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Ok you dingleberries. Rather than debating the merit of which way to mullet your rotors, why not just run 220 front and back?

Really cool. I understood (italian is pretty good but technical stuff goes over my head) the goal is to optimize suspension performance for every phase of cornering- opening compression under braking, back to neutral/baseline while rider is neither braking nor pedaling, then stiffening compression when the crankset is under forward load to maximize forward drive. I.e. theoretically providing gains on both corner entry and exit. Proper active suspension system.

Elite qualifying done at the World Sandbagging Champs: https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/results-val-di-sole-world-championsh….

Cannot get over the Rory Kirk scrub clips. Insanity.

Stole this pic from the other site, but Cube’s got an interesting spoke flange system that allows tuning more compliance by moving the flange inboard or stiffer by moving the flange out. Haven’t seen this approach before!

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.

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.

I think so yeah. I always kind of laughed at the overheating comments because I feel like riders will worry about that so heavily to write it off, then they go ride their Specialized Enduro with 18 of the 20 bearings notching and a lightly blown coil but still enjoy their ride to some degree. (Nothing against people that ride an Enduro, just jabbing at the insane number of bearings to worry about)

Sorry to re derail the topic (not actually sorry). The top quintile for France, for total household consumption (all income, benefits, & public benefits) is about $49,000 USD. The 2nd highest quintile is about $38,000 USD. The average household income for the LOWEST quintile in the United States is $35,000 a year. The second lowest is $50,000, slightly higher than France's top quintile. This is the quintile that includes all French millionaires and billionaires. Keep in mind that the average household size in the United States is larger than France too. The average price of gasoline in France, converted to...

I'm not actually 100% sure of what I witnessed today. This was by far the most unhinged thing I've ever seen involving bikes. Conditions, weather, riding, fans, etc... all completely unhinged.

On the 1st gondola on the way down after Q1...I wish I could describe how bad the trail is to get from lift #2 to the start...

It seems like Bode Burke's shoulder is feeling better, I guess.

the people demand more Sam Hill content. Sam does not care. so , the people demand more Sam Hill content.

Thanks for the reminder to go back and watch this great vid on the SC Enduro Team in Chile and Colombia.

Sad it’s finally dead, stoked for the future. I don’t think enduro as a format is dead, but it needs to go back to people having adventures in cool places.

demo owners - is the gearbox housing thingy full of machine lines on production bikes? just noticed them on jordan's bike in les gets pit bits video. earlier this year it looks like it was painted (green is current, red is a few months ago). just curious if the current one is a diff material or something.

Not a rumor: silver dorados are dope. Remind me of shivers so much. Not a rumor: carbon dorados are ( more classy) classic.

Hey DH community, We are working to add some west coast events to USDH by hosting a few casual UCI C1 races at our ranch this October. I put a blog post together and you can find it here: https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/judd%20de%20Vall/blog/08/15/2026/ent… We have more than $17k and 1,500 UCI points on the line for Elites this year. It’s fun (and challenging!) to put these together and we hope everyone is excited to come camp and race and support the series. Please spread the word. We will also be doing a C1 the week before Sea Otter in 2027. Hopefully the ranch...

Santa Cruz owners club email just went out with Elliot Jackson riding a "Vala Lite". Looks like same Vala just with a gram-counting light build. Thought I was on Specialized's website for a second. Carcinisation continues.