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I also recall a race (Bromont or MSA?) where Sam crashed during his run in the Specialized years and still was on the podium (may have even won?). Anyone else recall that? I remember the video vividly, was a turn right after a road crossing and he went off track into the trees. EDIT: Found it. It was Maribor in...

I'll vouch for the Norco Optic Gen2. I bought one on a whim when Jenson had the frames on sale for $1400, ended up doing a budget build with some leftover parts I had from a Santa Cruz Chameleon, but after riding it I decided to fully invest in a build for it. Went on a bargain bin shopping spree...

Anyone else notice the "XX" link to the XX SL website under the last picture of Myriam Nicole? Let's hope they aren't trying to push $700 derailleurs, $700 cassettes and $600 cranks as the only DH option going forward...

Was also contemplating the TV coverage implications of different venues/weekends. With the EDR coverage being absolute trash this year, does this show a decreased focus on the DH races? The pessimist in me is worried some genius decided to put their perceived "losers" together on the same weekend, have even worse coverage and show that they don't generate the views...

Did anyone else notice on the preliminary schedule that there is only 2 DH rounds sharing a weekend with XCO. Every other round it is just a DHI/EDR round, XC being on a different weekend. Wonder if that will have any impact on logistics (e.g., Fox/SRAM trucks).

I was in Mammoth a few weeks before National Champs in 2015, did a couple days of riding and was doing a cruiser run down Kamikaze to end the weekend. I don't exactly recall what happened, however video review shows that I just got bucked pretty bad. High-sided and knocked the wind out of myself and figured that was about...