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Don’t blame TeamRobot for that ****

Childhood impure thoughts unlocked unexpectedly.

When doing development you’re splitting hairs- typically looking for tiny improvements. the time of day and rider fatigue plays a huge factor. Suspension feels terrible first run after lunch with a sandwich still bouncing around in your stomach. Then a few runs later fatigue sets in and everything feels crappy. very hard to test A/B/A setups with similar conditions, fatigue levels etc. A poorly timed flat tire can ruin a day of testing. You run out of time to do the repeats and get frazzled etc.

I’d agree- dyno doesn’t always tell the full story. It’s an extremely useful tool but you must do blind ride testing as well. MTB suspension testing is incredibly difficult and frustrating from my experience.

Would it help if we started referring to her as “The Baraoness”?

...his own program? Only if Aaron Gwin's program is that of not having a program.

Angel Suarez has fantastic technique and can hold some pretty insane pace. I think he's been on some higher-profile teams because people who know bike racing can see that this guy has potential. That said, his career in the elite field is entering its 10th season, and it hasn't been a smooth decade. Out of 59 Elite World Cup / World Champ registrations he has missed 19 to DNS/F/Q. First top-ten in his 4th season, and his first podium in his 8th season. Good riders to compare him to would be Mark Wallace and Benoit Coulanges, who each entered Elite...

BREAKING NEWS: Dan Atherton to Team Dyfi City Council, now riding His Majesty's Royal Frames!!!

A young Australian will be riding a baguette with German rubber... A radioactive Scot moving onto a concentrated new team... A fish out of water will be set free from his ball and chain...

I heard PON stepped in before several of Greg’s runs this year and forced Lyle to sabotage tyres so they wouldn’t have to renew his contract for 2024.

Something I haven't seen discussed re: Minnaar is that on the PB podcast/interview he confirmed what happened at Fort Bill Worlds last year. Wasn't a tire goof up, was delay in getting him an extended rain visor and longer mud fender on his bike, to the point it was 30s before he dropped in that he was finally sitting on his bike, and this screwed up his focus (understandably). Could have been what led to the mechanic switch from Lyle to Tom? Also lots of hints at a general vibe/organizational change at the Syndicate in the past year or two...

if you post shit like this, at least LISTEN TO THE FUCKING VIDEO you are quoting before?

Would you ride a cube if you weren't getting paid to ride it?

The most irrelevant man in modern mtb 🥱

That front brake line....

The latest Downtime podcast features Laurent Delorme of Pure Agency (Specialized Gravity) if you want to hear some of the details in how that team has evolved over the years and how Specialized tried to pick up Bruni and wound up with Laurent's entire team instead. https://www.downtimepodcast.com/laurent-delorme/

reading is hard. my name is right under the homepage post.

More like I finally have the option of a downhill bike so I want to see what all the hype is about. I am plenty happy with Enduro and from what I've heard internally, contrary to rumours, Enduro isn't going anywhere. But just wait till you see my latest bike, new year new me.