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Sick. Feels normal and unremarkable in most places, similar to the stock damper, but it really comes alive in the worst, chunkiest terrain. Review coming soon-ish.

Aussie makes his own 2chainz bike This makes me want to buy a High Pivot frame and a lathe.

During testing for the Flux Cap and Noken, I was running an A1 Zeb Charger 2.1 damper and then an MRP Lift Damper tuned for my weight, with regular lower leg services. I've always liked more closed off LSC to create support during big body movements and more open HSC to keep the fork open for small bump/high frequency chatter, so it might just be a personal preference thing. Also worth mentioning that I run very, very fast rebound, so that could also change preferences compared with someone that rides a slower setup.

There aren't many, if any jerry's on the off the menu stuff. Telonics is fairly isolated other the the fire road transfer and cross over. If you know of a shuttle-able trail close to the socal mtb industry, that can push a dh bike and has ocean views to enjoy, then I think those people would be stoked to hear about it. While there are plenty of things that I do/don't love about living in socal... Ripping trails before/after work with ocean views that are world class difficult and looking at the sunrise/sunset, definitely gets filed in the love side...

This is RAD! Can we get a fork shootout next? Intend-curious.

27.5" rider here (yup that still exists 😆). I've been able to experiment 2 variants of the same bike (Commencal DH v4 mullet vs 29") back to back in Vallnord a few years back. I can say that the cornering speed/feel is really the most noticeable trait I've experienced ! I'm far from having a high level in DH but I really liked the feeling with the mullet, it's like inviting you to really lean and charge through every corner. I've not felt a big difference in the chunk to be honest, but it might have to do with the...

wonder if it'd be worth renting a car from jan to march and just living at TOTW parking lot to snag shots of stuff being tested?

Can we stop with the pipe dreaming, people would be more likely to glue their head to the table than properly use industrial adhesives in a frame jig. Most people struggle with IKEA,

He didn't - He tuned an already built shock for it-

With that said, if I had to choose between a frame bonded by pivot or the average pinkbiker, it would be a tough decision.

went to check in w/ Chris Canfield at Vampire last week. super interesting stuff. showed his steel and new titanium bike and discussed it all. detail pics here https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/vampire-bikes-basement-chris-canfield

Shane Miller (GPLama) has documented SRAM's high-end chains wearing laterally before longitudinally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kllF4Axn7pU