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Came across this on Loic’s bike from Les Gets. It looks like the sub-chamber from a push 9.1 modified to fit the Öhlins dh38? I know it’s been rumoured that Loic runs a coil fork, so interesting if he’s play with the sub-chamber on a coil fork now too.

People either don't remember or never read the early interviews with CB. He said early on that the plan was always to fold it back under the UCI banner. He did it separately because the UCI wouldn't fund the experiment so he stepped out to do it on his own. As for EWS itself, they lost the thread. Yes, there has been a slowdown in the industry, but they got a little too big which forced sponsors to dedicate more and more resources. We went from factory riders having limited support to full pit setups with 2-4 mechanics on site...

That wasn't a rebrand. Before the Series was called the Enduro World Series. Then when it came under the World Cup vanner as part of the MTB world series the UCI and WBD started using the disciplines new UCI code which was EDR. I always thought it was odd to be honest. As we never say DHI. And only sometimes use XCO , XCC etc...

There's a couple interesting things going on here. First, we haven't seen a long travel single crown 32" fork yet, only Neko's loctite-miracle 32" DH fork and the various spindly 32" XC forks. But here it looks like maybe a Fox 36 with 140mm of travel? Maybe? Also, when Neko ran the 32"/29" mega mullet at Sea Otter, he was runnings the absolute lowest profile Conti rear tire he could to sneak it past the seatstay and chainstay bridges without rubbing. But on this model, the normally all black carbon seatstay is half silver and half black, making me wonder...

mass and force are different. “maximum mass” is actually the exact right wording to nullify your question about g force.

I have nothing to back this up but sounds like BS

4x. Bring it back. Imagine at Val di sol this year they say ok. Top 64 in UCI points get to race 4x to qualify for DH finals. Top 32 make DH finals. Seeding and quali points come from 4x results. It’s in the evening under the lights like the edr stage. Tell me everyone isn’t watching that.

Not trying to be a hater here, but I don't believe that ebike anything will ever be the pinnacle of mountain biking. To expand on this further I think unfortunately the format you laid out has some fundamental flaws. First if the bikes are too light riders will just carry or throw the bike up unmanageable obstacles on the climb portion, defeating the whole hard enduro side of the racing quickly. If the bikes are heavier and have more power are they just lighter motos at that point? Furthermore if one manufacturers motor is way better can the athletiscm of...