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Not quite a review of the DHX, but Remy riding with Jackson and others on the new tire at Whistler in the wet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E5E33Eo_CQ

The patent was never actually granted. It was issued a non-final rejection based on being an obvious combination of prior art. If you don't respond to that within a certain window the patent office considers it abandoned. So anyone that wants can have at it.

That is so true. I have Maxxis on most of my bikes, even my wife's bike, and every time I need to order new tires, I have to refresh myself with all of their nomenclature and different models.

Maxxis' new Minion DHX is live, you can find all the details and debate its abilities here (also discussed, new DH casing) - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/maxxis-new-minion-dhx-tire-and-dh-c…

Oh look here's ballz criticising a penis joke Sorry guys I couldn't help it.

Start list which I’m assuming is for seeding today. Website doesn’t specify https://media-crankworx.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2026/07/Specialized-Ca… Kinda sucks that the course doesn’t finish at the very bottom. None of the other WC tracks require a hike or shuttle to the finish corral.

1199 in Whistler is going to be a spectacle. After a couple days of rain the sun has come out. It was still a bit wet in a few spots but generally perfect conditions on track yesterday for first practice, and the weather looks great for seeding and racing as well. A good mix of young rippers, dark horses, and some World Cup riders. Jackson is flying, Asa and Gwin looked good too. Some other fast dudes as well but I didn't have my start list handy so I'm not sure who I was looking at. Great spectator access all...

putting MTB grips on with beer really does sound like a punchline keep all flannel and ironic mullet haircuts away, lest ye open up a dude portal

After running Trickstuff Maximas for nearly 4 seasons, I decided to not carry them over and sell them off with my complete bike. The way they were sold and what happened to their Germany HQ didn't sit well with me so it was time to move on. Tried to get a set of Trinity again but kept sleeping on the launches so I gave up. I ended up getting a set of Hope GR4s and did a 3200M day of descending on my local trails as the first ride. I am pretty blown away by them honestly. For those wondering...

Does anybody know what happened to Bode Burke's shoulder in his final run at National Champs? Must have been a pre-existing issue, because he didn't seem to crash in his run ,but he still pulled over mid-run with his shoulder too messed up to ride.

For some years now I've run a strip of Velox rim tape to cover the spoke holes and then tubeless tape over the top. Saved me from having to ride a flat all the way down a few times. I use 16mm Velox iirc on my Reserve 30 and 31|DH.

Flashback to #freckleGate....

Things are looking Blur-ry

Name goes back some 15-20 years ago when first proper tubeless components were introduced (tubeless ready tires, tubeless wheelsets like mavic demax, which are not drilled throught etc) but a lot of us scrubs couldnt afford those and sealants were not as good as they are today so if not using proper parts the setup most likely wouldnt hold air and a ghetto setup was invented by cutting a 20" innertube and streching it over a rim and then mounting a tire, so the cut innertube would rest between the tire and the rim effectively sealing it. Combined with the...

Yeah sorry not sure what happened there, but a more "tightly" wound spring would be softer - if there is more wire in the spring between the 2 end coils, imagine that stretched out to a straight bar and try to bend them by holding the ends. A longer bar of the same diameter wire would be easier to bend, so makes for a softer spring

Dang. A 4:30 senior men's winning time in 2026 is a very, very, very long DH track.