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There are a few people who I eagerly await pre-season race footage of, top of the list is Loic and based on his recent story I'd say we aren't disappointed. New/Raw brake calipers, possibly uncovered rear shock finally, new chainstay, new/kinked seat tube? There's too much and yes I am hoping someone posts the screenshots for me.

Looks like we're deviating from Tech Rumours again.... 🤡

In the meantime, I have an incoming factory order of a couple thousand mtb pants that are going to be hit with an additional 26% tariff, for 53.9% total import tax. India. That would be all fine and good, if: 1: I thought consumers would be wiling to pay 26% more. LOL. 2: Tariffs would hold at 53.9%. They won't, so I'll be in a permanent hole on this year's inventory. These import taxes will roll away within a few months. Businesses need a predictable environment in which to operate. If I knew the tariffs would actually be permanent and...

Hi y'all, Longtime reader, though I rarely post. Some context I run a small non-bike company in Sheridan, WY. We make a ton in house, import a little, and outsource a bunch to other companies in the US. We do about 40% of our sales in Canada. These tariffs will put the brakes on the entire economy. My business is well positioned to make 100% of our product in the US, which would seemingly be a boon for us. But who is going to be able to buy it? Will our customers in Canada want to buy our products at...

Technically I don't get paid by SRAM either. They support the Canyon factory team that I am a part of, who pays me. That isn't to say they don't support me, but I don't have a contract with them. Factory teams are generally bolstered by sponsorship deals to increase the budget they have. YT went the route of 'uncaged' which meant they were fitting the whole bill and allowing their riders to run whatever they wanted, not taking any sponsorship money so the riders weren't forced into anything. Or so I understand it. So Jack would still get paid as...

Completely different injury. AC joint is shoulder blade/collarbone, what Bruni has is sternum/collarbone.

Aussie makes his own 2chainz bike This makes me want to buy a High Pivot frame and a lathe.

Here's what Steve from Vorsprung said in the comments of a Secus article about positive vs. negative volume changing with the Luftkappe vs. the Secus: "The Luftkappe takes volume from the positive chamber to add to the negative - that makes it more progressive, and the longest travel variants of some forks (namely Pikes and pre-2021 36s, but not Lyriks, 34s, 38s or 2021+ 36s) get excessively progressive there. The Secus doesn't do that, it leaves the positive air spring chamber unchanged but significantly increases the lower leg volume so you get LESS ramp up from the lowers. This in...

Small DIY fix for everyone wanting a better shoe contact, less metal-on-metal icy feeling on their SPD’s, for a lot cheaper than bying new pedals. Is to apply some epoxy cold metal welding glue (not sure what its actually called in rest of the world), then sand it down so that your cleat is properly in contact with the mech and your pedal with the shoe. Been testing now for a few weeks in snowy/icy Finnish conditions and its just as easy to unclip with or without the mod, but shoe/pedal contact feels awesome. Float is still there, but all...

A bit of shameless promotion, but hopefully it's relevant. I just put out a podcast episode where me and Alan Milway chat through all the 2025 team moves (confirmed and rumoured). Hopefully it's an interesting watch/listen. https://youtu.be/Mu0JAhGceB8 or https://www.downtimepodcast.com/team-moves-2025/ Clearly this forum gets a mention! Thanks to everyone here who keeps the rumour fire burning, I personally love it!

I hope this is on topic - But since it was news from this week. Just got the OneUp pedals delivered. Some pics and size comparison to Saints for anyone that has been contemplating them. They are very similar in size, I would say maybe 5% smaller overall platform. Tried to "dry" clip them in to my Fox Union shoes, but the pins are quite high, and the clip mechanism seems quite hard (From my experience shimano is the same, and it takes a bit for them to "break in) - So I could not clip them in by hand...

3 trek vans at the top of telonics today in plain sight. lachie was present.

Danny selling his GT. New bike for next year?