st to 3rd, there’s just as much at stake for the riders battling between themselves for 34th.
Er... there are only 15 places in DH WC finals. No WC series round ever sees 34 women qualifying
I was making the point about all competitors, not just women. But battling for 13th if youre in the womens event is probably just as important for the rider in question.
...yeah exactly why I was talking about 20th. Not 13th
Incase you still feel the need to make another point I hadn't ever been pursueing.
In mens it's closer to 20sec separating all 60 qualifiers
Generally 100+ riders fighting for those spots
All of them have a min of 40 UCI points ie. all capable of qualifying
OP Thanks for posting: I enjoyed seeing Missy again.
(I must be getting old: - anybody else remember when Zap's lobes were the same size as Richard Cunningham's ?)
Hey Geex, on the plus side at least you're causing more exposure for Missy Giove by keeping this on the Forum's front page. BTW, can you backwards nose manual?
Missy always loved a bit of exposure
