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Bk as well

Ha, Warner telling Steve V not to stay out drinking the night before. Steve’s actually been riding then doing his night shift at the fire department then back riding the course.

Hate that my thought about this is "Back in 2010 people couldnt immediately get used to the looks of 29" so we needed the in-between step of 27.5. Now we need 30,5" in order to get used to the 32" looks." Haha

The Asa backflip was something else, go from winning the world cup overall to sending a 97 foot backflip the dude is living the dream and redefining what a "freeracer" can do.

Sounds like a fun bike, but that's not really a quiver killer. No matter what you do that's not going to pedal like a 32lb carbon 150/160mm bike. Hardly what you want to take for a hot lap after work when you have an hour to get a good rip in. Ive pedaled 40lb long travel enduro bikes for years, it sucks. My whole point was, just because it can do it, doesn't mean it's good at it. My DH bike is a custom Vessle (VBP), 80-degree STA, 62.5 HA, 215mm of travel. Like the G1 with a link swap...

I'm pretty sure Tayte Proulx-Royds is a privateer (rode a Polygon this year). She improved all season while racing Jr's, earned an invitation to Project 17, and is riding hardline this weekend. At just 17, she could be an excellent lower-cost pickup for some teams with lots of upside.

Is there a "doesn't" missing? 🙂

The enduro from ‘07 on was always pretty good on climbs. Granted, weights went up with travel and slackened geos… and I haven’t ridden the most recent one. But if the argument for not buying one is due to your legs and lungs sucking, that’s not entirely the bike’s fault. From my wizarding, I’ve deduced there used to be a lot more “climb adverse” people out there who were more on the husky side of life and pushed uphill while complaining the whole time. Many in this Enduro-bro group were buying 170mm enduro bikes to more or less suffer going...

Considering he could turn the cranks more or less normally to high five or something off screen before the run it doesn't look like he had crank stoppers...

I think you’re right; that can also be a bitch crank. I’m not sure which if either is more correct usage really or if they both work. Regardless I guess, doing little ratchets is very normal. The guy in question probably was running a crank stopper of some sort, given his riding style, but I would fully chalk the ratchet up to jitters and gaging speed.

Hearing a singular French voice or noticing a pointing finger in a crowd of screaming spectators & the finish lines music and announcers. Slim chance. Sport where you're responsible for your own success/failure. Catch me screwing up a course? That's the rules. I'm fine with it. It's always you vs course. I only look outward if it's Brian Lopes stacking rocks after practice to make a sidewalk (hilarious unsubstantiated rumour at every NORBA national ever) 😁

A crash in qualifying has the same consequences as a DQ. Your race is done and you need to make sure you clear the course for the next riders, which is what Jackson was doing.

There are still plenty of purists who just don't want to ride an ebike, but still want an enduro bike. BUT, most 2020 enduro bikes ride just as good as a new one, AND, like mentioned before, a modular park/enduro bike makes more sense. RIP enduro.

The future of long travel enduro bikes is being modular and compatible with dual crown forks to double as park/DH bikes. It makes a ton of sense from a company and manufacturing perspective

Long format cyclocross has no place in this thread!

I mean we have discussed this before, early days XC/marathon was mostly dirt/gravel roads and some singletracks, they both became more technical and gravel bikes filled the fire road/light singletrack gap and they are now leaning more and more towards the mtb, while keeping their niche... Aero there also makes a lot of sense as its still more endurance type of cycling. But the aero is not to be undestimated in MTB as well, we all remember when UCI banned lycra in dh racing but pretty much every professional dh racer now wears tailor made super tight kits. The thing...