Don't apologise for your English, it's better than most people's on here...

They're called Marshalls and they're posted everywhere you couldn't see someone coming from, twisty sections, drop-offs or crests, blind corners. They blow the whistle when they see a rider coming so that anyone (down hill) who couldn't see them knows to get off the track quick before there's an accident. Problems only really happen then when the spectators don't know this. A friend of mine found a woman right in the middle of the track just after a drop-off last year and nearly busted himself to shit avoiding her. He wasn't furious with her (well, OK, just a little bit) but more with the rest of the spectators for not saying anything to her. They also help riders know if someone's coming up from behind & about to overtake them, so they can best plan where to make a space to let them pass. Marshall's are the unsung heros of all racing, from regional to international. Without them we couldn't race, it's as simple as that. You also have them in motorsport (but without whistles everytime a competitor goes past) to help in case of accidents.

Just picked my jaw off the table, blinked a couple of times and mopped up the drool. Those guys are the shit!

I knew it was steep, terribly steep, but I never knew it was that rough and rocky. Can't imagine riding that in the dry, let alone wet and slippery. Kudos to ALL the people who've ridden that track, especially Tahnée Seagrave ( http://dirt.mpora.com/news/tahne-seagrave-champery-edit.html ).

Reconocimiento mundial! Felicidades Pablo, eres un fenomeno!!!

Hope this doesn't happen or I'll stick to France and give Switzerland a miss entirely. I wouldn't know when I was leaving one area and entering another and wouldn't want to risk getting it wrong!

Seeing the ShiverSC there made me smile. My son got a similar deal, but he's tall for a 9 year old and went straight to 24" wheels. The hard part is getting the suspension to work properly when the kid only weighs twice what the bike does... and to anyone who says that kids should stick to cheapy hardtails, they've never ridden La Pinilla which is our local bikepark. Here's the bike, a 14" 1999 Orange Sub5: http://yonibois.pinkbike.com/album/Lads-Peaty-rep-Sub5 and us at the bikepark: http://yonibois.pinkbike.com/album/La-Pinilla/

That bike's stil wearing Continental rubber. Aren't they changing that sponsor too? Thought Gee hated them??? (Guess I was wrong).

Carbon's been used for decades on motorcyle exhaust end cans. It's very heat resistant, is an excellent heat insulator and shouldn't suffer any more than alloy in an application like this, not even if it were used for DH.