Fort William 2024 – Pre-Race Show

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🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Alright folks, after that long winter we are finally going world cup racing again and this is your Maxxis tyres pre-race show for the opening round of the downhill world up in Fort William, where I’ll be joined by coach to the stars, Chris Kilmurray to get the inside line on the unique demands of Fort William and we’ll be talking about who we’re excited to watch as the race season gets going. So sit back, hit play and listen to this Fort William World Cup pre-race show with Chris Kilmurray.

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0:00.0	all right folks it's been a long old winter but we are finally going world cup racing again
0:07.9	and this is your maxis tires pre-race show for the opening round of the downhill world cup up in
0:12.7	fort william where i'll be joined by coach to the stars chris kilmurray to get the inside line
0:17.0	on the unique demands of fort william and we'll be talking about who we're excited to
0:21.0	watch as the race season gets going. Maxis is synonymous with racing and is the name that comes to
0:26.2	mind when you think of performance. It's no surprise then that they've won more than any other
0:30.5	brand in the history of World Cup racing. No matter where or how you ride, Maxis has the tires for you
0:35.7	with a wide range of tread patterns, casing and
0:38.2	compound options. Personally, for me on my Enjuro bike, I run the DHR2 Max Terra double down on the rear, paired with the Assegai Max grip up front in their slightly lighter XO plus casing. I find that casing is tough enough for pretty much all the riding I do, especially when it's on the front wheel. The downhill bike, I've got the DHR 2 front and rear. They're both the DHCasing and the super grippy Max grip compound. Both those setups are working great for me, but check out the range and see what's going to be good for you. You can check out the entire range of Maxis tires over at Maxis.com and find the tires at your local maxis dealer. You can also give them a follow
1:12.1	on Instagram where they're at maxis bike. All right, racing gets going this weekend in the brutal
1:17.7	landscape of the Scottish Highlands. So here is your Maxis Tires pre-race show for the opening
1:22.1	round of the 24 downhill World Cup in Fort William Scotland with Chris Kilmurray.
1:30.8	Chris Kilmurray. Chris Kilmurray, welcome back to our first pre-race show of 2024. It's been a long off-season.
1:37.9	How you doing? Good, yeah. It's good to be back. I think it has kind of been a long off-season,
1:42.4	but it's also been considerably shorter than last year's offseason because this time last year we were just finished a test event in Lourd, actually.
1:50.4	Yeah, that's true.
1:51.3	And we still had like six weeks or whatever until the first World Cup.
1:54.7	So it's coming around a lot quicker.
1:57.6	But I think the general feeling I'm getting from all the riders
2:00.9	I coach and all of the riders and general World Cup people I'm friendly with is that everyone
2:06.2	is extremely keen. Yes, I think everyone's ready to go racing. Yeah, so from your experience then,
2:11.3	what kind of state are most of the athletes like in at this point in the season? Are they ready
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