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Surely you don't take the lift at Whistler bike park or shuttle with your buddies then? Because you're a purist, right?

luckily you can just buy the cheaper alloy levo 4 and then add the racks, saving you 7k each.

Yesterday I spoke with a guy who rode a couple of EDRs and would always ride xtr mech since forever but he was on a sram. He said not only the chain slap was unbearable on the new di2 xtr but he would also drop chains pretty much daily, to the extend the top of his crank which cought the chain became all scratched... The shifting was absolutely amazing but the reliability is horrible and he also noticed shimano sponsored enduro pros would run full dh chain tensioners or STFUs just to keep the chain on, which is mindboggling how...

Hm, one has to wonder why factory riders are using split lower crowns to make them less stiff then 🙄

They tired to slow a very fast track down this year by making lines tighter and adding in some extra turns/chicanes. I believe this is what lead to far more DQ's, nothing to do with tape/poles. The guys know where their going, they are just trying to do it as fast as possible. With how fast the track was and some of those intentional new turns, it made it very easy to get off line with little room for correction.

50 gallon neon traffic jugs vs regular traffic cones. Way fewer people hit those jugs. Just a fact. And poles versus nubs…clip a course pole with a pedal & have it almost rip you off your bike at speed. You change your intentions QUICKLY after that. Clip a neon nub & zero ramifications. Fewer racers go off track with poles & tape because consequences are far more “definitive “. It sets your mind firmly upon your precise line at ALL times. Blowing a pole & tape is a concrete mistake & physical feedback. As a racer, you 100% of the...

Scathing comments on youtube... It seems it didn't matter how many time they mentioned, "Flight attendant" it served not help in keeping up. To have a delay as bad as they had is truly embarrassing. Amateur production standards from Chris Ball and his cronies. Of course we were spoilt with the hype master Warner. However he also did his research and had good stuff to talk about. Flight Attendant being this rounds key word. Was it O chain-chain damper or mass damper last year? Warner wont be replaced but a good middle ground between snoozing Slugger and adhd Carson can't...

finn went 82kph / 51mph in q1. that's mental.

Dan Booker the latest rider to announce he is stepping away from Enduro. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse. Should be a walkover for the Yeti team.

What's "WC level progression"? The previous gen Supreme was 15%.

I was thinking part of it might be getting a longer stroke shock, lower leverage rate, and less progression for the Tallboy genre of bike. But it doesn't look like that's going to be the case. As to the 5010, I've got the MX version and for anything less than full-blown enduro bike territory, it's the most fun bike I've ever owned. I'm not trying maximize mileage or overall speed. If you're riding a bike for fun (and you're not in the big mountains), I'll never understand why more people didn't choose MX trail bikes. Now they are disappearing. Maybe...

This might help with placing it in history

I don't buy Ford because of the Michigan Supreme Court's decision in the 1919 case Dodge v. Ford Motor Company.

That still doesn't explain why a design company that specializes in having bike frames built and assembled overseas has taken on the long term r&d costs of making a motor and battery system. Or how that play works out on the second go-around in a market utterly dominated by two incumbents, having already gone bankrupt once trying this. Or how you compete with a new, disruptive force in that same market coming at you with a more powerful, lighter system and an unlimited war chest. I understand that personally you're very tied to this but from the outside, this looks...

In terms of watts:complete bike weight not many are doing it like Rocky. The Instinct powerplay SL I rode last year was 44lbs in an XL and could deliver 700W and 75Nm post firmware update. I have no clue what their financial situation is at this point but Dyname are looking for additional partners after nearly 10 years of RM exclusivity

For those who didn't read the link, "If an individual or retailer are caught modifying an ebike to derestrict its maximum speed, the offence is now punishable by up to one-year imprisonment (two year for retailers) and up to a €30,000 fine." For individuals: "anyone modifying their ebike to exceed the maximum authorized speed – currently 25 km/h for electric bicycles and 45 km/h for speed pedelecs – could now have their bike impounded, face one year in prison and fines of up to €30,000." For "companies or professionals who manufacture, import, export, sell, rent or install devices that permit...

My prediction of super enduro bikes with dual crowns has yet to pay out, but it will. Mark my words.

The minimal changes to the firebird and nomad compared to the generation before shows how we almost converged in enduro bike geometry. Nothing new is needed in that saturated market.

In Western Canada Roberts composites is good. I've used them twice; both times service was great and you can't tell there was a repair. https://robertscomposites.com/

There is a little predicament in the Persian Gulf that that means the hunger for recycled plastic has skyrocketed. Ironically, the moron-in-chief is going to make electric cars, recycling and efficiency a lot more economically attractive in the land of freedumb.