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Only on vital can I start my day with a coffee and a debate about glute activation. Back to 32 inch wheels and growths on Zeb lowers please.

Mooooooom they're talking about chainstay length in the tech romours thread again!

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I feel like I should get some bonus points for the caption I wrote for the junior qualifying post this morning (pre-cancellation) LOL. -Nostradamus

There are no points for juniors in qualifying to begin with.

Honestly I just feel for Jenna at this point. 13th Q1... 6th Q2. She had a Q1 11th in VDS. And a Q1 11th in Poland. She has not seen a single final this year. (And on a team that absolutely needs the points.) I hate that inherent level of pressure for her. It's one thing to be far off the pace and know you need to make changes. But to be constantly on the bubble and maybe not sure where to squeeze that extra juice from...

Only mad dogs and Englishmen would tear apart a perfectly good rear wheel to re-use only the rim.

Can’t speak for anyone else, but I usually buy frames and swap parts over as I like all my parts. Superboost wouldn’t be a full on dealbreaker for me, but it makes it more of a hassle than it needs to be. It seems like an all-downside situation to me, so why do it

If you buy a good set of carbon wheels with lifetime warranty you do typically hold onto them over multiple bikes.. it’s what makes them cost effective.

Isn't it just a bigger led for flight attendant, so that they know whether it's soft or firm for when they use override mode?

More bent forward mostly means more hip extensors preload, and any good athlete generates most power from hips (glutes).

... maybe to be released soon? Picture is the same as the original DHF currently. Rolling speed/traction/cornering graph thing is updated compared to the DHF.

I'm almost certain that the new Maxxis tire will be the Minnion DHF2... I got a Test Pilote here in Andorra and it says Minnion DHF 2

The simplified version is that being more bent at the waist means more quad, glute, and hamstring engagement while pedaling.

I never knew this.

You kind of answered yourself in your question when you said, “ I know lower stack means more power to the pedals.” In XC racing, getting more power to the pedals is almost the entire ball game. Aerodynamics is way less important than in road racing, so the main benefit of a lower stack height and more hunched over body position in XC racing is the kinesthetically optimized position for mashing the pedals. Easier to mash the pedals when you’re bunched up in a little ball.

They will die on that hill

I'm amazed an American knew this reference, Also, we are showing our age here lol