The 2024 Paris Olympics delivered some exciting cross country mountain bike racing! Today, we’re going to take a look at the bikes used by the medalists in both the men’s and women’s event, as well extrapolate what we think their bike setup decisions say about the XC race scene as a whole. Let us know which bike is your favorite in the comments!
Learn more about the bikes in this video on 99spokes.com: https://99spokes.com/compare?bikes=ibis-exie-usa-xx-sl-transmission-2024%2Ccannondale-scalpel-lab71-2024%2Cspecialized-s-works-epic-world-cup-2025%3B*z.md-29-29%2Cpinarello-dogma-xc-hardtail-2024%3B*z.43%25252e5cm-29-29%7Cst.435%7Csa.75%7Cht.90%7Cha.67.75%7Ccs.421%7Cwb.1141%2Cpinarello-dogma-xc-2024
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:51 Ibis Exie USA
02:41 Cannondale Scalpel LAB71
04:22 Specialized S-Works Epic World Cup
06:15 Pinarello Dogma XC Hardtail
07:41 Pinarello Dogma XC
09:22 The Goat’s Take
#parisolympics #xcmtb #cycling
6 Comments
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Take a close look at the superior(brand) race mountain bikes
Love the xco content
I Hate Sram
I Hate electronics
And
Love shimano and
Mechanical
@ 1:08, dude, it's not that you aren't in Paris, you're WAY off on your facts out of the gate! 800MM is a whopping 15.7". Not even Motocross or Supercross bikes have anywhere NEAR that much travel. You also stated a whole degree slacker than the actual on the S Works HT angle! And saying 500mm on Pidcock's stack, you're off by a whopping 90mm! Hardly a "detailed look". There's a reason people that post accurate videos proof them carefully before posting, you obviously don't! It's easy to see why you show the charts, because it's the only accurate thing to go by in your video.
Minute 6:21, technically using the preposition "for" in "for Pinarello" is incorrect for largely two reasons: 1. the UCI elite-team they both belong to is Ineos Grenadier as Pinarello doesn't have its own factory team but supplies the team with the necessary equipments across both road and off road. 2. at Olympic, athletes represent their countries, not the non-state affiliated teams. But of course using the preposition "on" instead of "of" fixes everything. (Yeah yeah I know I sound like a grumpy old man)