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Ah yeah while we're at it let's give them a power couple name like Fahnee

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As I understand it, Frameworks provided a frame so any amount of money would be more Edit: I could find only one recent video of his that tags YT and it's the one in which he's riding with Texi, despite there being videos of him on his YT before and after that one. He doesn't list YT as a sponsor:

In his defense, getting paid for any amount of time vs not getting paid sounds pretty good even if leaves you in a position where you're somewhat unsure.

2nd slide...he did the whole thing in English too... ;-)

Darn, in the middle of arguably, his best competitive season. Bummer. I'm guessing that the summer "break", for a WC pro, is basically 4 weeks of watching your very talented non-racer friends have fun at Whistler while you make sure not to injure yourself. 👆 ...which is obviously, not easy to do.

I was Michael Myers listening to that part.

While I’m no 32er apologist. I’m old enough to remember this exact argument when 29ers came out. I was working at a shop in College when 29ers started to hit the market, people would come in and actually get pissed at us for having 29ers on the floor. Anyone remember anti-29er stickers on people’s cars? I can remember a few different stickers, one said “One less 29’er”. I even remember being at a trail head in Pisgah in college, my buddy unloaded his 29er from the back of my truck and a “local” said “those aren’t welcome here”. No one...

Have we seen a real 32" Fox fork out in the wild before now? I can't remember seeing one yet, just hodgepodge jobs like Neko's DH fork or people adding CNC extensions to 29" forks to lower the axle.

If I was a betting man I’d say a new Druid and Dreadnought that gets rid of the shock tunnel and bumps up the travel by 10mm on each bike would be in their future. But it’s just a rumor.

Ollie with Forbidden Bikes was bombing around at Mount Washington today on an unmarked frame resembling the eeb layout but the front triangle appeared to be slimmed down with a more conventional BB area. Had a Lyrik on it, no pictures unfortunately.

If you're at all familiar with the evolution of the drone industry over the last decade, you might have made the observation that DJI was to the commercial drone industry what Amazon was to the bookstore industry 15 or 20 years earlier. If you don't have a problem with a single Chinese vendor taking over 90% of all e-bike options, then I guess we just keep doing what we're doing. They definitely make a good product, but how hard will they try when they've wiped everyone else out? Just one outsider's observation.

That's not really how it works. They designed the bike around a max rider weight of 100kg and all the forces that would be associated with a 100kg rider ripping it down DH tracks (i.e. category 5 conditions). Given that the Cube team races (or will) these at WC level I assume it's more than burly enough for the average Joe. Not to mention there likely some sort of safety factor as part of the design so an extra 1-5kg probably won't mean the end of the world...just don't tell Cube that when filing a warranty claim.

below is the amflow PR. you posted the PX which is $10k and has a 700wh batttery. PR and new konas are similarly priced, both with 800wh batteries. kona is alloy/bosch/mech drivetrain, PR is carbon/avinox/s1000 drivetrain. the PR is a 53 pound thicky (it's in my garage right now).

Could be 145mm rear with a 160mm fork like the MTe too? The LT and LTe are both 160mm rear with 170mm forks.

Often times components can dictate the max system weight for an entire bike:

Most (nearly all) mountain bikes have a maximum weight (mass) limit. They just bury it in the manual and don’t advertise it. I know the previous generation Demo frame had a limit in its manual also.

Brutal for Finn. This was his strongest position going into the break, was it not? 2nd overall with 3 to go? (in a season with the biggest names struggling or out) Speshy went from how cool is it they are still winning to... How cool is it they still have a rider left in the series...

i just hate that they still do this 'x games format' surrounding a live stream, with traditional numeric scoring. and so many people have this take of 'it NEEDS to be that way'. which i don't quite understand. i mean clearly the judging pisses people off every year anyway so it doesnt sound inherently needed if its never quite accurate. the event should either not be livestreamed or they should push running it as early and quickly as possible to avoid wind. imo it should be either ranked and re-racked 'scoring'... or literally no scoring and just specific awards like...