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Video: Breaking Down the Hidden Challenges in Les Gets | Inside the Tape with Ben Cathro

Jul 5, 2024
by Pinkbike Originals  

Ben explains the challenges that the riders are having to go through to navigate this wild track.



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15 Comments
  • 32 0
 I love that with each passing race Ben becomes ever so slightly more unhinged.
  • 10 0
 Was thinking the same thing. Pretty funny. The Finn tit for tat is great.
  • 2 0
 And it's hilarious Big Grin
  • 14 0
 I'd find the biggest challenges racing down there is lack of ability, lack of fitness and a 7 year old bike I spent about 3 minutes setting up. Other than that, I can't see why I wouldn't win if I were racing.
  • 12 0
 *squeezes tires* “feels about right!”
  • 7 0
 Rear brake pads you’ve dragged mercilessly and turns out there’s nothing but metal backing on rotor today
  • 12 1
 Insane question but are riders allowed to use lights?

Could you wear your night-riding set-up, with handlebar and helmet lights to illuminate the track just ahead of you?
Is that allowed?

Seems useful on a track like this...
  • 6 3
 Are you a bot?
  • 5 0
 In the middle of the day? Do you realize how strong of a light you'd need?
  • 3 0
 I'll go out on a sturdy limb and say it wouldn't help much. Full sun puts out roughly 3000-5000 lumens per square foot, so you're going to need an insanely powerful light to make any kind of meaningful difference in the shadows.

Looooose math: let's say you want to see 12ft of a berm, 3ft wide, so 36sq/ft....you'd need 144,000 lumen light (using the mid-range of 4000L/sq/ft) to just match the light produced by the sun.

So yeah, probably better to just let er buck and pray you remember as many cheeky roots as you can.
  • 2 1
 With the amount of money, time and energy some teams invest on winning races you'd think someone would have found some special goggles or glasses to help see in between the sun lit patches and dark shadows, i mean they've had night vision equipment for a while now.
  • 1 0
 @devinkalt: no one expects the old special goggles
  • 7 0
 Y'all wanna see a dead body?
  • 3 0
 Release the laptop shot from 0:35, we need to see it.
  • 2 1
 Go Finn!







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