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bnflynn Added a reply to 2024 Racing Talk
6/11/2024 5:45am With all the talk about how Finn and Loic have the electronics on board and Jordan doesn't it got me thinking. Maybe Jordan doesn't have them because he is so inexperienced (relatively speaking). In the recent Inside Line short episode, Loic talked about how the it still isn't natural for him to use the buttons; it's an extra layer of...
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bnflynn Added a reply to Dakotah Norton Explains Why He's Riding 75mm Bars
5/23/2024 6:12am A few good points being made above. There seems to be a bit of disagreement out there as to how much weight to put on your hands. and not just by us mortals on forums. There are several pros who have described their riding style as "off-the-back", where some pros (I remember a specific mention of Brian Lopes) have a...
bnflynn Added a reply to Dakotah Norton Explains Why He's Riding 75mm Bars
5/23/2024 3:35am I have to disagree. And you can easily prove it to yourself by standing on your feet and reaching your arms out in front of you. At full standing height, your hips are above your feet, and you are balanced. Now move toward a squat position. Your hips move back, your shoulders (and hands) move forwards, but you are still...
bnflynn Added a reply to All Things Vital Downhill Fantasy
5/7/2024 3:32am Honestly, I don't understand why any of these guys would intentionally DNF. Didn't they learn from Brayton how valuable those 30 points could be?
bnflynn Added a reply to All Things Vital Downhill Fantasy
5/3/2024 7:11am Since you can change up your team after semis, it seems like there is no reason to build a team until you know who's in the show. No incentive to pick a complete wildcard. Maybe all rider values go up 10k once semis start, just to incentivize picking someone early? Not complaining. I'm stoked to have the game to play...
Stewyeww Liked a reply to forum topic Definitely not toxic tribalism
3/29/2024 6:13am
All of Dangerholm's bike builds look like shit
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bnflynn Added a reply to Slopestyle Riders Boycott Crankworx Rotorua Because of Low Prize Pay, Lack of Appearance Fee
3/28/2024 8:43am I'm in total agreement with the 2 posts above. The general public (including me) can't appreciate the little variations in tricks that make certain tricks way harder than a similar-looking variation. You see this pop up after every single Rampage, where the public says X should have done better, and the judges say "no, because nuances you don't understand". So...
bnflynn Added a reply to Slopestyle Riders Boycott Crankworx Rotorua Because of Low Prize Pay, Lack of Appearance Fee
3/25/2024 7:23am I mean, you just said it right there. Why go to a competition with little chance of getting paid, when you can do that thing in your own backyard then post a video that does get you paid? I'm not well versed in what they get paid or what they want, so I'm not picking a side here. But traveling...
bnflynn Added a reply to Where do you get your MTB enjoyment from?
3/14/2024 4:15am I used to race, and I liked the challenge of new trails or going faster on trails I knew. But now that I have kids, I'll ride anything just get out on the bike for a while. Same with skiing; I grew up racing, and only ever wanted to ski downhill. Now I will happily do a short XC ski...
bnflynn Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
2/15/2024 3:37am I don't know if this is still the case, but Giant used to have basically 2 completely separate lines of bikes. They had a full line of budget bikes you would find at basic outdoors or sporting goods stores, and the high end line you would find at dedicated bikes shops. My initial assumption is that they will sell the...
bnflynn Added a reply to how much do frame design aesthetics matter to you?
2/15/2024 3:29am Sounds like a lot of people want one more option: "Performance over looks, up to a point. Sometimes it's just too ugly" All the bikes I've owned have looked good (at least I thought they did at the time), even though I was mostly looking for performance and fit.
All-MTN-MTB Liked a reply to forum topic Is it the Bike or the Rider?
1/19/2024 9:11am
Taking into account how talented a rider must be to get to a competitive place in the world cups and how far the bikes have progressed, I would guess that it is 70% rider's mental ability, 20% rider's physical ability, and 10% differences in frame and component technology in the present day. I have no data to support those percentages other than gut feel. To expand on the guess above, I feel like a rider that's in a bad spot mentally will never be able to approach the track speed where they are at their physical limit, or the limit...
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bnflynn Added a reply to Is it the Bike or the Rider?
1/19/2024 9:10am Let's say there is a perfect bike for a given rider's size/proportions and riding style, then they could get 100% of their potential from that bike. There is no bike that will make a rider better than their skills (mental and physical), but having a bike that doesn't fit will keep the rider from reaching their potential. So that is...
bnflynn Added a reply to Weight vs mobility in dh racing
1/10/2024 11:32am I seem to remember Richie Rude saying he lost around 25 pounds when he started working with Graves when he was switching to enduro. Loic wants to be the final EDR champion? Ok, ok. My understanding of the strength element in DH is really about the ability to take a big hit, not necessarily to intentionally plow through everything. I'm...
bnflynn Added a reply to Why Do High-end Integrated MTB Bar/Stem Combos Exist?
12/15/2023 10:24am I can see how this works for road bikes, and maybe even when paired with a specific frame model. But given the wide range of head angles, if you put the same bar/stem on different frames, you would end up with different roll angles. I realize there are a lot of people who wouldn't notice, judging by some of the...
bnflynn Added a reply to 2024 Racing Talk
12/14/2023 10:51am I think this is the right take. The current audience for MTB racing is small compared to those other sports. The goal is to bundle MTB with the mainstream sports in order to maybe get some of those people to watch MTB, not the other way around. This is their plan to grow the audience. I don't know how good...
bnflynn Added a reply to 10 year old downhill bike
11/14/2023 5:04am A lot of the changes from 2013 to now are down to bike length, and as mentioned before, wheel size. Frame angles are similar, and the suspension will still be decent. So if the bike fits you, it will be a good bike. And building on what was said before, the moving parts should all be checked and possibly serviced...
bnflynn Added a reply to DH's Potential for Mass Viewership Outside of MTB Participants
10/12/2023 5:33am I'm having a hard time following all the people who argue that having 30 people in the finals will eliminate the possibility of a breakout performance. They are not limiting the entries to 30, so you could still get someone with a high number plate who puts in a strong qualifying run. And this really isn't much different than it...
bnflynn Added a reply to All Things Rampage 2023
10/5/2023 9:41am One thing to keep in mind about scoring is that the numbers are relative, and only have meaning within the current competition. A score of 90 from today is not the same as a 90 from any other year. The numbers are only used to rank the riders. The judges could make their lives easier by automatically giving the first...
bnflynn Added a reply to 2023 Racing Talk
9/7/2023 4:20am F1 does have feeder categories. And although it's not the model I would want to follow, it does have some merit. There is a women's series (formerly Formula W, now F1 Academy). And Formula 2, the feeder and mostly junior series runs the same tracks the same weekend as Formula 1. So fairly similar to juniors in WCDH now. But...