These two mountain bikers take on a really tough downhill route – so that’s what they do when not blocking up Londons roads huh?
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Downhill qualifying went smoothly. Yesterday’s rain was greeted by beaming sunshine this morning that quickly dried the track. Riders got their lines dialed in short order during the morning’s practice and were full ‘pinner’ by the time qualifying came ‘round.
Sabrina Jonnier was not liking the track, and was working hard to get her line choice dialed in for some of the trickier sections. She was first off, but her time held for less than a minute; that’s when fellow Frenchwoman Emmeline Ragot, the third rider off, lowered the bar by nearly 9 seconds. Two riders later, Tracy Moseley of Trek came in nearly 5 seconds up over Jonnier. This is just qualifying, but it does offer … Details & Great Pictures
Rob Warner shows you the Val di Sole DH course with his  Helmet cam Â
Val di Sole World Cup DH Qualifying
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Mountain Biking in Kilts
I am on a mountain bike, wearing a short kilt over my biking shorts, peddling along the ocean floor on the Bay of Fundy in St. Andrews by the Sea, New Brunswick, Canada. No, this is not a dream — well, maybe it once was a dream of artist and mountain biker, Geoff Slater www.geoffslater.comwww.geoffslater.com who thought up the idea of biking in a kilt and his partner, trainer , Kurt Gumushel www.ripplefitness.cawww.ripplefitness.ca whose father is a tailor and made the kilts for the cyclists.
Says Kurt, “If you have to ask, you just don’t get it.” The kilts are the trademark of Ripple Fitness, an outfit run by Gumushel who takes private clients like me or groups on loaner Cannondale mountain bikes and loaner kilts for either easy, moderate, expert or theme rides. Want a ride which ends with …Â Details & Pictures