Since another weekend of Scottish downhill rallying is nigh upon us, I figured I'd kick things off with a few erudite observations:
* No intermittent rain in the forecast all week...namely because it seems like it's going to rain constantly, just at various intensities. But seriously, no wonder they invented scotch there.
* Stevie Smith will be back. My guess is he will win if his poorly formed sketch-stache remains itact, otherwise I think he'll use this as an "easing back into it" exercise and finish on the podium.
* Assuming Ed Master's fvck truck is mechanically able, he will be there. My guess is if his well formed sketch-facial hair is intact, he will finish in the top 15, otherwise he will crash with glory and bag a couple birds in said fvck truck.
* Danny Hart will be there. My guess is he will be in the top 3 if his poorly formed sketch-facial hair remains intact, otherwise he will he essentially refuse to pedal and just throw massive moto-whips on the lower jumps before mumbling something incoherent to Rob Warner.
* Rock Jeebus will be there. My guess is he will be 2nd if he races on the 29er/650 hybrid enduroer, otherwise if he races the new carbon 650 Demo, it will crash and disintegrate on one of the car sized boulders up top. Not even geological divinity can overcome the curse of the Demo.
* Gee will be on the podium, but not smile once during the whole weekend.
* 23 outta the top 30 qualifiers will be UK riders.
* Rach will win, but Manon will be relatively close behind.
* It will be wet...
* No intermittent rain in the forecast all week...namely because it seems like it's going to rain constantly, just at various intensities. But seriously, no wonder they invented scotch there.
* Stevie Smith will be back. My guess is he will win if his poorly formed sketch-stache remains itact, otherwise I think he'll use this as an "easing back into it" exercise and finish on the podium.
* Assuming Ed Master's fvck truck is mechanically able, he will be there. My guess is if his well formed sketch-facial hair is intact, he will finish in the top 15, otherwise he will crash with glory and bag a couple birds in said fvck truck.
* Danny Hart will be there. My guess is he will be in the top 3 if his poorly formed sketch-facial hair remains intact, otherwise he will he essentially refuse to pedal and just throw massive moto-whips on the lower jumps before mumbling something incoherent to Rob Warner.
* Rock Jeebus will be there. My guess is he will be 2nd if he races on the 29er/650 hybrid enduroer, otherwise if he races the new carbon 650 Demo, it will crash and disintegrate on one of the car sized boulders up top. Not even geological divinity can overcome the curse of the Demo.
* Gee will be on the podium, but not smile once during the whole weekend.
* 23 outta the top 30 qualifiers will be UK riders.
* Rach will win, but Manon will be relatively close behind.
* It will be wet...