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Are we all pretending that Kenda cut THAT big of a check to AG? I seriously doubt it. The irony of AG selling a brand is that the brands get some marketing traction, but they almost get too much singular attention for ANYTHING good or bad to do with him. A dozen Maxxis riders could come rolling down on flats and nobody immediately points out it's the failings of the brand & not a line or setup by the rider. AG comes down on a flat Bontrager, Specialized, Onza, Kenda or Vee....it's witch hunt time.

This is an important question, but also where some of the less well-understood aspects of suspension geometry come in to play. So what seems like a negative if you were looking at a conventional fork is actually improved in linkage designs. Brake dive - this will come as a shock to no-one but telsecopic forks are extremely pro-dive, so hitting the front brake will cause more of your weight to act down on the fork. It can be measured the same way as frame anti-squat and you can easily be looking at values close to negative 100% anti-dive and this...

I feel the need of slacker head tube angles to be a part of generating stability by lenghning the wheelbase. Some cargo bikes have a front wheel setup like a caster wheel and works just right. Structure cycleworks is the mtb that comes to my mind when linkage systems is used on the front. Everyone that rides that, is amazed by the feel, sensitivity, anti-dive, but my point is that the steering contact point is decoupled from the steering angles that dictates head angle and trail numbers. Since trail is the number one element that keeps the bike straight and...

Continuing on: Stock bike front suspension has two main sources of compliance....the first being the front tire....if in doubt of this over inflate your front tire and ride it.....the second source of compliance is the regular telefork....and the telefork is a compromise between compliance on small bumps and large bumps etc.. whatever bump forces/acclerations that are not absorbed by these two are transmitted into the bike/rider. My Dual suspension system introduces a third level of compliance....the link suspension.....being a link suspension it is very sensitive/compliant.....forces/accelerations not absorbed by the tire/telefork are then further absorbed by the Link suspension. Add to...

yeah if this setup catchs on it will keep the "how do I " Forums going for years :-) This adds another dimension to setup possibilities and less compromise in tuning options....in my experience once you have a solid foundation on what it takes to make it work/how it works....its relatively easy.

While the racing has been amazing, the coverage has not been better. The coverage has been worse. More cameras does not necessarily mean better coverage--the drones are not a positive addition, and camera placement and operation has been less optimized than those heady RedBull days--and the commentary contributes less information and narrative to the event. It's a downgrade, and we're supposed to pay for it. I think what funktekk wrote above about the TdF makes a lot of sense. Perhaps mountain biking just got caught in the middle of a deal that has nothing to do with it... Disco/WillyBilly don't...

I remember so many complaints over the years re: Red Bull TV coverage. Whatever these were, a paywall is most definitely much worse.

You have to hand it to the ESO, they wanted only the top 30 qualifyers to go to finals .But knew everyone would throw a fit. So they introduced Semis knowing it would be a sh1tshow and now everyone is demanding they get rid of semis. Proper 3d chess!

Looks like clear cutting on a super steep slope at the base of a mountain was a bad idea?

Jesus H Christ.....how much money did they stuff into Ball's pockets for him to come out with this horsesh1t?

I commented on every UCI enduro post I saw on instagram this year, and that was about 4 comments in total. I had no idea who was even leading half way through which I usually know to the minute. I couldn't care less this year. DH I was a bit more involved in because they bothered to post anything.

Moimoi TV is the only reason I even remember enduro exists.

Companies always have a way of manipulating data to make things seem better than ever before even if it's going to shit.