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Might be one in the minority here, but I always like having a bit narrower field of view for videos like this. Having the nearly 180 degree vertical fov and extreme fish eye affect because of it is off putting to me, and part of the reason I hate 360 degree cameras being used for pov shots. Great riding and love the follow cam for the stage though!

Not enough data points yet to determine if this is good setup or not. Reece's 2025 WC finishes: 6 missed finals and 22nd place average for the 3 finals he made. His best result came from Lake Placid, a new track that all riders had to puzzle over. What we could infer, is that Reece is a quick learner and can dissect new tracks better than many racers but that, eventually when all the racers catch up and learn the track, his avg race speed is still slower than the top 20. I'm stoked to see the puzzling on the...

But the recyclability factor is only a huge bonus if it's easily done. I was under the impression it's anything but. Sure it would help reduce manufacturing wastage at source but in terms of a closed loop consumer recycle system I think the claims are a bit far reaching, no?

If you want to do it with robotics you have to scale to numbers which are hard to achieve in the MTB realm. I believe the thermoplastic variant tends to be heavier than thermoset resin? Recyclability of thermoplastic is rather theoretical atm, are there examples where there's a working process?

"To what extent to you agree with the following statements? thermoplastic carbon mountain bikes fit well with the way i go out and come home in my daily life"

Anyone else notice Reese pedaling an impossibly low gear after he finished the race? Did his gearbox spaz out or drop his belt?

Along with not being called out for causing any incidents (so far), I mean the dude has a single finger for braking and beat hardtail guy by ~90 seconds. The rider that took the longest to cross the line was... Dak. As far as I know he caused no incidents to other riders all weekend. It seems that the true issue causing problems in this scenario wasn't necessarily the bike type, how many fingers you have, or how many times you crashed... More so what resides between the ears. And how you can use it to safely navigate a course...

Well he is the champ for his country and has an actual physical disability verses just a guy pulling a bit of a “look at me”. Again I’m not even mad the hardtail guy is there. I just think he should’ve borrowed a buddy’s bike and gave it an actual go.

You talking about Raygun or Wyn? 🤐

I'm not going to cast too much shade on Hardtail Bro. I will, however, cast plenty on the mixed messaging and policies of WBD/UCI. Their implied goal has been to raise the professionalism and elite nature of the sport. Simultaneously, they've allowed a racer to use a hardtail to compete. This is inconsistent with the way they're supposedly pushing the sport. I also will cast a little shade on our community. We've bemoaned the loss of grassroots accessibility to the World Cups while also bashing hardtail dude, who represents just such grassroots privateerism. Dude managed to navigate the red tape...

Hardtail bro went from legend to villain real quick lol. In all seriousness that fucking sucks Wyn, hope you have a speedy recovery.

Hattie Harnden was my first pick in Fantasy. As soon as I saw the track, I thought her and Martin Maes would have a good weekend...and then I removed her because I saw some footage of how shitty that bike looks. I'm a dummie dumb dumb.

Exactly. The XL is a 29er but he wants to run a Mullet. He talked about it in the german mtb-news bike checks

I’m not trying to win races, but locking up my rear wheel is one of my favoritest things!!

I dont think there will be many bikes where ochain is used running 32 inch wheels in the back, they limit movement too much on downhills

Gonna be a dick and point out that if you run smaller than a 32t, you don’t need a power meter, you need a gym. Edit: it’s not my opinion, just an uncomfortable matter of fact for why they don’t make power meters for 30t rings. I’m sure there are exceptions, like people riding fully loaded 87lb touring bikes who pump out 450 watts so they can go at a walking pace. Or Primoz who apparently lives in a magical land where rock climbing and mountain biking intersect.

Verbal meme: Painting of that dude standing up at community meeting: ABS doesn’t belong in DH.

Makes sense since they're likely going to be win/podium contenders out of the box. Certainly making finals every race, unlike many established elites.

Judging by some comments here and certainly on the pink site, it seems there's a serious issue with average Joe MTBers being able to judge the gradient, difficulty and length of a track from watching GoPro footage. This Korean track looks like it's gonna be awkward, tech, blown out and quite steep + off camber. Probably not fun to ride, but it will make for a challenging race.