How Tough Are XC World Cup Courses? | What The Pros Think!
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Published 2024-06-30
⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 - Riders Opinion
02:13 - Rich Rides The Track
05:21 - Oli Beckingsale (Commentator and former Olympian/ XC Pro)
07:39 - Watching the racers
09:19 - Where was the race won and lost?
11:28 - XC courses now have 4X tracks on them?
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Is Val di Sole the gnarliest XC track on the World Cup circuit? What other XC content would you like to see?
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All Comments (21)
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MORE FREAKING XC ON THIS CHANNEL!
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This is what XC racing should be like. It's mountain biking! I used to call XC racing "Road Racing on Dirt" because that's basically what it was. This is a lot more like it! Skills required as well as endurance. A road racer can't simply get into a mountain bike race and easily win it now without developing some off-roading skills. It's super cool to see this. And if some racers don't like it they can do road or gravel racing...😉
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I used to race in the Scottish XC series, which had some knarley descents for the days of 26” wheels, longs stems, short hardtail frames, high bottom brackets and fixed seat posts. The challenge with descending wash’t really the tech, it was competitively pacing and recovering from the climbs enough to be able to mentally focus on the features in the decents. Acute oxygen debt affecting brain function was the biggest hurdle to overcome. As much as the descents could be super steep, rutted, rooty and rocky they never really had drop-offs or jumps. I understand the need for shorter tracks crammed with big technical features are an attempt to make XC a spectator sport, which it wasn’t in my day. More spectators = more sponsors = more money…
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I’m getting more and more into xc as I get older, I absolutely love it too. I get out and ride xc trails as often as I can and it really shows in my fitness levels. Let’s see more xc.
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More of this please!
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Thanks for the XC content. ❤
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Awesome edit!! Love the detailed shots!! The face in the rut was hilarious! Nice work Team!!
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Crans-Montana also was something special, really gnarly
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Really nice video would love to see more of this for the xc race course breakdowns.
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Awesome course review! I would love to see a lot more XC content like this 👏🏻
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Amazing content! Several details explained! Keep going, please!
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Is Val di Sole the gnarliest XC track on the World Cup circuit? What other XC content would you like to see?
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Exciting times, I might start watching XC races from now on :D
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Awesome review of the course and the race. Love more of this please.
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XC of today... endurance, skills and more technical tracks 👍 love to see more of this!
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Man XC is a different event from 20 years ago ..Obviously as mountain bike tech and design evolves so does the intensity and difficulty of the courses in all event styles . I cant wait to see how insane the sport will be in the next 20 years
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Amazing video Rich!! Looking forward to more of THIS!! Maybe more lycra next time?! 😉
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I love that UCI XC is becoming more 'trail' oriented - what is interesting is that I'd say a 29'er of yore (2017-2020) w/ that 65-67 HTA and 'starting' to lengthen' (i.e. 460MM+ reaches) on a 130/140 is basically what the latest of XC bikes are (albeit the latest in AXS and SIDs) I'd reckon that a 2020 Stumpjumper S-Works would be a weapon on this track.
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Crans Montana was epic. The drops without the wood.
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Season ending or even career ending is how tough they are now!!! At least in DH you can wear full face, neck brace, body and knee armour!
