You focus too much at the front. The front race should have the majority of the attention but it's also very interesting to see what is going on in the rest of the positions which also have interesting battles. For example what happened today with Dascalu, Braidot, Nino, Valero, Sarrou,etc?? It seems they didn't race...
I gave them the same feedback. Too much attention to the guys at the front. Nino didnt even appear in the video today. Also, uci standings is a must at the end.
They went from 26” wheels to 27.5” and then 29” wheels a number of years ago. They found that 29” wheels are faster, so it’s become the standard now. The bikes are bigger with longer wheelbases, larger and longer travel suspension forks, slacker head tube angles, shorter stems, wider handlebars to control the front wheels, and wider hubs to accommodate more gears since they’re using single 1x chainrings up front. Bike technology in mountain biking has changed radically over the years. Having hydraulic disc brakes is the norm now too. It took a few years, but even road bikes now use disc brakes. The suspension is the biggest change now; trail bikes can take huge drops and jumps that would have been impossible in my day (the 90s). Cool stuff!
@@keirfarnum6811 ok, thanks for the info there is something that makes looks tire bigger, prob is the small gap the fork has, i m use to see those big 36/38 forks on 29”
Old "quick release" wheels could be changed in less than 10 seconds both in mountain and road bikes. New wheels require 40 seconds to be changed. In road races, teams prefer to change the bike instead. Weird times.
this is mountain biking, you HAVE to focus on the singletrack sections. This was all paddock racing and boring af. Step up your game and I'll subscribe, but if coverage stays like this, I'll pass thanks.
