2012 London Olympic Games Mountain Bike Event

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A quick look at six key technical features/descents found on the London 2012 mountain bike course, in real-time.

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23 comments

Full Suspension FTW 9 months ago

@dirtdad looks like taking the front suspension off was probably about as good an idea as riding a hardtail... seeing as how the winning bike is a full suspension bike. Specifically the Specialized Epic FSR.

dirtdad 9 months ago

I would definetly pull off the suspension fork for this course. Run full rigid that's all you need lightn up the bike about 2 lbs.

9 months ago

Check out the pre-race interviews with Gould, Wells, Davison.. They explain how it really is.

Steb 9 months ago

The film does not do it justice, its had great comments at the test events.

CCDD 9 months ago

So... this is the course? Really?

bmoots 2 years ago

Silly at best!!

HelenaAL 2 years ago

They should hold it in Birmingham... Alabama. Seriously. Oak Mtn is 1000x better than this sterile bunny slope.

bella 2 years ago

I'll add to the utter disgust/ disappointment of this course. Olympics are supposed to show case the sports. This is soooo far from what mountain biking is about, it's pathetic! Shame on them!!!!!!

rodiau 2 years ago

Is this a parody? Was this video made by "The Onion"? Cyclocross (CX) courses are more difficult than this. What a laughingstock this is going to be!

KB 2 years ago

I can't believe how bad theOlympic course designers are. I thought the Chinese course was lame, but this one is the worst! Very disappointing.

dude 2 years ago

I'd fall asleep riding on that thing. Dalby forest would have been a better choice, but I guess the IOC want lame.

Peter Dy 2 years ago

just use the dalby forest wc course!!! yes, it's 4 hrs north of london (i thinkâ¦) but it's so much better than this glorified bike path

mountaincross to himself 2 years ago

Dude, there is not figure skating at the summer Olympics!

mountaincross 2 years ago

Wow, that was lame. I might rather watch the figure skating in 2012.

Rather than import a ton of rocks to a bike path venue, why not just pick a good venue????

tex 2 years ago

Cyclocross bike and take the smoother lines or a modified mountain bike?

Hardest Course EVER 2 years ago

That one tree is super scary!!! Sick rock gardens that should easily test any road bike. I will average about 30 mph on my TT bike, and then hopefully have some time to go find the mtn bike course.

Dan 2 years ago

So basically they will be riding on technical terrain for approximately 6 seconds per lap. This should be an awesome race. WTF!!

bikeman 2 years ago

Cyclocross cources are more difficult than that walking path. Mt. biking in Maine will really test your skills.

Rider 2 years ago

So is this is the kind of race course USAC is pushing in the states?

d 2 years ago

I guess it's a couple days too early to be an April fools. This course is a joke.

rockwell 2 years ago

Agreed. This thing is more for cat 3 racers that the world's best. ... Yawn.

Turbo 2 years ago

Not Olympic caliber! Looks like the greenbelt behind my house with a couple of rock piles.

random 2 years ago

what happened to mt biking? i dont knwo about these man made obsticles. they dont flow nor ride like when naturally produced. They act more like speed pumps in a parking lot.

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