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Cuz it’s probably safer than downtown Vancouver lol

2025 NW Cup Schedule is live. 7 races and Stevens Pass returns https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/NW%20Cup/blog/12/12/2024/entry/128271

ALL WBD/WC DISCUSSIONS please post to the 2025 RACE TALK thread here - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2025-race-talk?page=9 this is team rumors.

Norco will have a World Champ? Danny Hart seems - to me anyway - a great fit for that team.

I can see Sam Hill pulling out closer to the event. Red Bull should have given his spot to someone more committed like Adam Brayton.

1) Worst ergonomics ever? The pod is fine... literally a button for up and down and plenty adjustable. Took me ten mins to dial in and never thought about it again. 2) Transmission clutch is great, completely silent.. old AXS quite literally known for bad clutch issues... 3) Weight is fine, cranks are a little heavy but there's other crank options (which I use). Everything else is on par with XT (derailleur heavier, cassette lighter, balances out) The pricing is frustrating which is understandably why it gets the hate. But saying the performance isn't best in class completely fried. It's...

I really don't understand the wireless hate. It's no worse than cable mechs in my experience. If anything j like it a little more and find it shifts faster. Less cables look nicer. It's just the evolution of bikes, no reason to hate it.

Anecdotes are not data and it sounds like I'm in the minority but I got mine in April of '23 and installed it and set it up myself. I've put 2,500 miles and almost 750k' of descending on it and and haven't touched it since then other than to check torque after the first few rides. I swapped the chain out for an XX chain at about 2k miles. It's been flawless and I have beaten the ever-loving crap out of it, the skid plates on the mech are a little ragged-looking but that's just cosmetic. (In case it's relevant...

Unpopular opinion but transmission is a clear/undeniable benefit over any existing cable stuff

for how old the current saint models are now that may have been considered elder abuse

Imagine spending all that cash to land the GOAT and then doing... this.

I'm not sure it's a PP looking at it? Internet sleuths have a new task now

Ballr, like I have previously mentioned, yes my account is new because I have never had the desire to interact on a forum, and morons like you are the reason why! For some reason dipshits like you don't like what you read and decide it is irrelevant in your mind and instead of moving on you feel you have some sort of god given right to try to put people down to validate yourself. I do live in the PNW, so yes I do have a vested interest in the Transition team. I follow them at the local level and...

At the first World Cup of 2022 in Lourdes, France, the Specialized Gravity Team was spotted sporting some all-new Specialized tires. Having unapologetically raced with blacked-out tires in the past, it was no secret that Specialized lacked a true downhill tire designed to meet the needs of their top athletes. After embarking on a long road of development, rider feedback, and tire evolution, they eventually arrived at their latest creation, the Cannibal. Intended to withstand the speed, intensity, and brutality of World Cup racing, the Cannibal introduces an all-new tread pattern, updated casing, and purpose-driven design unlike many tires before...

Source? Someone with photoshop skills will be able to do an overlay from the side profiles on the website to confirm or deny, if the answer to that question isn't coming straight from Norco.

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Heard Ryder Knoll is with Specialized for 24.

Shameless promotion time. I sat down with Alan Milway (coach and Norco team manager) last week to chat about all the DH team moves and get this thoughts on them. Podcast version is live now here https://www.downtimepodcast.com/team-moves-2024/ YouTube version premieres at 6pm GMT today if anyone fancies joining us here https://youtu.be/9kXXLt4lsuI

Fantastic to hear!