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Hel brakes pre-order is open. Starting from £499, with alot of customisable colour options. Don’t worry, these are made entirely in Devon, UK.

Yeah, I would. There are enough ways to manipulate the way it feels that'd it be cool to ride it on different designs. I had a Genie shock show up this week (*was not in a bottle). If/when I have other test bikes that the shock fits I'll toss it on to see what it's like.

Remember when everyone got all up in arms a couple months ago cuz Specialized made a new shock for the new Stumpy that had that scary word associated with it (**proprietary**😱) and it seemed like you had to ride the bike with the shock? Well, we got to go test with Specialized for a few days to see what led them down the path of making a larger volume air shock with two-stages. And we got to ride the Stumpy with some other shocks to see what that's like. (Spoiler: the bike rides just fine with a coil or normal...

Serious thanks to Vital MTB and SRAM for their outrageous prize package. Totally blew my mind. Really enjoyed the Fantasy competition and do hope that this continues for 2025. Thanks again.

The rebrand...

I knew this was coming with Anna 's season last year. Mixed feelings- really stoked for Anna, sad that one more privateer team is going away. All the best to Anna and Abby next year!

UCI continental series details - https://www.uci.org/pressrelease/continental-series-make-their-debut-in… does not list actual events yet. (unless someone can navigate that calendar link to find them) ---------------- The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is pleased to announce the launch of Continental Series in 2025, whose events will be included on the UCI Mountain Bike International Calendar. So far, these series will consist of twelve events in the Americas (seven Olympic cross-country and five downhill events), nine events in Europe (four Olympic cross-country, four downhill, and one combining both formats), and seven events in Oceania (two Olympic cross-country, four downhill, and one combining both formats). The...

Not sure how this relates to the continental series, but looks like a pretty solid calendar and venue selection for 2025. There are two races before the WC starts off, so there's possibly opportunities for those golden tickets we've heard of to get some use from the beginning? I did hear on the grapevine of another race in France that falls on the same weekend as Aprica which may well be on the continental series, so I'm holding my breath for now. EDC #1 04.-06. April Santiago de Besteiros POR EDC #2 25.-27. April Fort William GBR EDC #3 13.-15...

European Cup 2025

Unsure if it’s been mentioned yet, but Bernard and Jakob have unfollowed eachother on instagram. Oh the drama!

Looks like GT is no more

You know how rich dorks move into the cool neighborhood and then start complaining about the nightclub’s noise and the neighborhood starts sucking and becomes lame and they’re all looking around like what? That’s what this feels like. Union embodied the passion that truly drives the sport. Their whole thing was to help, not to earn. Pricing them out is not better for anyone.

Both Jewetts riding team spec Giants on Prevost last week filming

Long live The Union. A fraction of the budget and a bigger stack of results than so many high-dollar teams out there. Their absence tells the story of things to come.