Things didn’t quite go to plan for Aaron Gwin at the 2016 World Championships in Val Di Sole, when a slight deviation from his planned route down the trail resulted in his rear tyre being ripped from the rim, thrusting Danny Hart to his second World Championship win.
- Danny Hart’s World Championship winning Mondraker Summum
- Rachel Atherton’s Trek Session World Championship bike
That’s the nature of racing though, and it’s certainly not a reflection on Gwin’s YT Tues, a bike that garnered more attention than most at the race.
Despite much media interest, YT were relatively tight-lipped about Gwin’s bike, with a couple of areas off-limits to prying camera zooms and certainly a few bits that the mechanics didn’t want to discuss. Regardless, we managed to sneak a bit of time with Gwin’s mechanic and got the low-down on what he was willing to reveal.
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The team will spend two to three hours a day on the bike, checking and re-checking components and set-up between runs. Thankfully for them the weekend remained dry, so there was far less cleaning, and less wear, than would be expected on a wet weekend.
There seemed to be a pretty even split between teams who’d changed set-up for this race (and Vallnord the weekend before) and those who chose to keep a consistent set-up through the World Cup season. YT are in the former camp, with a few tweaks to the bike to set it up for the steep track that featured deep dusty holes between the rocks and roots.
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