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Matt Walker (english) to Trek Factory Racing. Per OTB podcast. Could be a good fit

Estaque and Bouladou. Definitely two of the better names in the scene. Estaque. Bouladou.

I found these photos of the Honda RN01 that I never noticed. Greg Minar mentioned on the, Making Up The Numbers podcast that when he went testing for Honda, the first frame they had was max stiffness. As the day went on they start drilling holes in the frame until it looked like Swiss cheese and he liked the ride feel. They went back and made the next frame to match that rigidity. So I started looking up photos and noticed there was 2 versions, one with single backbone and one had double. Not sure which was first, but cool...

From what I've seen, from a euro perspective the girls are going to have some tight competition amongst the first years. Both the Rosas (Zierl and Jensen) and Lina Frener. Add to that Aletha Ostgaard and there's four big contenders for a podium. I'll add Cassandra Peizerat in the mix, but well have to see if she stays racing DH (she's also a growing talent in the alpine skiing world) For the guys, Is Cohen Bundy a 2008 or '09? It's really sad to see Cash Shaleen out of action, he would have made quite an impact and we have...

Yep! I posted the same thing on August 8th and got down voted too. Either people don't want Loris on Norco, or they think he'll go somewhere else. I'm doubling down.

The rumor is Anna Newkirk to Frameworks, not Camille.

Apparently he was seen riding a Swiss uplift of the Gamux 😁

I can confirm that Reece Wilson will join Gamux next year. There Will be a lot of changes for that team

Reminder that some of the users commenting and getting downvoted are in fact team managers 😂

Spotted on Instagram 😂

Thx a ton for having me. Post any questions or call outs here (which is totally fair) and I'll respond. Also, apologies for all the rambling. I was...nervous. 😬

Being I'm sick (and bored) I wanted to add a few more thoughts. 1) Anyone looking for raw data, its already been done and the link is posted here. Zee Germans live up to the stereotype and absolutely crushed it if you care about being completely quantitative with respect to a brake test. 2) The real reason I read reviews on Vital is because guys like Jason are legitimately fast, ask a lot out of their equipment and frankly have great taste. Its like reading a review of a restaurant from a food critic you jive with. While adding some...

After listening to Vojo mag: lunch time podcast with Alex Rudeau (in French), it appears the first ever enduro world champion is going into 2025 without team support, on his own program. He’s also not planning to race all World Cup races. He tells that most of the edr racers are on same as he is, except a few big names, like Jesse Melamed, that are keeping some team support but at a way smaller scale. And others, like Martin Maes, are turning full downhill. An other point thing discussed is that some top enduro racers are coordinating to pack...

They'll be doing downhill, I'd imagine. Richie seems capable and motivated. He'll do well enough. Send Slawomir to all the stage races, Megavalanches, some EDRs, all the US stuff like Leadville or Downieville or Maah Daah Hey 100 (little shout out for a cool race up here in North Dakota) and all the wild stuff he's willing to do. He'll do great and get to advertise the entire Yeti line. Hire a filmer/editor to follow him around (super bonus for being a decent bike mechanic, too) and he's now a very loud part of the Yeti marketing arm. Hire a...

i've run most of the brakes tested (not the maven) and absolutely love the test. my personal winner is the dominion, which i'm still running. (a4, ditch t4) i agree on the verdict. needed some days to get used to the light lever feel. once you're used, this brake feels absolutely save on slippery conditions as the light lever feel and modulation goes hand in hand. mix this with the aboslute braking power it's easy to switch between brake force through the front or rear. for example entering a slippery corner with lots of roots. great learning curve for modulating...

As far as frames, they could make estimates based on frame size (XS gets very light layup, XL gets much heavier layup, etc.) and then just offer a removable frame and/ or chain stay brace for those of us that actually think we know what we are doing. That would likely cover a lot of scenarios, including maybe different terrain.