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They had to separate the pros and juniors as the top 5 in each category get a golden ticket regardless of the overall. Whether they are on a Uci team or not shouldn’t factor into it.

agreed, to me this series is ranking above crankworx and IXS. Lol at the Prize money blowing the UCI out of the water too. That's how it's done!

It just feels like there's so much energy behind this series and DH in general in North America.

I tested at Northstar in Truckee, CA

You can't do destructive testing on a frame you plan to race. The whole point is to test until you destroy the frame. I am sure they tested the design before building the race bikes.

I liked his points, but the summation is a bit harsh overall. We won't find out the real reason I don't think. But he is correct that the Pivot design has a few flaws: 1. Same join angle for top and down tube 2. Bend in the downtube 3. Single lap joint between tubes and lug Those are true, and an inherent flaw with their design that may or may not have contributed to the failure. The other points he makes I can't judge. I think the gist of this thread though can be surmised that most riders prefer to...

Yeah the next run he seemed to do a T to B almost no stops hitting everything. And looking down can be ANYTHING from a shoe check to lever check etc. But I do feel like the way he fell... It's hard to tell from that angle but it literally looks like a head tube badge first slam into the tree. Or maybe the crowns/stanchions. Not sure if bars hit. It's easy to see the failure and then look back at ANYTHING and go "was it the container drop at maydena!?" or what not when... Realistically that triple case could...

It's bikes. They will go fast under fast people. Having ridden both a 29/27.5 and a 27.5/26 I think they ride fine.

Unno team and their blacked out Fox kits were diiiiiiiialed.

The disappointment here is real. Some of those designs look like they were completed in about 12 minutes. They have always had a really strong MTB collection, but this is so poor. Think I'll be running a Fox Moto jersey for this year instead.

GARBAGE! TIME FOR NEW BRANDS AND NEW LOOKS. GETTING OLD SEEING THE SAME OLD BULLSHIT EVERY YEAR.

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