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They use different chainstays that allow to mount the idler in two different positions. The O-chain makes sense to reduce the feeling of the chain tugging on the pedals (the photos from the US champs clearly shows how much the chain bounces around between the idler and the chainring. On Pirelli tires: the tires must not suck given riders had good results on them like Revelli's 6th place at MSA last year. However, I don't see how sponsoring a team like Trek can not backfire when their riders will use tires from different manufactures. Regular riders and fans won't even...

Bernard Kerr is TEAM ROBOT's consensus 2023 Hardline World Champion for being the first (and only?) one to do a full practice run in those windy and wet conditions, including both 90 foot gaps. Give him the gold medal.

Uh oh, incoming hate for Intense. How dare they develop a bike during the season. No one else has ever done that, Ever! Dakotah will have whinge about getting another bike thats lighter again, even though the kinematics are the same

And let’s be honest they can’t replace that thing soon enough. That frame’s been knocking about under various brand names for about one million years.

Cranks look like something out of a Kinder surprise egg

Most likely they don't have a DH bike for him yet, so they just rebranded the V10

Off topic but does anyone else find this pair’s particular brand of youtubey influencer absolutely unbearable?

That's the old Pon Holdings V10

I can see both Brendan Fairclough and Dean Lucas going the entire season without qualifying for the finals.

Yeah, wow, guilty as charged. Those posts look reeeeeally bad to my eyes now, but I definitely wrote that, so apparently it seemed like a great idea at the time. I cannot believe I posted those as an adult and as a sponsored athlete. If I could take back those words, I would. I apologize for my retrograde asshole opinions and for probably making other people feel uncomfortable or unwelcome in our sport. Having been on both sides of this issue, I feel pretty strongly that we should (politely) look out for retrograde asshole opinions that make people feel uncomfortable...

I don't think it is particularly offensive or in poor taste, just not great marketing: There is no way I'm opening Vital at work (open space) while that ad pops up on my screen, and there is absolutely no way I would click on it.

i pushed back against it. i didn't (don't) want it on the site and was over-ruled.

Hey Losifer, couldn't agree more. Was surprised to check Vital this morning and see a wall of female butts in panties facing me. Like you said, if this was an ad selling women's panties to a website with a predominantly female audience, then sure, fair play. But that's clearly not the case here. The last Vital audience survey in 2022 said this audience is 96% male! I don't know how many times I've heard industry people ask how we can get more women into mountain biking and I'm pretty sure the answer is "Not like this." Selling products to dudes...

Sounds like buddy maybe just rode a properly bled and bedded in pair of codes for the first time (with the stealth levers). Amazing how proper brake maintenance and well setup rotors/pads with straight alignment can make a world of difference.

Lol what? Have you even seen the new Druid that came out like a few weeks ago?

the bike I saw was definintely carbon.

New Status? New SJ Evo? New Enduro? https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ct4UXhJqhPC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link… Looks very similar to Cannondale Habit as well...

Saw the new Specialized Stumpy Evo yesterday at sky tavern bike park in Reno, predictably moved away from the cross strut and has same suspension design as the Levo SL. Was a sexy poo brown color, wonder why it hasn't been released yet as it looked like a production bike.