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The fact that Sam Hill did it twice (crash and podium) is insane

Re: "Will we see any of the mega brands move to Avinox mid-term?" I agree that these price cuts are a direct consequence of Avinox eating everybody's lunch. But I don't think we'll see big brands starting to use Avinox, for compliance reasons. The one thing that draws consumers towards Avinox (- high power output) is basically also the reason why the big brands don't use them. If other electric motor OEMs like Bosch or Brose wanted to make, say, a 4.000 watt motor in an e-bike form factor, they absolutely could. I'm told there's nothing holding them back from...

I ordered a RAAW Yalla a couple years ago. Super easy and cheap back then. I’m sure now it’s different game. Fed Ex actually sent me to collections because I got a surprise $1500 tariff bill on something else I ordered from Europe that I’m not gona pay. RAAW was great to deal with. I miss that bike.

I have indeed: https://www.vitalmtb.com/product/guide/hydraulic-disc-brakes/hope-techn….

Asa vs. Amaury South Korea race runs.

Excellent 👌 What a great way to display the sport. Some questions/wall of text if you have time; Do you have an opinion on viability of obtaining this kind of footage for EDR rounds and how it might be best used for promotion/racing packages? Do you see any obstacles with the speed of following male racers in top 10? Any other potential non-obvious constraints or challenges that might need to be overcome? How would you feel about EDR live podcast/radio style show, timing TBC, maybe started towards the last couple of stages. Guests chatting shit about racing shenanigans/stories/insider info in...

Hell yeah. I said it after watching Jack and Charlie's followcams of the Trans Tazzy race, but I think a team race like Cape Epic (somehow timed to encourage proper followcam) with followcam footage would make for a pretty awesome race format. I thought that Martin Whiteley (or someone I heard on a podcast once) was pushing for an enduro format involving teams at one point. Edit: Found it. It's called Enduro2

Nico - 10 CONSECUTIVE World Champs victories. 3 Junion World Champs 7 consecutive Elite World Champs. 1992-2002 Undefeated in that race. Having come from that very first generation of downhill bikes, venues & formats...it's still utterly mind blowing. Courses had HUGE pedaling sections. Tons of races on slick grass. Times could be up to 6 minutes on track for top 5. But the greatest feat was getting the equipment of those eras to the bottom of the track as the FASTEST on track. Everything we rode from 92-2002 was still fragile & courses were evolving faster than the bikes. His...

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For some other stats: Amaury's podium with a crash in South Korea was insane. From what can be easily found, it seems like the last time that happened was Sam Hill in Val Di Sole, 2008. Does anyone know of any other times this happened? Maybe Rachel Atherton did it at some point since she used to win by crazy margins 10-15 years ago?

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The only 32" Dissector model that Maxxis offers to the public right now is an Exo+ Maxxterra tire. It's the same tire Matt Beer was riding at Cypress when he did the back to back 32"/29" test for the other site. If that's the tire Neko's riding at Rock Creek, I'm actually more impressed with his ability to nurse an EXO+ casing through Mountain Creek than I'm worried about slightly "the wrong" tread or compound. I'm certain a 32" front tire takes a lot less beating than a 27.5" rear tire, but still, not exactly the ideal tire setup. If...

It‘s the officially released Dissector in 32“

updated full bike pic

Miss those days. Enduro was the hottest shit, clothes were semi baggy and not skin tight, no ebikes… ah yes, beautiful times.

You don't know me. Maybe that's how I roll.

can confirm, it's uncomfortably close. But worked fine as long as it was dry.

IIRC he relieved (i.e. dremeled out) the arch of a 27.5" fork to cram a 29er in there and then raced it at Fort William so this seems reasonable compared to that...

At least he got that loctite sponsorship.