Breaking Down the Madness | Inside The Tape: Bielsko-Biala with Ben Cathro

With sudden downpours on practice day, the riders had to adjust to a quickly changing track.
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[@caddy2287]

Cathro, you’re one hell of a bike rider, but you’ve really found your calling the last few years with your video content! Thanks PB for supporting this series again, THIS is the stuff the sport and the fans need more of.

[@justsayin3600]

I rode with a DH racer yesterday on a double black. He helped me get 3 of the 5 drops. 1 drop you can't see the landing. I'm 5'8" he said, we don't have the advantage like Ben to see the trails because he's so tall.

[@cibablea]

Yeah man. Eat your heart out, ESPN. We got Cathro.

[@jimm244]

“Not die zone.” This is why we LOVE CATHRO!!!

[@toria-j]

just loved the MS Paint-level sketching too.😆

[@Jamesyshreds]

This is the best ‘how to ride in the wet’ video without even trying. Ben you’re truly great at your job. Love your work.

[@rarelycomments]

Love the annotations. The mind blowing thing is that Ben takes several minutes to explain something to us mortals and these top riders are just doing it all subconsciously in milliseconds.

[@fiedlertimify]

Don’t ever stop doing these Ben!

[@geoffgoldplum1231]

Really outdid yourself, again. Best content on the WC and best content on Pinkbike

[@danielanzelmganszky2075]

Aye, the format just keeps getting better and better! Thank you Cathro!

[@chriscannon_mtb]

I could watch this sort of content all day. Actually comparing lines/speeds and talking about how riders work the bike through different sections is seriously interesting. No-one else is doing it and its impossible to catch this sort of stuff on a pov run. Please keep this up!

[@ChrisCM23]

Nice one Ben Ronan is such a dude, that’s a killer line.

[@g.wilsondh8407]

Best inside the tape yet! It's incredible how great the pre-race coverage is compared to the poor main show by WB

[@arekjanuszkiewicz7073]

The most interesting materials on dh available online! Thank you Ben ;)

[@PierreAntoineRoiron]

This new way of analyzing the lines is great, thank you Ben Cathro !

[@CantBeBaxter]

Legend.These are honestly so useful for absolute beginners like me to understand the thought process of a pro rider

[@stirfrybry1]

You make the best videos on racing strategy

[@eatsleeprace]

Awesome stuff Ben 👍🏻👍🏻 @Shimano Spend your marketing budget here, this is the content the riders want.

[@keepon239]

Better than anything out there for world cup analysis. Love the graphics on this one. Well done Cathro!!

[@Bonky-wonky]

Such a wealth of knowledge by cathro, always amazing to watch. Pedaling on greasy offcamber lines actually makes sense and is very common in cyclocross where they ride stuff like this all winter.

[@luca_dierks]

Learnt relevant stuff for the race and for my own riding. Great format and great work, Ben.

[@Biker790]

Everything about these breakdown videos is so good. Cathro is funny as hell, his energy gets me amped, the technical breakdown is easy for anyone to follow, and the presentation with the overlays and annotations is just right. Love these videos so much - hope PB and Ben keeps this series going forever.

[@michael1617]

Ben thanks for finally explaining “Edging” for me

[@anseladams5634]

This video is pure gold. Nowhere, no-one has ever explained in such details this, thank you Ben!!!

[@Nozes..]

May well be the best Inside the Tape yet. Great job team!

[@Twentykixx]

Great content Ben! Absolutely love the comparisons where more riders lose those precious seconds in totality over the course. I watch and see what I think is fast, and then it turns out to be slower than expected. This is why… 👍🏼

[@a.r.8850]

This content is soooo important! In the race coverage there will probably be three cameras in total pointing upwards so even for the covered sections we can't see the line choices. Outstanding work guys!

[@42randomuser]

I felt some of the later 'inside the tape' videos where not as high standard as you used to do, and then this one drops and I think its extremely good. Thanks for all the hard work

[@bauke-LV426]

Awesome Ben, love your breakdowns of lines with the times. I'd swear that terrifying gap line of Dunne was so much faster, but turns out it's just a small margin. You make the races so much more interesting because I'm finally getting a bit of an understanding for it. Thnx Ben, looking forward for te next one!

