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So fkn lame.

Absolutely. She rips and has ripped in a number of disciplines. I think her bike setup looks atrocious and I don't think I'd feel comfortable on anything like it but I'm glad that she likes it and can shred on it!

Getting a screenshot on insta reels is super hard! but I spotted this bracket with 2 positions. I got some rough measurements from the those other pictures to estimate the change in Linkage (I don't think the model in there wasn't super accurate either) and yup, it probably increases the AR to 100-120%

I almost made a joke earlier about this event heralding the beginning of the next 20-year gearbox winter but it's clear the industry is different now. I think they'll probably remain niche in bicycles but they make a lot of sense in e-bikes.

There goes the belted purse!

Gonna call it, if you rush the finish area you’re no better than a 4th rate TikToker, it’s been done now and you’ve got zero originality

Took the below photo of Asa's bike with what I think is a prototype TRP caliper, cant recall if its been posted before apologies if it has.

I greatly appreciate the level of maturity and tech geek here, but none of it really changes the fact that Scott uses the worst fucking bearings on these bikes.

Wasn’t there a huge discussion here last year about that and the conclusion basically came down to airflow being negligible in cooling an mtb shock?

Posted this before, posting again... The old EWS points and event qualifier structure was a great example of a transparent, feasible ladder for talented and motivated riders to climb into the elite field. EWS points were earned at sanctioned local, regional and national level events each with their own points tier and value table. I remember on the website from 2018-2020 there were pages and pages of races you could earn points. An EWS license was about 30USD to get an account and start earning. It seemed that race organizers were welcomed with fair terms to have their races sanctioned...

Sacha Earnest picks up a Monster sponsorship:

the window for these aging riders closes faster and faster too, with the teams trying not only to get the next Max Alran but also not miss out on the next Till Alran. Can really hurt the sport if there are a string of duds, scary. The riders are what make the racing, WBD hasn’t even managed to tell the stories of these established stars…what will they do when they’re all kids?

This is a great point, I've never felt as disconnected from the new batch of riders, but a few years ago I felt like I knew everyone in the top 30's story from Jr to retirement. Peaty fighting off the young kiwi's, Hill coming back every time from disaster, Bryceland coming out of nowhere that season, Smith coming up. Now there's very little investment in the newer up and coming riders even if you want it unless their Asa, or someone chasing elite times when they're a Jr.

It takes some real talent to kill a discipline everyone already does by default

Generally speaking, Irish people arn't particularly fond of monarchies... there were a lot of other ways they could have phrased that