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@sspomer @shredder_schroeder can we get a debrief podcast of your guys experience- what you saw, heard, take away, etc. I think it would be interesting to hear you guys take, being media squids (respectfully). Especially looking at Jason’s experience in Europe from when he was racing to now, what he felt. Literally everything. Plz.

Must have been the brakes

If the new Transition isn't spotted in the Santa Cruz parking lot, I'll be extremely disappointed..

totally not a Transition

Just bumped into Danny Hart in a full discreet kit on a Frameworks!

Somewhere in California the cpu in a long dormant machine fires up, cold red eyes flicker into existence and a robot returns, ready, once again, to fight the pedal kickback wars.

After. It was one of the more comical experiences I’ve had with bike links. I don’t weigh a lot and I kept having to add more and more air to get sag (near max pressure and I’m only 150 lbs). So it was obvious something wasn’t right. Went to check the machining and the simulated machined part didn’t match the modeled part despite all the tool paths being up to date. Strangely the thing cleared full travel. Bounced on it a little for the fun of it… 170 mm of travel with a 45 mm shock stroke is probably one...

I don’t even know if that will happen! But if I had to make a rumor, it would be that Cascade is going to make a 170 mm Tallboy link. *this may have happened at one point due to a CAD software glitch

warning. much profanity. new south park lol

Well that is clearly not going to happen next year, as the PDF states a total of 30 riders across both male and female categories. I wonder why so many people reference WB and the World Cups here. This is not a zero sum game. We are getting excellent World Cup racing, new Hardline tracks and now this series with huge prize money. If you don't see the value in paying to watch World Cups, don't. If Hardline ain't your thing, then avoid it. And if this new series also annoys you, how about you don't pay to watch and...

Aight, i'mma head out. No bikes left.

Closing thoughts on the new maxx Terra v2. Dh season is over for me now, and I’ve been riding the DHR2 since it opened. FWIW, this is on a DH bike at race pace for the season. Just about 160 miles and just under 100k feet of descending. Still has tons of breaking grip, can’t tell the difference in nor-cal dirt from maxx grip, but well over 2x the life, if not more. Casing is spent and the tire got a sidewall slice at the top of the casing insert on the last run, so she’s pretty cooked, otherwise would...

The soft undercurrent of a few of these post seems to imply anything made in Asia or engineered by Asians is somehow of lower quality. Engineering really has nothing to do with nationality or ethnicity. You can find high and low quality products everywhere in the world. Quality is a reflection of the decisions made by the brand not the the citizenship or location of the engineers. If you are manufacturing at scale at some point you'll need to work with a factory and their engineers. And you'd have a hard time finding a greater concentration of institutional knowledge and...

Whistler parking lot 1 reporting in - I just saw @Jason_Schroeder roll past on a very production looking norco DH race bike 🤘

Maybe most of them know that would be inappropriate and choose not to be weirdos

Sam Hill is genuinely off the couch, dude doesn't ride at all. Very impressive

Sam’s quali is underrated 9 back on a new bike and zero training

The Crocs are in sport mode, he will be fine.