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It's not, thankfully, Blister has a photo of it on their review below. It looks like it's a short spring (5mm) that preloads the piston to get it moving https://blisterreview.com/gear-reviews/manitou-mezzer-mezzer-lt-gen-2

The three World Cup DH races at Loudenvielle have had 3 different winners in both the Women’s and Men’s Elite division. 2023: Höll and Bruni 2024: Nicole and Coulanges 2025: Hemstreet and Goldstone Notes: Höll has also finished 2nd twice. Bruni has finished 4th and 15th in his other 2 races at Loudenvielle. Nicole finished 12th in 2025. She missed the 2023 race due to concussion. Coulanges finished 16th and 23rd in the other 2 races. Hemstreet’s other finish was 8th in 2023. She didn’t qualify for finals in 2024. Goldstone came in 4th in 2023. He missed the 2024...

I just got a little queasy

How much of the appearance that “e-bikes are the only thing selling” is an artificial bubble based on the fact that they are a market that essentially did not exist 6-7 years ago? Thus, we are still working through the initial phase of: everyone who is interested buying into the market (often for the first time) looks like greater demand than what will stabilize over the ensuing 5-10 years. I imagine over time as there are less ‘new’ buyers and the demand becomes only individuals turning over from an older model to a newer one that e-bike sales actually drop...

@CascadeComponents right now...

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Niner shutting shop shouldn't surprise anyone. They haven't done anything relevant in near a decade. Geo and aesthetics for their full sus platforms are very much off the back. That they lasted as long as they did was always a wonder to me.

Was just reminded listening to the OTB podcast that Neko Mulally did it in Cairns in 2014- crashed and got third. I went and looked at his Roots and Rain and it gets crazier! That was his best result ever at an elite World level event, and only podium at a World Cup. If we include World Champs, his only other podium was in 2014 in Norway when he got 4th... without a chain. Neko somehow performs at his best only under the highest pressure.

This may not always be the case, but a lifetime bearing warranty often brings an incentive for the manufacturer not to have to supply 20 sets of bearings per frame, so they design and spec better. Frames with bearings in linkages are my preference provided they are quality - not much point having bearings in linkages if the pivot axle is wearing a groove in your frame. In my 4 years on an Arrival I have replaced one set of bearings and ridden a lot in loads of conditions. Bearing quality, bearing seat tolerance, and frame alignment are important. I...

One thing missing here is the fact that with the proliferation of composite know how, there are more people around able to safely repair a wider range of issues. Rather than pretending we are recycling carbon bikes I’d love to see more frames designed in ways that facilitate repair. Repair is verifiable in a way that recycling is not, it is cost effective for everyone concerned, and it is as close as you’ll get to good for the environment. It probably flows on to other design decisions to ensure repair is viable (like bearing placement, etc etc), but designing bikes...

I don’t have any questions but would like you to bring up the café Roubaix situation and make them uncomfortable thanks.

Maribor in 2010, Sam Hill crashed and still made 5th place (podium at the time).

I'd be interested to know what lead them down the path to the drive system they ended up with. Was the suspension design and resulting packaging the chicken or the egg. Related to the first question, did they work their way into the idler placement bit by bit with minor refinements or were they targeting a specific location and then some of the other ideas fell into line as solutions from there (like the cog on the crank spindle). Also related, was this the core or one of the core ideas of the design of the new demo or was...

If I got the right race result pulled up, he had a crash at MSA in 23 and finished 6th

One of the guys that got us here: RIP Mert Lawwill 09/25/1940-05/06/2026 Mert Lawwill the mountain biker.