{"id":185899,"date":"2025-10-02T21:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T21:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/185899\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T21:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T21:15:10","slug":"jackson-goldstone-previews-lake-placid-world-cup-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/185899\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson Goldstone previews Lake Placid World Cup track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Round nine of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup lands in Lake Placid this week, and with it comes a brand-new downhill track. Canadian star <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/mtb\/jackson-goldstone-wins-world-championship-in-champery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Goldstone<\/a> gave fans a preview of what to expect, filming his second lap down the course as he worked out lines, bike setup and tire choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s super soft, super powdery here in Lake Placid,\u201d Goldstone said. \u201cStill figuring out lines, still sussing where to go cuz that\u2019s not the line definitely. But yeah, anyways, still trying to find some\u2026 you know, make the right decisions on tire choice and bike setup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A track with pedigree<\/p>\n<p>The new course was built with the help of Aaron Gwin and Goldstone was quick to highlight the effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/mtb\/dec-says-world-cup-downhill-track-at-whiteface-was-built-illegally\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">They put tons of work into this track<\/a>. Like really good job to the builders for, you know, putting the extra effort in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The top section is a mix of loam, roots and rocks. Technical terrain that will keep riders on their toes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLoamy, rocky root garden, tons of lines, and then it gets super open from about here on down,\u201d Goldstone explained.<\/p>\n<p>Flat out to the finish<\/p>\n<p>As the course opens up, the pace ramps up. Goldstone called one stretch \u201cprobably one of the fastest sections on a World Cup track we\u2019ve had this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The run features wide-open ski slopes, rocky waterfalls and a high-speed jump line leading into the finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh my god. Wow. I got no exit speed. I lost that section big time cuz that one\u2019s super crucial for these jumps down here. You need all the speed you can get just to clear this one here,\u201d Goldstone said, before sending it: \u201cSee if I can get the triple though. Whoops. Just made it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a fitting sign-off: a brand-new track, a young Canadian champ, and another weekend of World Cup downhill racing where anything can happen. Can\u2019t wait to watch it all unfold<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Round nine of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup lands in Lake Placid this week, and with it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,1700,82],"class_list":["post-185899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-mtb-features","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}