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I’ve got to say this thing on Reese’s Gamux looks extremely terrible and a bit dangerous. The rest of the paddock is 3D printing these kinds of fairings, rotor guards etc. and Aon is out there looking like a high school project.
The bottle rocket and intense SS were way before they times bikes IMO
is this actually for real? how do the bolts not destroy his inner thighs? let alone the thought of it being a double-sided meat slicer if he falls off the back at all.
I hope he is joking and it was something for shipping the bike vs actually what they said it’s for.
Is there no tech inspection to get on track?
Click bait. Got to get the gram views to keep the team funded.
Put a diaper on it add some gaudy fairing and hope it makes vital pit bits.
He was riding with it today.
Any ideas on what’s in the front of Loris fork? Mass damper or weight?
Cateye computer sensor, shows top speed
He even upgraded to the wireless version..
Nah it’s just the new boxxer with that “linear xl” bulge thing, they’re just running backwards lowers. Works better under braking.
New Manitou shock as the reason for the diaper? Looks like it's the old single pivot frame otherwise...
kinda looks like all their other bikes - not that this is a bad thing.
Not sure I’d be taking a punt on it 😂
My guess for the dressing up of the Gamux is that honking great straight in the middle of the track, aero fairings by any other name won't get banned...
New Maxxis XC tyre out in the wild on other site
Interesting thought, to me looks like it could be some type of weight in a 3d printed sleeve.
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/10/strava-sues-garmin-demands-stop-selling-devices.html
is strava the ultimate stravahole?
I'd doubt it's a weight.. That would be adding unsprung weight which is typically what they try to reduce.. Maybe a tracking or timing sensor the team is using as part of data acquisition?
The center row of knobs is pretty much the current Rekon. The side knob are slightly different.
pardon my french but how fucking stupid are the people running strava?
He had it up for £5,500 earlier in the week 🤣
Full time Strawankers
Looks like a new Ardent Race
My guess is HBS MBAs with 26.2 bumper stickers on their brodozers.
"brodozer" LOL that term needs to find a home in mountain biking vocabulary!
there's enough mtb'ers driving brodozers that i'd rather not make it worse. i've started referring to it as "automotive cosplay"
Brodozers and 26.2 stickers are generally not what I'm used to seeing together.. Prius, Camary, Accord and other smaller cars are usually where I see the 26.2 sticker..
just accidentally closed my phone before saving it to post but saw the non production (yet) Hope 40 crowns that are split clamps. All upgrades for feel in the moto world include split clamps. Any reason its not more popular in DH?