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I think it looks really promising, especially if Bilstein can solve a problem with their inaugural product launch that nobody else has successfully figured out I imagine that, along with the available funds, would certainly get the attention of a few race teams. ...I'm just holding out for the King MTB suspension to drop lol

An athlete of his caliber has got to have a team manager or someone coordinating his travel and accommodations who handles this type of stuff for him, no? And on the flip side, it’d be pretty annoying to be on the UCI and spend a bunch of time keeping track of athletes, and the same athlete continues to fail the same task.

Sensing how fuckin fast Asa's going so they know how much to turn everything down for us mere mortals

I used to look after the rental bikes at a bike park. People used to blow the forks and shocks up all the time so I de-coupled the compression adjusters. They'd come back complaining about the bike and I'd turn the knobs a few clicks for them. They's come back next run raving about how much better it was now.

MARCO OSBORNE IN TENTH!!!

Very personal, but for me Maxxis, including specifically the Assegai, tend to puncture much faster than Schwalbe of equivalent weight. Most Maxxis DD's I have tried were dead in under a month on the rear (multiple snakebites or big tear), whereas a Schwalbe supertrail will probably last at least 3 months, and a supergravity will never die (talking sidewalls here, knobs will be long gone)

From my POV, I like the move to tighter transfers. I've always felt we needed to put a little more emphasis on getting through the day a bit more swiftly and rewarding this kind of stamina a bit more. By not having any real pressure around the transfers, you create a culture of snail pacing the entire day to conserve energy, which I always hated. Made a long day even longer and didn't reward those who had the endurance all that much. Looking at results, it doesn't appear many men dropped out. The women's field looked to be a bit...

that's what internet forums are for ; ).. in al seriousness we have seen a lot of lift-access races (including the last stop in Chatel, which was very very mellow on liaisons even for weeked warriors) and multiple day events are history.. if you have a race in which the super fit prevail, so suck it up and prepare for the others, may be other races suit more other riders.. it's no coincidence Hattie came on top.. but making a post while still fuming after you got your ass kicked may end up having the wrong words and approach there...