DirtTV:Ae Forest 661 Gravity Enduro overall winner Rob Cooksley
We chat to Ae Forest 661 Gravity Enduro overall winner Rob ‘Box’ Cooksley after his victory at round one.
After a slight timing error, the 661 Gravity Enduro results from Ae Forest were recalculated putting Bristol bike shop owner Rob ‘Box’ Cooksley in first place overall just a second ahead of Crawford Carrick-Anderson.
Box, the owner of www.badassbikes.co.uk popped down to Dirt HQ this morning for a chat with Dirt Magazine’s Steve Jones.
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Box’s winning race machine the 160mm Intense Tracer.
Is he taking the piss?
My thoughts exactly!
He’s not taking the piss… he’s just got a Bristol accent.
Box is a machine and an amazing rider…big respect to the man!!!
His humility knows no bounds…
@Jonzo, please don’t rip the guy just because he comes from a different part of the country/world than you!!! My money is on Box to win the series!!! Go fella!!!
@ Badger… Humility isn’t a place.
am i missing something? why are people suggesting he’s ‘taking the piss’? out of what? sounded like a normal rider interview to me… i remember a great shot in Dirt of this guy a few years ago on a wee feature they ran on him. seems like a real character. embarrassing for the timing issue…poor Crawfy. still well done Rob!
At last someone suggesting that the length of stages should be longer. Halliluja!
Stage 4 should of finished where it did last year. Make a real killer.
This series was billed as having super accurate timing with backup systems so it’s a shame there are still issues. They cocked up my mates time too
A pretty articulate guy compared to the zillions of dillweeds on the tinterweb!!
You Know!
So, how exactly did they work out that the timing for that stage was 1min 1sec out? Would be good to see some sort of explanation somewhere – especially as a large part of the cost for each event was put down to using the best timing system they could. Maybe there’s hope for me yet – I could time myself with my wristwatch, override the official timing and win the series!
Guys, hes from bristol, he runs my local bike shop. Hes a great guy, with loads of knowledge, maybe you should listen to what he says a bit more rather than just take the piss out of him straight away.
Robs one of the nicest guys your going to meet in the bicycle industry! mental on a bike too!
Nice one Rob good luck for the series!
Seems a spot on lad with good knowledge, interesting interview.
He raced up at kielder at the avalanche enduro and was bloody quick then as well!
It’s a shame the likes of Garry Forrest were not there, he put 20 seconds into Crawford at the Inners one earlier this year. Smashing us all on the long stage.
Gary Forrest was there – look at the results above, he got fastest time on Stage 3
that was a real cycling interview.
great questions, great answers.
Thought I was in for a proper brizzle accent treat then but i don’t know what you lot are talking about. I could hardly tell in places! Joners welsh accent is far more pronounced. Was a good interview though. Keeping the stages short should make it more appealing to more people though. If they aren’t ‘easy’ distances to cover it’ll get a bit xc or maybe become the new xc! Now that’d be good for ‘mountain biking’! It would become something like the ‘mountain bike champion’ thing they used to have in the beginning. trials, xc and downhill all on one bike!
haha, great to see one of my own (Tracer) at the top of the podium
Box is a great guy has a great personality and has amazing skills on a bike so all of you that are slagging him off should shut up because you clearly dont know him. Congrats on the win box great ride.
Awesome interview. The guy is obviously a monster on the bike. Ignore the kids talking shit.
proper character.. i look forward to seeing more of him.
well done rob!!
Rob’s a legend. Not only is he an excellent rider, he’s a top bike technician too. Well done Rob.
Box is indeed as tough as old boots. Solid rider and great attitude.
And he’s also hard as nails- don’t think he’d care about some twerp talking breeze about his accent.
He’s fried bigger fish.
Great to see him up there.
This was the first round of the series and the weather was horrendous, in particular on the top at stage 1 and 5, where several riders missed there start time, because the wind and rain had people sheltering in the trees.
They did not hear there call up to the start and the way the system works is, if you miss your start the clock starts, thats your penalty.
Thats why the time correction seems strange, hope that helps.
Top job by all the riders who competed, take my hat off to you, i’d have been in the cafe long before the finish
I guess what it comes down to is for the organisers to give a simple explanation as to how the timing correction was worked out? To take the overall win away from Crawfy by 1 second seems pretty unfair.
Shandy, the explanation is above
if you miss your start the clock starts, thats your penalty