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LookinForIt Liked a reply to forum topic Should You Reverse Your Stem? - Reece Wilson Setup Analysis
5/16/2026 8:51pm
In all fairness, when considering just stack, Jackson Goldstone's bars are also super high. When he's standing next to his bike they're at his rib-cage. If I wanted to do something similar at 190cm tall my front-end would end up looking like Reece's I think.. There's definitely some merit to it
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brash Liked a reply to forum topic Should You Reverse Your Stem? - Reece Wilson Setup Analysis
5/16/2026 8:48pm
There is merit in it to me. I came from Moto. I would set up my enduro dirtbikes bike with sky high bars and lowered footpegs to give a upright/strong riding position for long days. Coming to mtb I always struggled with the low stack heights. My current bike has relatively high stack, 40mm bars, 30mm spacers under the stem and a 462mm chainstay. I'm as close to riding a dirtbike as I've ever been. I feel "in" the bike now rather than on top of it. That security of been centered between the wheels is confidence inspiring. You utilize...
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Between The Tape Liked a forum topic Should You Reverse Your Stem? - Reece Wilson Setup Analysis
5/16/2026 8:48pm
If you haven’t already, check out Vital’s latest PIT BITS for a quick overview of Reece’s particular setup. While there is a lot of interesting tech on Reece’s bike, one defining feature is the prototype raised reversed stem manufactured by Be More Bikes. Reece combines this stem with high rise bars to create a tall stack with reduced reach. This allows Reece to extend at the hips more, creating a tall, upright riding posture. However, doing this causes his center of mass to shift backward, disrupting the front-to-rear weight balance on the wheels. To counteract this and redistribute weight back...
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PhilNZ Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
5/7/2026 9:01pm
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...
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
5/7/2026 8:52pm
Course POV of Pro DH Mountain Creek. Similar to last year with a couple of extra zigs and zags.
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sspomer Liked a comment about News Story FINAL RESULTS - 2026 World Cup Downhill, South Korea
5/2/2026 9:09pm
#USDH two fastest times of the day! YEW!!!
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mnp6 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 South Korea world cup
5/2/2026 10:02am
I’m not sure where I heard it but apparently Gwin and Bruni were not even doing that jump in practice. Not sure if that’s true but it would be a case of “can’t beat experience”. Enough years on the WC circuit to know that the jump would either have to change or be removed from the track so they never risked anything on it. Shame it wasn’t closed sooner, especially knowing it was placed near one of the most windy sections.
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jjoly Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 South Korea world cup
5/2/2026 10:01am
Such a good race, stoked for Asa & Neko. What a win for FW. Gutted for Amaury to throw it away in sight of the finish line.
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LePigPen Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 South Korea world cup
5/2/2026 10:01am
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LePigPen Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 South Korea world cup
5/2/2026 10:00am
Actually mind boggling they're still banging on about the step down? Was there ever discussion of re-opening it? How is there no one in the 'truck' saying it? Like Carlson... They keep bringing up things from Carlson on track despite him not having a hot mic.
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LePigPen Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 South Korea world cup
5/2/2026 10:00am
Whoever suggested "ask the riders what to expect from them this season" needs to be canned. Quite possibly the worst and most pointless question one can conceive to ask an athlete. Literally only one answer. Provides NOTHING to anyone, the athlete, the production, the audience. In between that and the commentating (not being there?) I can't believe it's somehow gotten worse. I'll take Carlsons ghoulies at this point...
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owl-x Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 South Korea world cup
5/2/2026 9:59am
Dude they’re not there. The commentary team for Warner Bros Discovery is not on site! They’re not fucking there! MB just said he can hear how windy it is on the feed. I’m more clued in than these dudes. How embarrassing.
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Red Number 3 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 South Korea world cup
5/2/2026 9:50am
Women's Juniors finals is underway. Aletha Ostgaard is setting a very quick time early. Looks like she's more than 12 seconds faster than Rosa Zierl's top qualifying time. Congrats to Aletha. That's her 3rd straight WC win and 6th straight win since the Fox US Open last fall.
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LePigPen Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 South Korea world cup
5/2/2026 9:50am
Along with not being called out for causing any incidents (so far), I mean the dude has a single finger for braking and beat hardtail guy by ~90 seconds. The rider that took the longest to cross the line was... Dak. As far as I know he caused no incidents to other riders all weekend. It seems that the true issue causing problems in this scenario wasn't necessarily the bike type, how many fingers you have, or how many times you crashed... More so what resides between the ears. And how you can use it to safely navigate a course...
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whitesq Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 South Korea world cup
5/1/2026 6:24pm
@sspomer when is bikes unaffiliated leaning into typical podcast discussions of wild conspiracy theories? I mean how can the HT guy not be a plant by WBD to turn the whole fan base against privateers. It's obvious they are a safety hazard...
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chriskief Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 South Korea world cup
5/1/2026 6:24pm
Nonsense like that is going to ruin it for the actual privateers trying to make it happen.
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brash Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 South Korea world cup
5/1/2026 6:24pm
couple of observations For a track with so much line choice possibility, it's kind of funny how one line has burned in and not many are deviating from it. The hardtail guy is exactly the opposite of what the UCI/WBD/Bruni wanted isn't it? I thought this was for elite factory teams, the formula 1 of DH has a 1994 Toyota Camry running on 3 cylinders on course. You will know I'm a big proponent of privateers. But I kind of feel turning up on a hardtail is taking the piss a bit and is not in the spirit of the...
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PisgahGnar Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 South Korea world cup
5/1/2026 12:24pm
Grassroots pioneerism that leads to someone breaking into the sport and getting a good result is what I care about, and I would argue what most of the community cares about. He's not participating in the event to race and improve his riding in the hopes of getting to the level where he can compete at the top, to him it's a fun little exhibition.
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Matt891 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 South Korea world cup
5/1/2026 12:24pm
It was a publicity stunt because he knew he wouldn't qualify. May as well have worn a banana suit in his seeding run.
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hogfly Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 South Korea world cup
5/1/2026 12:24pm
I'm not going to cast too much shade on Hardtail Bro. I will, however, cast plenty on the mixed messaging and policies of WBD/UCI. Their implied goal has been to raise the professionalism and elite nature of the sport. Simultaneously, they've allowed a racer to use a hardtail to compete. This is inconsistent with the way they're supposedly pushing the sport. I also will cast a little shade on our community. We've bemoaned the loss of grassroots accessibility to the World Cups while also bashing hardtail dude, who represents just such grassroots privateerism. Dude managed to navigate the red tape...
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