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Racing and tech nerds, this one is for you - a follow up documentary with the AS05 team after Loudenvielle that digs into how it all went, and what comes next! https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/Antidote%20Solutions/blog/06/17/2026… .

This is wild and speaks to different people’s experiences. I dislike the DHF because I don’t think it offers any improved cornering grip and the grip that is there is vague and hard to tell when you’re near the limit. The Assegai on the other hand has better grip overall and I can tell better where I am at relative to its break free point. The only downfall to me about an Assegai is its rolling speed.

I tried the current Saints (at least they looked alike) right after they changed from the cylinder that was 90° to the handlebars. I worked at a bikeshop nd was super pumped, that must have been 2013/2014, so at least externally this brake has barely changed over at least 12 years, crazy! Anyhow, the pitepoint was wandering so much forward that I actually crashed a couple of times from grabbing to much brake in the wrong situation. I remember bleeding them a couple of times, without any difference. Ever since I haven’t bought a Saint again, because I was literally...

Race Replay, Vital RAW and Course POV - Downhill Southeast Snowshoe, WV

Not sure that would work with 9t sprocket?

The Weekend with Amaury, Asa and Andi is live. #allhaillawlor

Max's adjustable flange-width Newmen hub is wild.

Nah it’s dumb as hell. if they want to have qualifying be such a determining factor in the series they need to pony up and film it. It won’t happen cause all they have ever done is cut budget from production since the beginning. They also need to fix format like points for q2. And they should strongly consider protection for top riders even if they did film it. Dh is best as a one run winner takes all event anyways. Qualifying should only be to remove the folk who aren’t fast enough to get a good result on race...

We’re finally here. Rider that was leading the overall doesn’t get to race in the main event. I know that a lot of people say that the new 30 person race day is more exciting, but this is so much less so. I also think it’s more dangerous as riders have to get up to speed much faster.

Rode codes on a park rental last month, good bleed, 220 front rotor, but they just require so much more force at the lever to get the power needed compared Shimanos or mavens. Most cooked my hands/arms have been in a long time.

Excuse my French, but could we fucking please stop calling bikes "analog", "acoustic", or -the worst I've heard- "bio"? Bikes are bikes. Ebikes are something else. Now get off my fucking lawn you punks!

That's also because Codes were god awful and the sram riders were so happy to get on an actual brake. I recently felt some older codes on some bikes I was dealing with and they were shockingly worse than I remembered. Say what you will about Shimano brakes, but they've been consistently good for a while.

Nah man, Ineos Grenadiers, just like it's Jumbo Visma, Bora Hansgroh, and Trek-Segafredo

Not 100% certain, but it might be a Tubolight Diamana insert?

One of the things that came up in discussion is how absolutely insane the new generation of riders are. They are SO fast. They are SO good in their training. They are SO dialed in their nutrition and recovery. The guest made a point to bring up an interesting-to-me factoid: They can't let the younger riders anywhere near the big-name riders during team training rides. None of them know how to ride in a peloton. They don't know to not overlap wheels. They don't know how to ride predictably. They don't know how to brake smoothly. They don't know how...