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I look at those quotes and see someone who seems to be dealing with depression rather than entitlement. But to each their own.

No hate. Really want to see the guy do well again. The evidence is there so people can go and listen, then make up their own minds. I appreciate the honesty from him and other riders in the scene. The difference between Greg, Gwin (who have also been vocal at times re equipment issues) and Brook, to me, is not only what they said and how they said it, but the attitudes underpinning the comments.

He's undeniably a far better rider than I’ll ever be, and this isn’t a critique of his skill on the bike—that speaks for itself. That said, I have to disagree with what you’re saying. He’s consistently criticized almost every bike he’s ridden since the original Mondraker. More notably, he’s the only rider I’ve heard go on a podcast and openly tear into multiple former sponsors' equipment—sometimes even gear that’s still on the market. Most riders might, years later, say something like “that wasn’t the best race bike,” but he goes as far as to call bikes sketchy or unsafe. That...

Asa is the post-win interview GOAT

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Except for Tech Talk itself which always descends into Chainstay length discussion

The VitalForum Law: Given sufficient length all threads descend into tech talk...regardless of the orignal purpose of the thread.

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I dm'ed Chris Kilmurray to send him the Caltopo, and commented on how rocky I think it will be (he uses Caltopo for track gradient too). He said "average gradient is pretty shallow. Snowshoe style... More good variety in the tracks and terrain we are racing this year. It's been a pretty "complete" series so far. definitely need some rocks though. Not had many rocks this year yet" I think it's probably shaping up to be a more modern version of a Snoeshoe style track, although the dirt in the 'dacks is more loamy and sandy than the clay rich...

Instagram:

Completely off topic, but here is what seems to be a pretty final Whiteface WC track map:

No so sure about the strategy of, in fairly quick succession, having a huge sale and taking a bunch of people's money, sending them an email telling them neither the bike nor a refund are imminent, and then launching a new version of a bike called the "decoy."

If you haven't watched it yet, drop everything and watch the 35 second video on the link in the original post (above my comment). And yes, you need to watch the WHOLE 35 seconds.

BK will be devastated he can't tow anyone into it. How will he survive?

I might be in the minority when I say that I'm fine with the current Q1/Q2 arrangement and the 30-rider finals. If they expanded the finals field to, say, 40 men's Elite riders and 20 women's Elite (or even more in both groups) I imagine one of the other changes they'd make is to reduce the gaps in the starting times, resulting in at least half the finals riders getting less of their runs shown. At the most recent race it took 1 1/2 hours for just the men's finalists to make their runs.

I thought my understanding was that Bruni tried to trademark the name SuperBruni, and Warner Brothers shot him down by challenging it. So as a way to create good will they came up with this scheme this weekend where he would get paid to cross promote it, ironically if the money did go to prizes he would've got some. It doesn't sit perfect with me as a viewer, but marketers are going to do marketing stuff.