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Entering the last round of the 2014 season, both Aaron Gwin and Troy Brosnan were in striking distance of the World Cup overall title. Join the team as they reflect on their incredibly successful season, while they continue to focus on the upcoming challenges this year.
Featuring:
Aaron Gwin
Troy Brosnan
Eric Carter
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Inside Specialized Racing: EP 8 Windham
With only a few races left in the 2014 World Cup season, the team reflects on the hard work it took to get them to the top of the elite field. Aaron Gwin and Troy Brosnan sit atop the World Cup standings entering the Windham, New York, race with fellow competitors poised to take advantage of the slightest error and capture theleader’s jersey. Featuring: Aaron Gwin Troy Brosnan Eric Carter Specialized Racing 2015 Specialized S-Works Demo
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Troy Brosnan Fun Can't Make You Faster
Fun is just a three-letter word for distraction. In this day and age of racing, you have to be focused, dedicated and willing to sacrifice anything that will get in the way of you and the top step of that podium. Fun may be the reason you threw a leg over your bike and charged it down the scariest, fastest and biggest lines you could in the first place, but fun alone can’t make you faster. Having fun on your bike may give us an escape from the every day mundane, fun may give you a chance to experience something that many are not brave enough to attempt, but fun can’t make you faster.
Troy Brosnan walked away from the last round of the UCI World Cup Downhill as the new Overall leader going into the recent month long break. He has spent that last month having nothing but fun on his bike. Exploring new terrain, challenging himself to new environments and conditions, pushing harder than ever…all in the sprit of fun. As Troy enters the next round of the World Cup this weekend in Mont Saint Anne, he will do so for the first time with all eyes on him – as the leader, not a follower. A leader who has been out having nothing but fun doing what he loves on two wheels. But fun can’t make you faster.
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2015 Specialized S-Works Demo
“I've been on the bike for about a month now," says Gwin about the completely redesigned World Cup bike he and teammate Troy Brosnan will be debuting at Mont Sainte Anne this weekend. "We got on it right after the National Champs because we wanted to get on it right away for comparison to the old bike on the same track."
"The thing I noticed right away was just how fast it was," says Gwin. "It’s a really playful bike, but it’s a race bike through and through." Gwin believes this bike "reacts quicker than any bike he's ridden before."
"It accelerates fast because of the [lack of] weight and the stiffness." Gwin says. "You can plant it and change directions really quick because of how your feet sit on the bike... there are not a lot of pivots so when you put force into the bike it reacts straight away."
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One of the interesting points Gwin makes about the new Demo is how the single-sided seat tube allows for easy in-and-out access to the rear shock.
"The switch was really easy and setting up suspension was easy," says Gwin."It's something non-racers might not have to deal with very often. But anyone who races seriously knows how often you need to service, set up and remove your shocks. The access on the Demo makes it so easy, plus I just think it looks rad."
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