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There's a stop notifications button below the last post. So below mine now.

Nigel was a part of the CRC Nukeproof//Nukeproof SRAM teams i thought ? To my understanding Conti Nukeproof was run by Mark Cumming and is an entirely separate entity from the other Nukeproof teams.

https://www.uci.org/team-details/20127 continental nukeproof -> continental gt racing confirmed

10 rounds 3 north/South America 2 Oceania 5 europe work with other series to schedule world cups amidst other series races to make travel better. Oceania rounds in feb/march around crankworkx/hardline. 5 European rounds in 6 weeks in early/mid summer. American rounds in late summer early fall around monster us series. 40 men. 20 women. keep semis but run it day before with a 45Min to 1 hr highlight package in addition to live broadcast no points for qualifying just sets order for semis. Semis give 1-100 points with majority of spread at top 5. 60 for fifth 100 for...

About reducing SKUs- I've always wondered how the big companies could offer so many varieties of essentially the same bike. For example Fuel EX is currently listed with 22 variants, most have 2 color options and 7! sizes. 308 possible skus for one model of bike. That can’t be cheap or easy to manage, stock, warranty etc.

this will get you hyped for the upcoming season - how sven handles a race weekend thank to scb

You get massive numbers in those regions of the world. Lots of people watch on their phones. They typically aren't mtb customers. It's just eyeballs. So it's not a relevant audience. Great for Red Bull. Not great for a bike brand trying to sell things in the USA or Europe.

Not to side track the conversation about deadly GoPro's, but this edit from Sleeper Co. got me HYPED this morning. Enjoy.

Ironically the riders who weren’t that great to watch were the ones invited because of their social media following or the paint on their helmet. Those guys certainly aren’t surviving on minimum age. A 10th place at a World Cup will get you noticed. A 10th place at Rampage or Hardline won’t. Are you saying that these events aren’t worth the risk for the riders who aren’t capable of winning? You could be right, but nobody becomes an MTB rider to get rich.

Not sure what I’m watching…is this supposed to be a race? edited to add: My comment above was posted about 1 hour into the broadcast. Aside from Lou Fergusons wild run and the excellent commentary, I wasn’t really enjoying the event at that point. For an hour we were watching riders simply ride down a track. I have huge respect for anyone who can ride that track, but as a form of entertainment, it wasn’t doing it for me. It’s not like the free riders could showcase their talent and throw tricks on the jumps. But, by the end when...

Remy Morton 37 seconds back with no drivetrain and a rear 24x3” at 40psi, still my favorite part of this event.

I agree on the Hill comments. Although I don't agree about RB vs. UCI. RB could care less about what the UCI think, Hardline is it's own class of event. Always has been and will be. The comparison to World Cups is not really neseccary and is kinda keyboard warrior in a different way no? Hardline existed while RB was broadcasting world cups and RB TV and the branch of RB that run hardline are different companies. So yeah. Cool