Course Preview from European DH Cup #1 Maribor with Troy Brosnan & Brendog

 Losinj Croatia they said

 What!? Bu... but... there's no pavement. Those trails haven't even been buffed- There are holes and roots everywhere! Totally unsuitable for a WC Downhill course.
Signed,
The UCI.

 IXS > uci

 The Croatia UCI course is cool. It's different, what's wrong with that?

 @Deuce-DeuceAndAHalf:
lets wait and see.
if you are right some guys really will use a beefed up Enduro. think that would be an interesting turn of things. like "this one race, where you have to think outside of the box"

but i wouldn't like to see that on the whole series. you are right. dh wc should generally be super duper step and as technical as possible. what i also like is a broad track, that allows a lot of line choices.

 @dodobob: I didn't say that an enduro bike would be the best tool for the job. I'm unimpressed that the last 15-20% is all on pavement, with zero vantage points for crowds and no features to justify a bike with suspension from what I can see. So why not swap to a road bike like the guys do at the TdF? Would that be enough thinking outside the box for you?

 @dodobob: in 2014 at the world champs in Pietermaritzburg weren't a load of riders riding enduro bikes

 @felimocl: there was load of rider converting enduro bike with triple crown fork .. ????

 yes!!!

 That the truth

 Yeah Schladming would be sick- such a good, steep and enjoyable track. Instead of Leogang for example but I dont think it would be reasonable for Schladming money wise.

 @NotNamed: Maybe in the near future? I heard something about Schladming and the complete make over of the park, i could be wrong, can anyone confirms that?

 @DuelingBanjos: new lift will be added next summer

 Well it is fairly easy to get down most WC DH tracks, but a different story to riding at speeds that racers do now
I retired from racing when was twice as slow as the fast guys ( I was over 40), not enjoyable spending most of your time trying to get out of others way

 "fairly easy to get down most WC DH tracks" -some random guy on the Internet

LOL

 @raybao: Yeah not even "one line Leogang" is all that easy to just get get down. People forget that cameras still take away alot from the reality. Especially every track that is located in the alps, the sheer gradient alone make even the simplest track a fair few gradients more intimidating.

 I think you’re right bud, any track can be ridden slowly, but at the speed the pros ride would probably scare the shit out of most of us@aljoburr:

 @raybao: I'm a random guy on the internet too with average mtb skills. I've tried a few wc tracks and Aljo is right. There are some exceptions of course, like Val di sole, Shladming and others. But most are fairly easy to ride. The real challenge is speed.

 Yep, can see the simplified linkage right at the end :-)

 paused it a few times to get a good look myself

 it looks like a...

 Get over to Vital for a slightly better look and an interview with Brendog.

 So you don't have to put up with Youtube advertisements.

 @mammal: i take ads over not having cast any day

 @makripper: Cast? I don't compute. The PB video plays fine... Youtube is a pain in the ass.

 @mammal: where you press a button and it shows whatever YouTube vid on your phone on to your tv. Google it. That's a shit explanation

 @makripper: with iphones you can play the video on thetv no matter what the source of the video is. But you need an iPhone, and the apple tv.

 @zede: Or an Android device and any recentisch TV, or old tv with chromecast, or any other similar device...

 Exactly. Shall I watch it on my massive lounge tv or tiny phone screen. Hmmm.

 youtu.be/WjEbzY6BURM

More brap, less chat!

 @mammal: Ads only show up if the owner wants to make money on the video and “monetize” it—you can publish videos without ads.

 It looks like someone filmed in ProTune and didn't bother to colour grade it during the edit process.

 That's exactly what I thought!

 No, he has the new Boxxer but 27.5 model.