Dan's assessment of the differences is spot on- nice little video. Hopefully this can open people up to road riding and not open up a barrage of immature comments. The speed roadies get on a regular basis blows away what you can do on a MTB. If you've ever seen a decent roadie descend live then you'll know what an eye opening experience it is! Both forms of cycling are great and most people are fortunate to be able to enjoy both- so appreciate how fortunate you are and don't knock it. Best of luck Dan in getting back to full health to enjoy whatever your true passion with bikes is :)

This is only one small part of the story as I'm sure the experts will appreciate. The choice between helmets should also be influenced by changes in inertia due to weight/ interface with neck braces/ etc. Unfortunately no-one really has answers to what is best and testing standards and methods are oversimplified and largely inappropriate. Some recent studies suggest that in certain situations you are actually better off without a helmet due to the weight of even an XC helmet but I'm not sure I totally agree with this! I thoroughly applaud those who are trying to clear all of these issue up though and great article PB

You guys need to lighten up :) It was a joke. Anyway, super smooth riding but awful jeans ;)

There aren't many videos around now where you get to watch boobs lake jumping and Rob Warner taking a dump.... riding was pretty damn good too

Do you think Alex likes steep lips? :) Very, very good video-loved it, thanks! Good to see an intro/ talking that actually adds something rather than wastes time like most

Bit of a daft comment since all comments on here are a bit of a mixed bag and the Polish comments are just as (or even more) critical as those from aroung the world ;)

+1. Their comments so aren't exactly a resounding endorsement for GT- they seem to talk more about compromises. Funny how GT have increased in popularity almost overnight though ;)

Clever to drag out the media coverage ;) The Atherton's know how to play the game and fair play to them- no-one else has the media side of things as dialed as them

Forget Rachel's first ride, what about Marc? Feel sorry for the guy getting completely overshadowed so quickly!

Take it for what it is- a super light, beautiful chain guide. If you are not in the market for this then of course you are not going to like it! Comparing it to guides three times the weight just isn't a fair comparison. I think if you are spending this money then you should have the required brain cells to realise you shouldn't expect chain ring protection from it and also be prepared to put in the time to get such a specialist product set up ;) Sure it may have niggles out of the box and a bad review is somewhat refreshing... but I can't help feeling if it was on a GT under an Atherton then it would be reviewed as the best thing since sliced bread :)