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I'm a big believer in climate change, but the main climate impact of the World Cup circuit isn't plastic course tape. And how many rolls of course tape does it even take to tape off the track? Ten, maybe? Definitely less than 20, even if you're taping all the B-zones, too. There's more petroleum in the tires that get used in a weekend. Getting rid of course tape feels like a charade to make it look like someone in the organization is thinking about the climate, but its obvious that the climate hasn't factored into any other part of the...

My world champs super lukewarm take: Riders should race in their rad world champs kit instead of the country kit. OR, for the love of god, let a graphics designer rework the color patterns. Some countries are cool but most look terrible. The USA spiderman suit is so lame.

And I bet that downhill bike will be the Norco team! Should good timing to release that with the World Cup just happening and hardline right around the corner and having riders and both! This is just speculation but I can’t imagine they’re being a more perfect release time for any Bike right now

Downhill algorithm just released for the astars airbag system!

I asked Gemini to adjust the image to not alter anything about it, just to make what seems to be there, a little more visible. Hate me if you want.

So fkn lame.

Guessing its the uci telemetry/gps box? Not sure if every bike runs it, but starting to see it on a lot of the XC bikes as well.

any chance Hardtail Guy has Raygunned himself in?

Update... Sold my bikes and bought a Shadowcat. Best bike I've ever owned.

Man I hope that the new enduro sells super well, I couldn't care less about specialized but if a non ebike in that travel range sells well it should wake the industry up that there is actually demand for those bikes.

Mega Insider CKilmurray said on Downtime Les Gets Pre-Race Show that RDunne will be back this weekend.

Dude you came in with the family planning stats completely out of nowhere. That’s wild. If there’s been a reference to an interview with Tahnee Seagrave about her future life plans somewhere that’s one thing, but I see nothing like that in this thread. You decided your info was germane to the convo. It is not. If, tonight at our 8th grader’s meet-the-teachers event, the gym coach mentions when it makes sense for said 8th grader to pivot from standing broad jump to being preggo, I’m going to make a note of it. “Yeah so we’re all about getting the...

And many folks don't want children at all. I think the real problem stems from discussing non-athletic, personal life things when the person being discussed is a dedicated, lifelong athlete and the discussion is happening in a space dedicated to the discussion of that athletic pursuit. What if your coworkers at every meeting brought up how fucking inept you are at home and that time you threw a tantrum because the sink nozzle was still set to spray rather than stream? Has anyone talked about Finn retiring to become a father? He probably only has a few prime years of...

This is actually something I brought up in a convo (on instagram maybe). I'm not sure if they do it now but they need to make scoring more transparent. You should visibly get a score in each 'category' from trick level to amplitude to execution to style to line difficulty, whatever, and it should ADD UP to a total score. AFAIK that is how the scoring currently works but they do not show the breakdown. I also think... Ya know I don't want it to turn into olympic gymnastics, but I think riders should have some idea, an inkling of...

It may well have been just the auto translation, but the wording "Maximum permissible mass, must not be exceeded under any circumstances" is the bit that gets me... So how much of a G out for an 85kg rider's effective weight to be putting over 100kg of force into the frame? The wording asks more questions than it answers.

A box of cables and a box spool of outers is a must if you wrench on the bike at least a little bit. 🙂

Pull the short cable out, put a new one in? Once the outer is in place you're golden.