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Pretty much every bike shop I've seen in the UK will have metal waste bins, separate from the general waste. This is then taken off to be separated into different metals and recycled. Scrap metal is worth money.

Aluminum is recyclable but do AL bikes ever actually get recycled? I think every bike bike ever ends up getting resold & ultimately in the hands of a random tweaker then ends it’s life either in a landfill or at the bottom of a body of water lol. Has anybody ever actually taken a bike to a scrap yard?

Feel like it's time to give a trip report, since we've been back a few days: Flew into Nice. Stayed there for a night in old town area. Very walkable and nice (hah). Trained over to Finale Ligure the next day. Got a recently renovated apartment in Finalborgo area, which was just awesome. Since my wife and other son weren't riding, we debated between Finale Ligure proper (proximity to the beach) and Finalborgo (proximity to riding). We ended up staying in Finalborgo, and I think it was the right move. Finale is nice, but it feels like a modern city...

Before my pb account got suspended, I photoshoped a straight top tube Rimpo AF. Looks so much better, but I didn't save the image offline

Looking at Amaury's GoPro of his winning run (embedded below), the first thing that stands out is the pure mix of aggression and flow. The amount of speed he manages to generate in some of those sloppy, greasy turns is quite simply incredible. The second thing is the precision. Insane! Look at this frame grab, he was hauling the mail in this section and fully committed to this tiny little gap between two painted rocks. Crazy! GoPro run:

Flashback to Marshy with a caulking gun loaded w/ Liquid Nails (or something similar) to glue Greg's tires onto the rims a few years back...

Wonder how much Drag Dakota's hair causes. He could probably shave 4 seconds with a haircut.

VDS race talk is here - https://www.vitalmtb.com/comment/475231

Man I was ready for some VDS race talk and instead I'm greeted with Vital's most notorious gangster starting a conspiracy theory where he's really super bummed that DH MTBing isn't like Supercross where we have Monster girls in every shot at all times lol So super duper weird when a race video is about racing and a male dominated sport has videos full of a 'buncha dudes' ugh so lame where are the eye candy bimbos to make the vid better... -_-

U may b scraping the wire a lil too much bud. Lay off it a bit eh

Didn't know "don't catch smoke from the haters" is another way of saying "I'm a creep in public too".

Hey look, a whole thread about fork stiffness! https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/How-stiff-are-dual-crown-fork…

Dude you are really weird.

Would love to see the Sleeper edits mashed up Misspent Summer interviews that Sven does.

Can we talk about how rad the sleeper collective video edits from the uci dh race weekends are? The last one from leogang really shows the feel/fun of the event and really makes me want to grab my bike and go out for a ride. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gP7YQEKkfA

Since this year: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/7-takeaways-from-the-uci-2024-rule-change…

here is the forum thread to discuss all things Val di Sole World Cup DH (instead of randomizing this thread) https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2024-val-di-sole-world-cup-downhill

You're right. I ended up DMing one of their sponsored riders and they confirmed it's a new one on the way. About time too.