14 Bike Checks - Australian DH National Round 2, Thredbo

We recently did a bike check for Round 1 of the Australian Nationals but most of the athletes were piloting 160mm bikes specced for DH racing. Round 2 at Thredbo and everyone is back on their full-on race rigs. SRAM are showing their dominance down-under with eleven from fourteen people riding Rockshox and SRAM heavy builds. Maxxis were winning the tire battle with eight riders, three on Schwalbe, two on Specialized's own rubber and one set of unknowns. Make sure to check out the full gallery at the bottom of the page.

Plenty of people out today with custom name badges on their bikes, Andrew Crimmins is the first on his carbon Kona Operator.




Props for Ben Dengates haircut and his anodized blue Bilt. His team-mate Brendan Moon was one of the few riding a proper DH bike at Round 1.




I'm guessing that Waffles is Colleen Boyes nickname, plus the only rider rocking the flat pedals?


Is this a custom 7-speed cluster on David Mcmillan's Specialized Demo?


Dean Lucas has clearly been putting in the hours on his Devinci Wilson.


Ellie Wale took the pun right out of my mouth.


Graeme Mudd knows where to get his suspension tuned, Nigels Supension Dynamics are the go-to service centre in Aus.






Tegan Molloy seems to have downgraded her wheelset and no longer has her cool signature graphics since Round One



After a second place at last weeks Rockshox Enduro Challenge, Troy Brosnan is back onboard his Specialized Demo 8. Some interesting graphics on his Boxxer to commemorate his win at Fort William last year

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Check out the additional high-res images and close-ups in the gallery

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