Not to take anything away from Brendogs epic career, but he’s not finished inside the top ten at a World Cup since 2019 (Les Gets); with Leogang in 2022 where he finished 36th being the last round where he actually finished. Ever since he left Specialized, there was a real drop off in his results at a World Cup level. By comparison Minnar has kept that trend of consistent results there. In many respects, seeing Brendog focusing more on Hardline & Rampage is what he’s really become known for these past few years; something that he’s really claimed as his own, rather than doing what the likes of Kerr etc do & juggle WC rounds & appearing at Hardline. 17 years is a huge amount of time on the circuit & it takes a lot of of you. Not just from a travel perspective, but also training, recovery, missing family etc etc. Fair play to him if he has retired; but whether he’s worthy of a send off as day Peaty got….I’m not too sure.
He may not be racing world cups but he still gets between the tapes at local enduros, he raced southern enduro just last week. He's having fun and paying it forward by raising the profile of local events.
If he's anything like me, it's the travel that wears one out. The activity is a gas. That's one thing that wore me out. And there is that getting slower thing....Lol
@@TheRideCompanion Loading the van, driving to the track and unoading. Setting up pit. Riding your ass off to get a piece of lumber as a prize, loading, driving home, going to work the following Monday....takes about a week to start to get motivated again. Crashes, injuries notwithstanding...
It’s been a while since I have seen anything of Bren’ on TH-cam… perhaps not since he was robbed of the Rampage crown… (not sure when I last saw something significant from/of him) …regardless of that, please pass on absolutely respectful best wishes from all TRC besties… well, from me at least.
I think he meant the fact that you can see your family every day when you work a 9 to 5 whereas a lot of riders spend months away from home at a time and don’t get to see their family or friends
Probably pretty fucking stressful having to compete, with sponsors and money security constantly on the line.. not to mention the fact downhill racers risk their (lets be honest), life each race. Your 9-5 is the easy option.
Need to give your head a wobble if you find that offensive 😂 being a pro racer isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. Might be a hell of a lot better than a boring 9-5 but it has plenty of challenges (being away for months on end, injuries resulting in 0 income for months, no steady salary for most, having to find a job that allows for being away loads around races, etc)
Not to take anything away from Brendogs epic career, but he’s not finished inside the top ten at a World Cup since 2019 (Les Gets); with Leogang in 2022 where he finished 36th being the last round where he actually finished. Ever since he left Specialized, there was a real drop off in his results at a World Cup level.
By comparison Minnar has kept that trend of consistent results there.
In many respects, seeing Brendog focusing more on Hardline & Rampage is what he’s really become known for these past few years; something that he’s really claimed as his own, rather than doing what the likes of Kerr etc do & juggle WC rounds & appearing at Hardline.
17 years is a huge amount of time on the circuit & it takes a lot of of you. Not just from a travel perspective, but also training, recovery, missing family etc etc.
Fair play to him if he has retired; but whether he’s worthy of a send off as day Peaty got….I’m not too sure.
He may not be racing world cups but he still gets between the tapes at local enduros, he raced southern enduro just last week. He's having fun and paying it forward by raising the profile of local events.
Brendog is a legend! 🔥🙌
Facts
If he's anything like me, it's the travel that wears one out. The activity is a gas. That's one thing that wore me out. And there is that getting slower thing....Lol
The travel is a lot eh?!
@@TheRideCompanion Loading the van, driving to the track and unoading. Setting up pit. Riding your ass off to get a piece of lumber as a prize, loading, driving home, going to work the following Monday....takes about a week to start to get motivated again. Crashes, injuries notwithstanding...
It’s been a while since I have seen anything of Bren’ on TH-cam… perhaps not since he was robbed of the Rampage crown… (not sure when I last saw something significant from/of him) …regardless of that, please pass on absolutely respectful best wishes from all TRC besties… well, from me at least.
Big up Phillip
Anybody that thinks he's ever had a winning rampage run is delusional.
He retired ages ago. Not been comptetive for so long now. Really good rider.
Brendog 🙌
Olly looks like Mr Tumnus
Hang on, the basketball jersey in your DeathGrip part, is that your brothers Olly? (DeathGrip 1)
No mate, that’s a Michael Jordan BULLS jersey with Odub on the back. I wish I was Michael’s brother!!
Wanted to listen to this but I can't stand more than 3 seconds of the MTB version of Richard Hammond.
You’re a legend
The #bretndog1😱😭
you don‘t give your life away for racing. you give up your life when you slaving away a boring 9 to 5. i find that quite offensive?
Bit of a false dichotomy there eh? There are millions of different lifestyles between working a 9-5 in a cubicle and being a world cup racer.
I think he meant the fact that you can see your family every day when you work a 9 to 5 whereas a lot of riders spend months away from home at a time and don’t get to see their family or friends
Probably pretty fucking stressful having to compete, with sponsors and money security constantly on the line.. not to mention the fact downhill racers risk their (lets be honest), life each race. Your 9-5 is the easy option.
Need to give your head a wobble if you find that offensive 😂 being a pro racer isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. Might be a hell of a lot better than a boring 9-5 but it has plenty of challenges (being away for months on end, injuries resulting in 0 income for months, no steady salary for most, having to find a job that allows for being away loads around races, etc)
You ok buddy??
Probably still pissed at being robbed again at rampage..