I know its intended as a bit of a Peaty love in but if you think of it more like a potted history of the first 20 odd years of DH racing, Based mostly around the one fella who’s been racing through all of it then its quite interesting, lots of “Oh I remember seeing that video” or “that photo in a mag” moments…
Not much mention of the last few years since his World Champs win, He has slipped back a bit, I suppose he’s done it all now and people are sort of just waiting for that announcement… There’s at least another season in him I reckon, and then he’ll have to sharpen up his CV.
I really didn’t think much to the intro though, Peaty obviously reading someone’s idea of profound thoughts on his career over footage of him riding just seemed a bit awkward and forced, didn’t work IMO.
Strangest of all though it really made me want to see Hill back on form again, I wasn’t really a Hill fan-boi when he was doing so well but seeing footage of him racing ~7-8 years ago winning races on a lime green Sunday made me realize just how much more interesting his riding was/is than many of the others, that they compared Hill to Vouilloz, and the general consensus is that Peaty was never quite on that level, says a lot IMO…
In summary a very nice bloke, gets a dream job and manages to stick it out for 20+ years (and counting) has some frustrations and some triumphs along the way…
Thanks for the free viewing, I’ll not be buying it though.