Another suggestion for getting weight on the front wheel: a longer stem. I'm not advocating people go crazy and throw and 90mm behemoth on the front of their bike, but switching from a 35/40mm stem to a 50, you'll likely find it much easier to weight the front wheel with the same stack height.

Definitely! I can’t run anything shorter than 50mm for all those reasons. It’s like instant grip and confidence.

we hid it from you on purpose.

Sexy!

Finally caught up on this... Kinda cool to get a little more insight into the tire world... I would have thought the different compounds and casings for the same tread would have been more cut and paste too...

Shout out to my Rekons.. Definitely a tire that seems to get overlooked,...more

Agreed that it's pretty hopeless to get one shock tune that works across size runs and for most rider skill levels. In a perfect world, companies would either use different shock tunes for different sizes (Like Ibis "Roxy tune") or would use a slightly different shock mount for every size...more

just posted this in forum. https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/angel-suarez-DQ-or-not,11038

Looks like Reece Wilson put down a heater with only Thibaut Daprela coming close. Everyone else is 5+ seconds off! Very remarcable is, that YTs Angel Alonso, as 4th to last rider rode to a 10th place right after Daveboy Trummer. And judging by a webcam it was raining all the time. #notbad

Best part of my day.

gross!

laurie posted on instagram that he dislocated his thumb but immediately popped it back in

Laurie maybe dislocated thumb? not sure. both protected.

we're still doing them when we can, but covid restrictions at races have made interviews almost impossible. w/o audio, we're just running this format.

And the dude was almost certainly Fabien Barel based on the voice

Loïc over the stumps was bananas. For anyone who doesn’t speak French, the quote from the dude immediately following is: ‘Go bring a bottle of champagne to Öhlins. And say thank you. Motherfu....’