[@stirfrybry1]

Fresh course is exciting to watch. I think it's the best kind of race

[@NZWozza]

Love how you present such good information in such an entertaining way with enthusiasm.

[@juliuscaesar3374]

love how the intro with the absurd steep hill cuts to also a very steep hill in the background

[@claremontinteriorsmw]

Fascinating stuff Ben cheers

[@DolusIIIG]

Thanks Ben!

[@therealjd1503]

Best MTB content, love it🤘

[@PhraceOne]

genious! so interesting, thanx Ben and Pinkbike

[@JB50713]

Thanks for the technical explanations Ben!

[@AlexOsh]

Excellent job Ben!!!! Great analysis

[@YorkshireDavid]

Great video Ben and PB! Way better than what WBD offer, keep up the good work!

[@jeremye9963]

amazing video ! thanks to everyone involved for the content.

[@fullpullmtb]

Very very good video Ben, killer info and insight. The new drawing/motion graphics app that was used works great. I know expect this video for every race!

[@edwoodcostin]

Ben is so good at this.

[@GrigoryRechistov]

Every scene in this video is suspenseful: will this rider wash out, meet the tree, slap someone with rear wheel (8:16) or survive? A joy to watch!

[@Mark_Won]

Thanks

[@willcampbell2909]

Best one yet

[@yaacovr]

Can't stop watching your vids Baby Reindeer. Sent from my iphoen

[@palaotot6933]

Mad respect to Ben for this👍

[@akburwell]

mashing up commentary with learn to bike tips... genius! Looks a rowdy good time out there in Polska.

[@jacobdepodesta8697]

CAN WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT THE SUPER SUBTLE HIT MARKER EDIT when buddy hit the spectators leg? Cathro, if that was you, it now all makes sense why I feel like our senses of humour align.

[@PlaySA]

As far as that last section, I gotta say the middle line looks like the best if you can hack it. It splits the difference between inside and outside (semi-obvious statement I guess), because it has a wide easy entry, very little camber, and a nice berm to push off of just like the outside line. You just have to remain committed, and also the compression at the bottom could go very badly and cause a massive slowdown.. Handle that part smoothly and it looks really nice.

[@ANTheWhizkid]

The line guy at work.

[@DTN504]

I look forward to these videos from Cathro every season and every race. This is equivalent to "Inside The NBA"....sort of lol

[@benjaminhparkerphotography8791]

Would love to see Sam Hill on this track! Great video Ben

[@andrewevans9514]

Great content

[@laneymx5]

awesome video

[@Sgtweiwei]

Cathro the goat!

[@MTOProject]

So good 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@dirtsurfernz]

Cathro ftw again 🤘

[@mondrider994]

Love ittt

[@Mtb9r]

Delightful

[@stewartdoherty4037]

Ronan is an Alien from outta space

[@wojciechturek1601]

Ben you should be agent 007 not 006! ❤️😊 All The best from Glasgow

[@nic_actual]

Well on your last point, the race was won by 0,064, so I guess every tiiiiny bit adds up

[@griffinridesbikes2point0]

Lil slimey ay gary

[@LeoLikesBik3s]

Waiting on the trail warriors telling us you're not supposed to ride when the grounds wet 😅

[@maxsteinbeezly7904]

Does anyone know how he makes the scenes where he draws over the track? What software/programs he uses?

[@Chip_in]

Caravan for me ma ⛳

[@Observations67]

Any Canadians care to share how they are watching the race? I subscribe to everything and I can’t find it.

[@piast99]

I am not a Canadian but UCI website says "Flosports" in the "Where to watch" section for Canada.

[@guyd4067]

So, Outside with all of its power and reach can't spell "correspondent" properly.

[@DavidVazquezJaramillo]

You've just missed the perfect opportunity to change the name to "inside the poles" ...so disappointed

[@breadbin77]

the rain is such a bummer

[@AlexOsh]

lol it makes it way more interesting

[@dee3368]

Amazing job with this video really enjoyed it

[@DocKandTBW]

all the "give it back to redbull hype" means I've been trying to find coverage and watch the DH for the first year in a while. Loving the content from Pinkbike, cheers team, cheers Ben loving it :)