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I wonder if anyone ever accidentally tried to thread a BB in the rear triangle's hollow brace...

That bit about Frameworks customers offering their frames got me feeling stuff. Thank you, mountain bike people.

Fort Bill attendance for finals looked way down as compared to in the past. Was I imagining that? WynTV interviews with riders afterwards had great insights. Captain No Goggles was b/c the marshalls at the gate called him into the start gate without warning. He said they told him "10 seconds" and he just rolled straight through the gate. You could see him still rolling into the start house on the live stream. BK said it best...Semi's sucked and there were a ton of riders not around for the big show on Sunday making it less exciting. Get rid of...

To play devils advocate a little. Is the use of electronic lockouts and moving idlers a slight reflection on mediocrity of some of the tracks where such equipment is needed and clearly beneficial. Should this type of stuff be regulated. Something a little weird about using electronic stuff in dh racing.

https://www.vitalmtb.com/fantasy/standings?season=All&round=3506 (found up in the pull down at the top of the page under "standings", then filter by the specific round) - list of results and you can hit "show team" to see everyone's picks. this is only available after the round is complete, however. no scanning other players' teams while a round is open. and how many people had their fantasy get hosed by luke meier-smith DSQ and austin dooley DNF haha? not sure if it's been mentioned, but i guess it's a newer rule, if a rider makes the finals and at least crosses the line, they're guaranteed...

Already seen these out in the wild on some current Zebs and a 38mm Boxxer. Definitely to get around whoever holds the patent. It's a knurled thumbscrew with a 4mm hex hole that simply goes into the same threads. Crack it a turn or so and you can hear it equalise.

If the semis concept was not pointless enough, the lack of coverage makes the whole thing just silly. It's beyond me the number of riders who will return home on Sunday after a very expensive trip with almost no trace of coverage (thank god for the RAWS and several vlogs on YT) Also, as an spaniard, I still don't know how am I going to watch the race. Best bet right now is a replay on Eurosport on monday, probably with terrible spanish commentary. This is just wrong.

I hate these guys.

AFAIK there has never been coverage of qualis. Pretty shit that they've dropped the semis coverage though, I didn't tune in to many of them last year as I found it was too much to view in one day, but I had thought I'd be more interested to watch this year as they're a day earlier. Now there's no coverage it makes them seem more pointless than ever.

Replacing all of those 21-23 X2s must've been expensive.

Aight I officially gotta not play Fantasy DH. It's the same damn thing with when I play fantasy MX. Whoever I pick crashes or has a mechanical. I can't keep doing this to riders Sorry Erice and Hauser...

I just want to say for the record, fuck Pinkbike for making the prizes available for only 4-5 countries! One of the cool things about fantasy games with prizes is in my opinion the fact that things can be won by people in places who aren't as wealthy as others and to some true fans their passion for the sport could be game changing for their riding. I really don't grasp why you would pull a dick move like that. So hats off to Vital for being able to put together such a generous purse each round! Mx

oh yeah. i forgot qualies and semis are the same day. makes it tough to end it after qualies when it's early morning for most NA's

thanks all! glad you're stoked! we had a lot of people help make this happen and finally hyped to turn it on! remember, you can tweak your team until saturday night at 11pm PST, so that's after semi finals. go brave, make your picks and run or get crafty and see who's actually going to the show and adjust.

My team: Good luck everyone! So stoked to watch some downhill And great job Vital team, I already like this format better than Pinkbike, simply because we get to pick more riders.

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