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21 Comments
The idea presented in the video is really fascinating!👀
This race looked insane. Thanks for the great coverage as always!
Your videos are really useful!👀
SUP LOVE THE CHANNEL KEEP IT UP
The drone shots in the forest blow.
yeah that drone seems genuinely horrific.
I love these update videos
Great recap Ben!
As a track side spectator, seeing and hearing the drone behind the riders felt weird, and I feel it may be annoying for riders. But when I watch races on the broadcast, I kinda appreciate it (at least when the video editing/feed switch is done properly 😂)
I want to say so many things about how amazing these recap/informative videos are…I don't have the words…so instead…to cover all I can't say…I'll just always say….always…."Thanks Ben. X."
Thanks Ben. X.
Are the markers causing crashes?
The French slow loris tuck part at 11:16 has me absolutely dyingðŸ˜ðŸ˜†
Great vid!
Drones are shite… you cant really see what the rider is doing. Maybe if they use some type of horizon lock on the camera, then it might be useful
Drone shots are like 240p and I get motion sickness from the swooping. They seem to work better as a follow cam on motorway sections, though.
Still, the drones were not as egregious as the 5 second push in focus on the Whoop and Oakley advertisement boards (whoop at start, Oakley by the lake/tarn) on every single semi final run. They started to reduce that in the finals so maybe somebody had a word.
I'm enjoying Ric on the comms and while Cedric could do with his gain being reduced he is improving. But then I wasn't a huge fan of screaming Rob Warner or Tracy Hannah (starting every sentence with " I mean ..") while Elliot Jackson was a bit milquetoast.
That was so lame for the police to drag the winner out immediately. Absolute mood killer.
Thanks to Ben and PB. Keeping the excitement in downhill unlike the UCI and GMBN.
Looks like sabotage on Syndicate team.
Drones are only good for aerial shots or future weapons.
Both Luke Williamson and Dak Norton had a small knick of the riser pad and had catastrophic crashes. With a normal track pole they would have been fine or at least just had a low side slide
Great review as always
Thank you Pinkbike and Ben!
The way they insisted on zooming in on the Whoop sign every single time a rider passed it was not just annoying but also an example of the crass commercialism that UCI is allowing to take over the sport. When you're only giving the first 2/3 of the field of riders about 30 seconds air time each, interrupting that tiny bit of exposure to make sure a sponsor gets noticed is depressing.
I was so irritated at the drone shots. I actually like some drone shots for sections that are more open, like that stretch at Loudenvielle. When they try to run the drone through twisty tree sections it’s useless for showing what the riders are doing, not to mention disorienting. I hope they listen to the fans on this stuff especially now that WE’RE PAYING FOR IT!