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Stacked field for the Thredbo Cannonball Festival in a couple of weeks. Plenty of World Cup Winners and World Champions making their way down to Australia for some pre season training/racing and to have a crack at taking home a share of the $120k in cash and prizes. Jackson Goldstone, Laurie Greenland, Nina Hoffman, Amaury Pierrion , Myriam Nicole, Dylan Maples, Jack Moir, Troy Brosnan, Connor Fearon, Sian A’Hern, Kye A’Hern, Caroline Buchannan, Luke Meier-Smith, Remy Meier-Smith, Oliver Zwar, Jackson Connelly, Jackson Frew, Tegan Cruz, Oisin O’Callaghan, Vali Hoell and Kasper Wooley. https://www.thredbo.com.au/blog/2024/cannonball-countdown-is-on-six-day…

A bit off topic, but can anyone explain Tahnee's 57 thing? Is she sponsored by Heinz?

Bex riding a Scott from an insta reel

Per the latest Downtime Joe Breeden now owns Intense Factory Racing.

Dh bikes and forks using the same boost sizing as trail bikes. Quite a few bikes have gone this route it would be nice if everyone including forks was on the same standard.

SO HARD TO PICK Headset cable routing dies forever. Passing a law that all stems and handlebars have to be two-piece on new bikes (you can buy your stupid one-piece bar/stem combos aftermarket if you want them so bad). All mountain bikes run a 73mm BSA BB. Downhill bike engineers, see next bulletpoint if you're worried about chainlines. One front and rear axle standard for all mountain bikes. It could be 15x110 and 12x148 and it would be amazing. It's easy to build downhill forks with too much torsional stiffness (see: OG Fox 40), so you don't really need a...

With proper tools and knowhow, it is easy for most of us to travel with our bike. And it is reasonably inexpensive. There are a number of triathletes who are less comfortable with building and working on their bikes, I think that is likely why this shipping program appealed to them. I worked at a shop in Boulder and there were a few Tri racers would would come in every few weeks to have their bike prepped (wheels and such swapped) from training to racing. Then right after the race they'd come back in and have their training set up...

Good eye. Unfortunately the original resolution shots uploaded to PB aren't particularly large, but this is probably the best look.

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This explains the new pricing on the droppers.

Yes, of course. You might be ignored, but yes, all mountain bikes are allowed.

Shameless promotion time. I sat down with Alan Milway (coach and Norco team manager) last week to chat about all the DH team moves and get this thoughts on them. Podcast version is live now here https://www.downtimepodcast.com/team-moves-2024/ YouTube version premieres at 6pm GMT today if anyone fancies joining us here https://youtu.be/9kXXLt4lsuI

Updated list of moves and rumours. This time I separated it out into disciplines, which sadly shows how many top enduro racers are seemingly still without a team for 2024. DOWNHILL: Danny Hart leaves Cube Factory Racing. [Possibly on Nukeproof as a privateer] Aaron Gwin leaves Intense Factory Racing. [Possibly on Yeti] Brook MacDonald leaves MS Mondraker. [Probably on Forbidden] Wyn Masters leaves GT Factory Racing. [Probably still sponsored by GT though I’d presume] Hugo Marini leaves Commencal Muc-Off. Dan Slack leaves Gravity School Racing. [Probably on Pole] Tegan Cruz leaves Rockshox Trek. Jon Mozell leaves Forbidden Synthesis Ollie Davis...

I'd be stoked if Jackson Frew got back on a WCDH team, he's had great results in Crankworx series. Frew/Wallace rumor for WA1 has begun.

Assume everything from Eddy is trolling 😂

Crankbrothers Mallet DH lace in Purple/Gum https://www.crankbrothers.com/products/mallet-lace-purple-gum?variant=3…

I knew this thing looked familiar

We can see some fingers, so we are in the need of a detailed hand analysis once again. Show us your magic, Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis guys!