Video: What Tahnée Seagrave Gets up to When She's Not Racing

 @IllestT: Does she have a brother to race against? Apparently it helps.

 @MaN-oF-STeEL: well she will have, but currently he's 1 year old (she's 4)

 honestly in my opinion mountain biking has the best role models for children, especially for young girls. if only children knew more about tahnee and less about kardashian.

 @MaN-oF-STeEL: Ask pretty much anyone how to get better at mountain biking and they'll tell you to ride with people who are better than you. Following people who are fast is huge.

 Until puberty, boys don't have much of a physical advantage against girls. Until 25 or so, girls still have the edge in planning, judgement etc (which is a big thing to even achieve something) and I believe female anatomy is still better at sustaining higher g-loads (because the heart is closer to the brains which does help when flying fighter planes but I'm not so sure whether it still matters when riding bicycles). Either way, if girls enjoy something then let them have a blast and not let anything put them off, especially at that age. There are more than enough great role models in mountainbiking who forego the calendar-phase in their career, just ride their bikes and live the life. Sure somehow the sport isn't quite there yet. But a decade ago Tracey Hannah had to pull out of WC racing (having placed third overall) because of insufficient funds and Anneke Beerten was selling records in a record store to pay for her racing season. I hope the industry now realizes they're getting much love and respect for supporting female athletes the same way as they do support male athletes.

I think my two girls aren't too bothered. Some days they play with their dolls, the other days they pull out the skateboard. The 20" mtb I got is still a bit too big for the youngest, but the oldest definitely loves riding with me. And both love browsing my magazines. They really don't care whether it is a man or woman riding that bike.

 @tom666 @vinay: whoosh....

 @cuban-b: LoL

 @cuban-b: I'm like...Waaaat?

 @davidpr2: Agreed, Gehrig sisters didn't need a male sibling to do this well. Having siblings who're into it too does seem to help though. But really, support from parents/neighbourhood is great too. Many of todays greats have enjoyed massive support and inspiration from their parents. Either through mountainbiking or motocross.

 @IllestT:
Did you name your son "Anarchy" just in the event they can remake the seagrave duo in the future? LOL

 @vjunior21: they were originally gonna go with fire and brimstone but it just didnt have the same ring to it.

 @vinay: let’s be honest it takes money more than anything.

 @jflb: You mean as the kind of parental support? I'd say it is only small part of it. I mean support and inspiration as in bringing them to races and events, giving uplifts but also just because their parents were into something similar. Chainsaw, Anneke Beerten, The Athertons, Bruni, Seagrave, Rick Koekoek... They all just got loads of support from their parents in forms other than just money.

 @CarrotCorn: Couldn't agree with ya more man.

 @vjunior21: Not far off actually, he's called Conan (The Destroyer)

 @CarrotCorn: Boom! Hit the nail right on the head. Girls need these kind of role models to be self confident and less likely to view themselves as objects or let themselves be taken advantage of.

 Maybe it was the shop vac....

 I'm gonna start that now

 Hmm. I'm not old by any means, and no one in their right mind would call me fat. So now I just feel pathetically weak and insignificant. I think I almost rather feel old and fat.

 If you can do pull ups, you can do them with four fingers. It doesn't functionally change the exercise, bit of a party trick.

 @jimferno: i can defo do normal ful hand pull ups. if i tried with four fingers, i would end up with dislocated knukcles

 @Bruccio: I've never done them in my life, just tried them now and knocked 10 out easily.. No different than using all four fingers on both hands.

 get decent phone, problem solved

 It's a Browser+Flash compatibility issue.

 @endlessblockades: Flash is obsolete,unsafe to use in many cases,I don´t know why Redbull can make a good video browser. As a GNU/Linux user,flash is like 3x7 drive train,so cool 20 years ago.

 @homerjm: yup

 It's really not that impressive, it makes no difference to the exercise. Go try it and see.

 www.instagram.com/p/BjcJPxChOtV

Neg prop all you want, it isn't impressive.