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Here's one, Medcalf's best world cup result this year (13th) is better than Gwin's (17th). I don't really care who rides for the USA, but if USAC have rules to dictate selection without ambiguity (or salty debate), isn't that good? I'd guess if Gwin really wanted to race & win world champs, he would have bothered qualifying at more than 2 world cups.

While I would love a USD boxxer, its probably a hand dyno for the shock service guys

wet VDS? God runnin back-to-back smitings

First up, thank you to the Vital team for presenting our product here! Since a few questions came up, I wanted to chime in and clarify a bit what we mean by the Tune Adjusters. As @Slavid666 analyzed pretty much spot-on, the High-Speed Tune Adjuster changes the port configuration underneath a non-preloaded tapered shim stack. With each adjuster position, one additional port is closed off, changing the hydraulically loaded area of the stack. The shim stack itself stays exactly the same, but the way it is loaded changes, which therefore changes the slope of the resulting force-velocity curve. That is...

Thanks for the reminder, @sspomer , that World Champs are coming up soon. Along with that event, there are only 3 World Cup races left in the 2026 season. Here's a sort-of look at what's on the horizon: Downhill 2026 remaining schedule: World Cup - Les Gets - Qualifying Aug. 21, Finals Aug. 22 World Champs - Val di Sole - Qualifying Aug. 28, Finals Aug. 29 World Cup - Whistler - Qualifying Sep. 26, Finals Sep. 27 World Cup - Lake Placid - Qualifying Oct. 3, Finals Oct. 4 World Cup Standings Notes: ME: Williams leads with 874 points...

How did we ever have fun riding bikes as kids before batteries and motors? What a terrible childhood I must have had.

Ryan Pinkerton is US Nat. Champ (again!), beating Dylan Maples by about 0.9 seconds, with Nate Kitchen in 3rd. Congrats to Ryan for another championship! But hey, what's up with Nate Kitchen? This young Intense/Monster Army guy is having a hell of a year. I'd love to see him give World Cup another go.

Guy who owns bike company trashes competitors bike. Shocking.

i think the sentiment is that the v10 hasn't changed much in years (not a bad thing) and is a "simple" design (also not a bad thing). the demo is basically a new-this-year freak bike of a contraption that is holding its own, so it's kind of exciting.

i usually just look at my local jumps and say "you cant get a red bull sponsorship on any of these... but you CAN end up in the hospital" have yet to be sponsored for riding. have ended up in the hospital multiple times...