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Hard mtb league - does any brand that registrars an athlete become a sponsor?

Yeah, the discounted Mezzers were a strange sight, to be honest - if I was in the market for an enduro-fork, I’d be all over them (but having a dh-bike, I don’t see the point of an enduro fork taking place up front instead of my Dorado! 😁). In the previous rumors thread, we were discussing the possibility of Manitou making a double-crown version of the Mezzer, to go along with the single crown and the Dorado. The market for such a model is there - Intend, Formula and MRP are lurking in it. Manitou has the experience of having...

Sounds like you've got DVO confused with Marzocchi.

Prototypes are for testing. Sometimes the conclusion of a test is that it's not a better bike, or not commercially viable. So you don't put it into production.

Notably, severity of the inciting event often doesn’t correlate with severity of concussion. I’ve seen severe concussions from seemingly innocuous events (low speed fall), and people knocked unconscious who have minimal/no residual symptoms. 🤷 Personal experience though, I’d add the “seeing stars/hearing knocked out” type to your list. Take a hit and get sparkles in your vision and the sound gets turned off for a moment. I usually get a flash of a non-iron metallic taste in my mouth, too. Interestingly, some folks report metallic taste in their mouth before a seizure, so it’s probably a bad neurological thing (to...

lol it's a pivot

I disagree. The effects you cite are second order at best and debatable in comparison to wheel size rollover when explicitly considering XC racing. Most of the womens xc field already looks to be at the fit limit with 29”. But honestly, I don’t personally care about competitive XC beyond occasionally watching the racing.

I thought Ari was announced last week as the frame sponsor for Hard MTB League?

Yet the fox speedsuit exists and has a measurable advantage. I'm all for the wild west in terms of regulation unless it becomes dangerous.

I wonder how fast the Santa Cruz V10 would be with Aspen STs

In Jesses last YouTube video he rides what looks like the grey prototype (RMU?) that was posted before. https://youtu.be/RiybO3RfIb0?si=l9c1Drv1LstVJn-Y&t=281

Guy with "middle eastern" background here, lets go back to mtb rumors...

I think all it might take is for a product manager to go to a bike shop for whatever reason and spot the wall of tyres for $100+ a pop...

I mean a stick getting stuck in a wheel will also easily take out a metal spoke. Ive also gone on to do plenty of riding after breaking a spoke or 2

Are you guys actually arguing about if a guy that works at a different website reviewing stuff is cool or not? 🤣