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No, we haven’t been measuring sag wrong. Any method of measuring sag that is repeatable is an acceptable way to measure sag. As it is something that must be tuned as opposed to setting to a specific percentage, being able to repeatably measure sag is the most important thing. You can do this seated and measuring at the shock just fine. If someone wants to measure it with a whole bunch of kit that’s fine, but telling everyone they are wrong and do it wrong is silly. It is definitely worth noting that on more progressive bikes you shouldn’t be...

Brian Cahal spotted on the coverage!!!

I'm at Leogang this weekend and wanted to get a sense of how widely pedal kickback devices have been adopted by World Cuppers, along with all the other wild accessories like TMD's/shakeweights, electronics, gearboxes, and more. So out of curiosity and as a service to my fellow nerds, I stood at the top of Q1 today and counted all the devices I could. Note that certain devices were almost certainly undercounted, like shakeweights, added mass, and fancy chainring devices like Ochain or Rimpact (drivetrains were facing away from me in the starting lineup). There were 20 bikes total where I...

watch the video. it's literally explained in detail.

After a 10 YEAR hiatus, Shimano is back in the electronic drivetrain space, this time without wires (thank god!). I've been riding the drivetrain and brakes since the beginning of December, 2024. Here's what I thought of everything - 0:00 - Di2 History 1:44 - Why it take 10 years to make new Di2? 2:48 - Derailleur & Shifter Switch Details 6:10 - New Crank Details 6:52 - New Cassette Details 7:27 - Derailleur Clutch and Design 12:04 - New XTR Brake Details 16:48 - Brake Lever Setup 18:36 - Shifter Switch Setup 22:21 - 150 Mile Test - Initial...

Here's how roller wear manifests as elongation. Though it's perhaps inaccurate this elongation is colloquially referred to as 'stretch'.

PIT BITS video Leogang World Cup DH.

Perhaps they hope the half-link design can improve strength. The last two chains I’ve broken have been on the inner link. I have a hunch these breaks are because electric derailleurs push harder than thumbs (I never broke a chain in this way with mechanical shifting). I imagine e-bikes are even more abusive than my puny wattage, e-bikes with electronic shifting might be a destructive combo.

Updates from Stan Nisbet on why he ended up missing his start time - For those without the gram - Got to the top of the hill for my run and I had a valve core failure on my shock, which left it with little to no air. We tried our best to sort it with the time we had but unfortunately ended up being a couple seconds too late, so wasn’t allowed to start. Chance in a million but that’s bike racing! Lots of positives to take away from the weekend and tones of fun was had with the...

Sleeper Co shredit out yet? Killing a few minutes at lunch.

i mentioned in the loudenvielle thread, but no lawlor raw or pit bits vids fromt Loudenvielle, Lenzerheide, Andorra or Les Gets. we have 6 US national rounds this year that we decided to put budget into instead. our heart is with domestic racing and helping it grow. with 11 WC rounds (including world champs), we had to make budget choices and this year we had to pay 3k euro to WBD so lawlor could film (this was after our budget/race decisions were made, however). they've always let us in, but that finally ended this year. i don't blame them, it's...

Crestline went DJI. Wasn't on my 2025 E-bike Bingo card That's a full power, 800wh battery bike. Jeebus!

BRUTAL

Wild crash from Jack, would've been requesting a helivac personally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UZABcEsW-Q

THIS. and it was kind of an underlying narrative in the recent B line podcast, where Dak just barely missed the inside pole or whatever... and chose to pull off and hike up. but if this is the officiating we can expect... and pulling off is probly guaranteed 0 or close to 0 points... the UCI has just plastered a banner to all riders that says 'send it and let god sort em out'. typically, integrity should be enough of a reward to stay inside the poles. but if cheaters get rewarded, then you've ruined the delicate balance of doing...

I don't get it, people usually want to see shimano content.

What really matters is that I believe it's aligned. As long as I think it is, it's good enough.

Why even have a World cup round if there isnt a vital raw? First they came for our slideshows, then they came for our Raws!

Hmmm. I get it, but… huge bummer.

so we have another section with a green pole in the middle of the track that should technically close off the A line.