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63expert Added a reply to 2026 Race Talk
9/12/2026 4:02pm So does Taylor O. win the overall??
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/12/2026 3:54pm
from US Open.
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63expert Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
9/12/2026 3:53pm Never let making brakes get in the way of a nice Chianti
ebikepartyshirt Liked a reply to forum topic High vs Low Anti Rise Bikes
9/12/2026 3:52pm
While you guys were working out I went and rode my bike down some steep ass shit. Tried for a brief second to only use rear brake. Instant acceleration. I can’t tell if you guys are taking the piss with this or not.
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mickey Liked a reply to forum topic 2027 Team Rumors
9/12/2026 3:50pm
The Olympics ruined mountain bike racing in America before the first Olympic race ever happened. Just a reminder that USACycling was formed in the fall of 1995 by merging the mtb governing body (that literally invented the rules of the sport, NORBA) with the amateur road governing body(USCF) and the pro road governing body(USpro), along with the National Collegiate Cycling Association(NCCA) and a MOU from bmx’s National Bicycle League(NBL). Originally USACycling was managed by NORBA’s executive director, Phillip Millburn, because mtb racing was far larger than road racing in membership, sponsorship and participation numbers. USPro was integrated into USAC because...
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dirk—diggler Liked a reply to forum topic 2027 Team Rumors
9/12/2026 2:17am
There are some dramatic dh rumors circling. Atherthon and MS will stop the programs Trek and Canyon have masive budget haircuts. At Canyon only Kiefer is under contract, all others did not accept the new offers.
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Red Number 3 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
9/11/2026 6:39pm
Top 3 Pro finishers in Seeding at US Open: Women Pro: Aletha Ostgaard*, Anna Newkirk, Kailey Skelton** Men Pro: Nate Kitchen**, Aaron Gwin, Asa Vermette Other notables: Dakotah Norton* (13 ) Sam Hill (19 ) Mack Manietta (20) Rob Warner ( 71 ) * = Defending champ ** = Pro Downhill Series points leader [sspomer adding images and link below] Link to live timing and complete results - https://artiming.com/result/courses/87
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iceman2058 Liked a comment about bike check Trek Session
9/11/2026 1:39pm
Bike of the Day September 11, 2026!
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O L L I E Liked a comment about bike check Trek Session
9/11/2026 1:39pm
looks like a session !
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dantecusolito Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/11/2026 1:32pm
I have literally been trying to file a third-party preissuance submission with the US Patent Office for 2 hours but their website and phone menus are dogshit so I'm giving up. It would have been hilarious if submitting a pdf of vital comments is what got a patent not approved. Anyone got contacts at SRAM? Would be good to at least contact them lol.
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9/11/2026 1:30pm
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SylentK Liked a reply to forum topic Tips for Changing Tires
9/11/2026 1:29pm
https://koolstop.com/products/kool-stop-tire-bead-jack-ks-tj Give it a shot. You younger guys without a history of hand injuries probably won't need this. But for us old guys who think they're still young and crash and burn. Then while healing up deciding to work on bike and change tires. Try the above before asking the local shop kid to do it for you. :D
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BGoldstone Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
9/11/2026 1:26pm
Danny Hart testing the 1199 course which has had a couple new features added
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BGoldstone Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
9/11/2026 1:25pm
US Open tracks have always been designed to be ridden by anyone that wants to enter so it caters to the masses just not the pros. A 13 year old kid can take a shot at beating AG if he wants. Killington was this way as well, it’s why it’s an Open race
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CascadeComponents Liked a reply to forum topic High vs Low Anti Rise Bikes
9/11/2026 1:57am
How they are positioned on a piece of paper only impacts the end result if you create the summed vector by tracing a line from the first tail to the last tip. But I’m not tracing lines so it doesn’t matter. There are only four numbers to plug in. It doesn’t necessitate a spread sheet. I’ve thrown countless numbers into it that I’ve listed here before. I can come up with weight distributions and friction values that will give pretty much any weight shift imaginable. There’s no point. This was all to show that with a rearward weight bias it’s...
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CascadeComponents Liked a reply to forum topic High vs Low Anti Rise Bikes
9/11/2026 1:54am
So I think what’s throwing you for a loop is there is a fundamental flaw in your FBD. What you have drawn is only accurate if the front wheel is pinned to the ground at the contact patch (ie wheel stuck up against a log or something). If your wheel is stuck up against a log or anything else that prevents it from being able to roll downhill then the weight distribution 100% shifts forward as it gets steeper. But this is a fundamentally different scenario than braking force. See the FBD below if you’re actually interested in sorting it...
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AgrAde Liked a reply to forum topic High vs Low Anti Rise Bikes
9/11/2026 1:51am
Most people feel a lot of exposure over a scree slope and consider them too step to ride, and they're only 30 degrees or so.
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CascadeComponents Liked a reply to forum topic High vs Low Anti Rise Bikes
9/11/2026 1:50am
Slope angle factors out entirely. You need to step through it by summing the moments about the front contact patch. These sketches work fine for reference, but you need to actually do the math. It's pretty easy to see how m, g, and Cos(theta) factor out, but I had it simplify for the sake of it.
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CascadeComponents Liked a reply to forum topic High vs Low Anti Rise Bikes
9/11/2026 1:48am
We all get that braking shifts weight forward. What I just walked through is how much weight you can end up with on the front and rear wheels in a certain scenario that involves braking as hard as grip will allow. Downslope does not factor into weight distribution. If you walk through the math you end up with a cos(theta) term in both the numerator and denominator that cancel out. 0.5 is a pretty reasonable number for loose soil such as a rake and ride and that yields about a 50/50 weight distribution on any slope with weight shifted rearward...
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