TONY BROSNAN: We are in South Africa for world
championships.
I dislocated my shoulder again.
But it feels fine now.
I went to the physio a few times.
And I've just got to go out there and strap it up, and go
from there, really.
I'm loving it.
It just feels like back home in the summertime.
So I'm stoked.
I feel good on the bike.
And I guess we'll see what kind of legs I've got.
Yeah, it's sick--
Specialized has done this bloody super fluoro
green and gold demo.
And it's [INAUDIBLE].
I reckon it's one of the best bikes I've ever seen since
I've been growing up.
And I think our Specialized bikes will
be looking the best.
AARON GWIN: Yeah, the paint job, man they went nuts on
that thing.
There is a little bit of everything in there.
So it's cool.
They painted me, Troy, and Mitch all bikes for here.
So that was pretty cool.
They're always kind doing stuff to kind of try to stoke
us out that way, and let us all be unique in our
own ways, and stuff.
So yeah, man, it's cool.
I'm stoked to get on that thing.
I feel like my preparation has been really good the last
couple of months, really.
We tried to switch gears a little bit, and start training
for this race.
Yeah, I feel like I got a good shot.
It just comes down to trying to put it down on the day.
I've not had the best luck the last few years at them.
But just part of racing.
Sometimes it goes your way, and sometimes it doesn't.
So hopefully that'll turn around this year.
But yeah, looking forward to it.
Feel like I'm ready, and everything's good.
MITCH ROPELATO: Yeah, for world champs I decided to race
in [? Duro 29-er. ?]
I told the Specialized guys, I was like, I kind of want to
race a [? Duro 29-er. ?]
And they were like, a what?
Like, really?
And I was like, yeah.
So yeah.
We're going to give it a whirl this weekend,
and see how it goes.
[? Places ?] gets [INAUDIBLE], it just gets [? holes ?].
And then it's got chattery rock sections.
So big wheels will just roll through all
that stuff real good.
It's actually quite gnarly up there in a couple sections.
So it's going to be tricky getting down
on the smaller bike.
But it might get a little wild.
But you're going to get wild on a downhill bike, too.
So you've just got to slow down, just use your head a
little bit more.
And get through those gnarly sections and just [? pin ?] it
on the fast sections.
[INAUDIBLE]
TONY BROSNAN: [INAUDIBLE]
felt good.
Kind of had a couple little mistakes.
But, I don't know.
That run, I probably went about 80%.
And it was still pretty tiring.
So tomorrow's going to be pretty hard.
And I'm pretty excited.
Just got to have fun.
It's going to be pretty hard for me to get on the top step.
But you never know.
Anything can happen.
Just keep staying focused, and keep trying to get up there.
And see what happens.
MITCH ROPELATO: Yeah, we just got done with time training.
And I ended up second.
So I just rode like I know I can.
I didn't really let anything get in my head, and just
chilled on my runs.
And just make sure I put down a solid run.
Came here for the same reason everybody else is here.
And it's for that jersey.
AARON GWIN: I just rolled a tire in a corner.
It's just one of those little things.
Going to put some more air in that bad boy.
And then try not to get so crazy in
that one turn, I guess.
For the most part, I feel like I got everything dialed.
It's so much just about being able to ride everything really
good at the top, and get your pedals in, and then just
hammer at the bottom.
For a downhill track, it's just a lot of pedaling.
So just going to have to dig deep.
MITCH ROPELATO: Had a good weekend,
put down a sick qualifier.
And I put down a sick [INAUDIBLE], just couldn't
make it through the first turn.
Seriously, went out of the start gate, into the first
[? corner ?], over the bars.
The rest of the run was super sick.
So I can't really complain.
So I'm pumped on the run.
It was sick all the way to the bottom.
I was tired at the end.
I did everything I wanted to do.
So it's not the year.
So better luck next time.
AARON GWIN: Yeah, [? another ?]
[? world's. ?]
I would like to have better luck at this race.
But so far it's not the case.
But I've been having some bad luck.
I feel like all the pieces are in place.
And it was another really good run.
And had already gotten through most of the top sections.
And I just faded wide in the [? corner a ?] little bit.
Just didn't quite [? hook ?]
[? as firm ?] enough, and just clipped a tree real hard with
my shoulder, and blew me off the bike.
Some things just really go your way, and
sometimes they don't.
Just get home, get it checked out.
Hopefully nothing too bad with it.
And then just get back on the training.
And get ready for next year, or maybe the next few races.
TONY BROSNAN: Tenth place is only six [? point ?]
[INAUDIBLE] seconds off the win is not too bad on a track
that's built for big guys.
And I'm feeling good now.
[INAUDIBLE] just started to get down.
Shoulder's still in it's socket.
And all in all I'm pretty stoked.
And it's just a good learning curve.
And keep my head focused and still confident for
the next world cup.
Should be good.
We travel straight from here to Europe, and
just going to Norway.
I heard that track's pretty sick.
And I'm just stoked to keep moving forward, get through
this season.
There's only two races left that are
going to be good tracks.
And just keep having fun.
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