NEW Bikes! Fort William Downhill World Cup 2024
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Published 2024-05-08
Skinsuits were all the rage back in the early days of downhill racing, before falling out of favour, with only fleeting appearances in the mid-2000s before they were banned.
They were back on everyone’s radar at last weekend’s opening round of the 2024 UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup in Fort William, Scotland.
Is Fox’s new Speedsuit RS, a clever, body-hugging two-piece outfit designed specifically for downhill racing by circumventing the current rules, a step too far?
We also caught some of the latest tech in the pits and got the lowdown on bikes from Atherton Racing, Intense, Mondraker and the all-new YT Tues piloted by Oisin O'Callaghan.
What do you think of the new Fox Speedsuit? Let us know in the comments!
#ucidownhillworldcup #downhillmtb #mtbtech
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:25 YT Tues Oisin O’Callaghan
03:10 Fox Speedsuit Laurie Greenland
04:49 Santa Cruz V10.8 Laurie Greenland
06:45 Intense M1 Joe Breeden
09:08 Orbea Wild Martin Maes
10:23 Atherton AM200 Charlie Hatton
11:38 Outro
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All Comments (8)
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Is the Speed Suit 👍 or 👎 🤔
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Well covered by Nigel Thornberry. I reckon the Orbea is a gearbox bike and the derailleur is just a dummy setup.
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Bernard Kerr called it when he saw Christian Craig wear a similar one in supercross earlier this year. #BernardKerr
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8:39 you just see him thinking ‘kids these days’.. Thank god for 1x drivetrains though.
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Ahem.... are we not going to point at all the electronic suspension systems on the podiums at Ft Bill? ;) Very dominate in XCO last season, and then 4/5 on the mens elite at the first DH? Gonna be interesting to see how many wins are taken on the one setting suspension bits.
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Oisin: stunning bike!!
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Horrible skin suits, this is not road racing, give us more technical trails that are slower and require better speed transmision. We already have less then a second between riders and skin suits are not the way🤮 Love the ochain and would recommend it to anyone that rides technical stuff.
