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Latest rider roster. Looks stacked! - Asa Vermette - Ronan Dunne - Loris Vergier - Troy Brosnan - Henri Kiefer - Luca Shaw - Nathan Pontvianne - Ollie Davis - Luke Meier Smith - Juanfer Velez - Lachlan Stephens McNab - Finn Iles - Aaron Gwin - Theo Erlangsen - Amaury Pierron - Antoine Pierron - Jess Blewitt - Vali Hoell - Tahnee Seagrave - Tilly Boadle - Lisa Baumann - Lou Ferguson - Gracey Hemstreet - Aletha Ostgaard - Andreas Kolb - Max Alran - Till Alran - Eliana Hulsebosch

Lawlor on the ground, still not much happening, but some pics of the progression.

Is there a way to post/forward from another Vital thread? Orbea from the whistler DH thread: https://p.vitalmtb.com/styles/s1200/s3/photos/inline/basic/IMG_1103_0.j…

A bit of self promotion here... but here is a downhill bike I've been developing for those interested!

New Specialized Enduro will drop early summer of 2027. It will come specced with a genie zeb fork. It will have a Genie vivid air, that is mounted vertically directly in front of the seat tube. The rear layout will look similar to a 2012 era Demo 8, but with a link that comes around the seat tube to the top of the shock.

"Loyalty is what comes to mind... with YT" Well, that makes one of us.

Yeah, there is definite excitement but it's never going to beat the climax of the 2019 season between Amaury and Loic

I mean, it's not that confusing... 😆 2014: Easton-Bell Sports sold its baseball and softball division to Bauer Performance Sports ($330,000,000) 2014: Race Face buys Easton Cycling ($?), Fox buys Race Face and Easton Cycling ($30,000,000) 2016: Easton-Bell Sports sells Bell and Giro (and Blackburn) to Vista Outdoor ($400,000,000) 2020: Rawlings acquired Easton Diamond Sports from Peak Achievement Athletics (formerly Bauer Performance Sports) ($?) 2022: Vista Outdoor buys Fox (the other Fox) ($540,000,000) 2023: Fox (this Fox) buys Marucchi (whose logo looks like Manitou and name sounds like Marzucchi, which is how people frequently mispronounce Marzocchi –– which they also...

Big shout out to Wyn for the pits video. Those little insights we learn about Jacob Jewetts shoulder, Gwin being the last one to leave the pits and Mad Maxs brake levers captures these athletes in a way that the morons from WBD will never be able to when they shove a mike in front of them. Hope he has a long future in downhill when he stops racing.

@sspomer @shredder_schroeder can we get a debrief podcast of your guys experience- what you saw, heard, take away, etc. I think it would be interesting to hear you guys take, being media squids (respectfully). Especially looking at Jason’s experience in Europe from when he was racing to now, what he felt. Literally everything. Plz.

"the Motul-lubed Flight Attendant fork on that Scott sure seems to be working well!" Just rolls off the tongue.

Another vote from me for never ever bringing back protected riders. This way is so much more interesting. As a hardcore Canadian DH head, I was bummed Finn and Jackson didn't get in, but that's racing. The fastest guys on the weekend qualified. Having all the other Canadian dark horses get in made it extremely exciting. As far as the track marking goes, you go outside the marking, its a DQ. Simple as that. The thought of having a UCI official making a judgement call about whether or not someone "gained an advantage" by leaving the course sounds like a...

another +1 for never ever bringing back protected status. everyone has the same poles to ride in between. stay on course, go fast, make a result. keep human judgement out of it. (still absolutely gutted for lachie)

I hope they don’t bring protected riders back in. Make every rider work for every race qualifying and finals. It was disappointing to not see Finn and Jackson race yesterday, but having the three Canadians get in q2 and the other riders that did put it together is great for the sport. Big props to Body Burke making it through q2 after that q1 crash.

If a person was going up to watch Jackson alone and left or decided not to attend because he didn’t qualify, I’m not sure that’s a person we want in the community anyway. The bike industry is in the predicament it’s in because it continually tries to appeal to fairest weather participants and fans at the detriment to the truly dedicated. A person could be disappointed Jacko wasn’t racing but if they can’t appreciate the other 30 riders who did qualify and chose not to come watch, good riddance.

The unfair advantage isn't that the line outside the pole is faster, it's that they failed to pull whatever move or line they were trying to do BEFORE that point and ended up unable to keep it on track. What you're suggesting basically equates to a rider being able to skip a tricky section of track just as long as going around a course marker isn't faster. Which would turn the actual course into nothing more than a suggested route of travel. "The idea that minor mistakes or falls completely erase a race run..." - well yeah. If you fail...

I think it's safe to say that the first year men's Elite racers lived up to the loftiest expectations: Three 19 year olds in the top 10 in the World Cup standings (Asa 1, Max 4, Til 9), with wins in 3 of the 8 races so far. (And Tyler Waite is 22nd in points despite only racing in 5 finals so far.) I really believe the 2027 women's Elite newcomers might be similarly impressive. Obviously, Aletha Ostgaard is an exceptional talent, but there are several other young women who could find success as Elites. Here's a look at their...

I made these spreadsheets to compare. It's only 2D not 3D so we can't compare all the permutations depending on Amaury's performance, but there are 3 basic sheets: AV vs JW, AV vs AP, and AP vs JW. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17BtOlT4lYjbgaYc-gpQUiFYZWUtZ10f…

Mille Johnset announces retirement from World Cups in this video.