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kwapik
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kwapik 9/9/2019 3:20pm
9/9/2019 3:20pm
1 of 4 bikes Smile
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Martin_Prophet 9/9/2019 4:59pm
9/9/2019 4:59pm
Winning Bike, Pits &Bits are the best articles 😍
This is my favourite this year, sad that there is no side Photo without the headline

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sharpy212 9/9/2019 10:36pm
9/9/2019 10:36pm
Anyone notice that Amaury Pierron had a small box on top of his helmet at the finials? It wasn’t a camera because his GoPro was tucked under his peak. So does anyone know what it is?
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michaelt 9/12/2019 2:34pm
9/12/2019 2:34pm
You can use on of those QStar gps units with Litpro. It looks like the QStar units on the Commencal teams helmets
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sspomer 9/20/2019 12:44pm
9/20/2019 12:44pm Edited Date/Time 9/20/2019 12:45pm
maes on a prototype fox fork?

this is EWS-specific, but we don't have an EWS tech thread.

i saw this pic on maes' insta story and wondered if he's on a prototype fork. no kashima seems weird. the arch seems smoother (no notch) and rounder. hearing rumors of a fox 38 and wonder is this it?

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iceman2058 9/21/2019 2:08am
9/21/2019 2:08am
More on that new FOX fork - definitely seems a lot beefier than a 36, with a burlier arch and bleed ports to boot. Definitely something new coming...

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metadave 9/21/2019 7:24am
9/21/2019 7:24am
Finally, only took a few seasons



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sspomer 9/21/2019 8:06am
9/21/2019 8:06am
metadave wrote:
Finally, only took a few seasons [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2019/09/21/8469/s1200_p3pb13052655.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2019/09/21/8470/s1200_image000000.jpg[/img]
Finally, only took a few seasons



audio about isabeau's intense in the slideshow too.
https://www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/2019-Enduro-World-Series-Zerma…
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sspomer 9/23/2019 7:32am
9/23/2019 7:32am
some shots of isabeau's prototype intense. mixed/mullet/69er/279


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iceman2058 9/23/2019 7:35am
9/23/2019 7:35am
Moving the shock to the lower link, this would currently be the only non-DH bike in the Intense line-up to feature that layout. Will the other bikes follow? (Santa Cruz has already moved pretty much their whole line to this layout now).
Sonofbovril2 9/23/2019 8:59am
9/23/2019 8:59am
sspomer wrote:
some shots of isabeau's prototype intense. mixed/mullet/69er/279 [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2019/09/23/8480/s1200_EWSZermatt19_w3a9515.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2019/09/23/8481/s1200_EWSZermatt19as6i1826.jpg[/img]
some shots of isabeau's prototype intense. mixed/mullet/69er/279


I'll take one in Aluminium just like that please!
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kwapik 9/23/2019 10:30am
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iceman2058 wrote:
Moving the shock to the lower link, this would currently be the only non-DH bike in the Intense line-up to feature that layout. Will the other...
Moving the shock to the lower link, this would currently be the only non-DH bike in the Intense line-up to feature that layout. Will the other bikes follow? (Santa Cruz has already moved pretty much their whole line to this layout now).
I believe the whole industry is heading in this direction.
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NorCalNomad 9/23/2019 11:04am
9/23/2019 11:04am
iceman2058 wrote:
Moving the shock to the lower link, this would currently be the only non-DH bike in the Intense line-up to feature that layout. Will the other...
Moving the shock to the lower link, this would currently be the only non-DH bike in the Intense line-up to feature that layout. Will the other bikes follow? (Santa Cruz has already moved pretty much their whole line to this layout now).
Lower COG bro. All the cool kids are doing it...
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grinch 9/23/2019 2:34pm
9/23/2019 2:34pm
Need some numbers on that. SO and short cs looks amazing
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marxrydz 9/24/2019 1:55pm
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iceman2058 wrote:
Moving the shock to the lower link, this would currently be the only non-DH bike in the Intense line-up to feature that layout. Will the other...
Moving the shock to the lower link, this would currently be the only non-DH bike in the Intense line-up to feature that layout. Will the other bikes follow? (Santa Cruz has already moved pretty much their whole line to this layout now).
kwapik wrote:
I believe the whole industry is heading in this direction.
There are only so many ways to get a bottle in that front triangle: vertical shock in front of seat tube, the tunnel method or 1 foot of flat downtube in front of the cranks (nasty)
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bturman 10/3/2019 11:40am
10/3/2019 11:40am
Bum luck for Loris Vergier, who tore the scapholunate ligament in his wrist. I had a similar tear years ago and it kept me off the bike for several months.

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