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You didn’t get this from me.

From PB. A user did a breakdown of Asa and Amaury's runs. https://ridetop.app/compare_vs/?ids=783462032,856918772 Really cool to see how the two compare. Also as the old saying goes, jumps for show corners for dough. Asa pulls back more then a seconds time by just absolutely greasing two corners.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/aarongwin1/3728350175376014901/?hl=en

It can't be good at all. The Irish sleeve was safety pinned on.

sven asked maples about that shifter...old 3-speed front shifter found in a shop in les gets!

I find it awkward when shockwiz comes up - I think the hardware is really cool, super well thought out and nicely packaged but the software frustrated me - too much of a black box that hides everything its working out, but then is giving quite advanced suggestions and fine tuning. I would regularly see people struggling with things (normally calibration) but theres no easy way to troubleshoot or diagnose things, ie if you could access the raw data. Even some kind of ai-style feedback loop where you could at least tell it what was going wrong would be useful...

Just to nitpick, Yamaha did not acquire Brose, they acquired the ebike business. Brose is a multi billion dollar tier 1 automotive supplier, likely much bigger than Yamaha (guessing the last part). FWIW in the past it was said that Brose was wiling to modify the drive unit (the casing) to fit a specific manufacturer.

Everyone will have individual preferences for the athletes they are drawn to as fans. But I also think it’s comical that there is so much discussion about who to root for/against. How lucky are we as a sport that our two titans at the moment are Bruni and Jackson. Both seem like incredibly rad humans who are humble and genuine. Hell, nearly everyone in our sport seems awesome (I can only think of one egregious potential bad apple and a second sour one). Have a personal favorite, but acknowledge they are all pretty damn awesome.

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How sad. Since when did this forum become some kind of gossip column, bitching about pro riders who you don’t know personally and have probably never met? Stop this nonsense and just enjoy the spectacle. This season is becoming another classic. Hope it goes to the final round.

I can confirm Jackson was genuinely happy to win the World Championship

Loic’s dad is 10x masters champ. You don’t think he has been grooming Loic since a kid? I take it as Jackson had a passion early on and his parents supported it. I find it odd that this forum is about how riders celebrate after the win. I want to see hype, emotion and psych after they cross the line. Everyone who finishes a run at this level deserves to celebrate regardless of how they end up. Henri was showing disbelief and respect, but Jordan wasn’t even able to fake the golf clap right next to him.

I find it hard to root against Jackson for a bunch of reasons: 1. He's obviously a generational talent on a bike. 2. He looks like he has fun every time he gets on the bike, whether it's practice, in a race or at the local dirt jumps. 3. (Maybe the most important to me) He seems to be stoked for everyone. He placed 16th in Les Gets and is reposting Ronan's winning run. He's almost always at the finish line, waiting to congratulate his competitors. He might be one of best riders on a bike, but he hypes up...

any and all relationship drama and discussions can be started in a new thread in the OFF THE BIKE forum area, NOT The Hub - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/VitalMTB/Off-the-Bike,3 - any topics like that started in The Hub will be nuked. any more relationship drama and discussion in this thread will be deleted.

Yeah, the play-by-play guy might not be the most knowledgable when it comes to downhill mtb, but he's professional and is commenting on what's happening on track. So far I prefer him to Ric. As for the race itself, Kiefer seems to have really risked everything and have put in a blistering quick time. Impressive

Rumor here is that WB wanted $750000 for MSA to host in 2026 and previously the cost to host was significantly lower.

What? Mud produces some of the best runs in the history of the sport! Sam's 2007 Champery run, Danny's run in 2011, Gwin's run at Mt Saint Anne in 2018, Recces's 2020 World Championship-winning run, Amaury's 2024 Les Gets run, Ronan's and Max's 2025 Les Gets runs were all fun to watch.

Of course the Californian says that. Ronan was 100% pushing last week, Amaury too before the cartwheeled. Weather is just part of racing, it is what it is. They try and have the rounds in somewhat good weather (except MSA in October lol), but if it rains it rains.

Another view of Danny's 2011 run, with inset of Nigel and Rob. I have a hard time imagining the current announcing crew drinking beer while calling races.

CAN WE PLEASE STOP WITH THE RELATIONSHIP STUFF? this is a dead horse that is now pulp. (not saying i agree with it). PLEASE KEEP IT OUT OF TEAM RUMORS AT THIS POINT Go make another thread if this is that big of a deal for you guys