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matt walker and his prototype session setup Video Contents 0:00 - Intro, Build Overview & Size 1:22 - Adjustable Pivot Location and Progression 3:04 - Tire Choice, Pressures, Inserts 3:47 - Suspension Settings, Bars, Tinkering 6:00 - Maven Brake Power and Unique Lever Position 7:45 - Seat Height, Testing Philosophy 8:52 - Tuned Mass Damper

Is Hope about to come out with a new version of the Tech brakes? This looks suspiciously like a bleed port, which may see the end of those messy open reservoir bleeds. Presumably if that's what it is, you'd just need to orient the lever downwards to ensure the bleed port is at the highest point (which would also allow any bubbles to flow around the internal membrane, which typically has a pretty intricate shape). Pic of Adam Brayton's bike on Hope's insta:

What a way to kick off the season! So rad to see so many pinned runs, with hardly any run crashes as well. Here are the results and a couple of observations: -22 racers lined up for finals (down from 34 on the full start list, proof that this event is no push-over). -How cool was it to see Sam Hill and Josh Bryceland just cruising such an intimidating course like it wasn't a big deal? Let's not say they came off the couch to race here, but almost. -Gracey Hemstreet looked like a sure thing the whole way, smooth...

Man that was just GOOD in every sense of the word. Hill just doing Hill lines The young colombian dude riding like his life depended on it TROYYYY Fearon the fastest electrician in the world, back to work Monday Champ, no RDO's! Asa and Goldstone are the future - I'm all for it. And to top it off, the sweet sounds of Rob Warner through my soundbar at volume 69! What a day to be alive.

Man I'm used to watching world cups at 2am and trying not to wake the kids while troy drops in. 2pm local time for Hardline. I'm getting a carton of beer, a big ass bag of doritos and YELLING AS LOUD AS I WANT!! Leave me alone kids.

Hatton had a hugie (starts at 33:00).

moir's qualifying video

Ok, so the gap between Asa and Ronan (71ms) is less than the average speed of a human blink (100ms). Or 0.03565% of the total run time. In racing terms, setting aside line choice, braking, exit speed etc., can the difference be something as simple as head/body position during the faster sections? an extra quarter turn of a crank? Level of whippage on the bug jumps? I am always blown away by how tight the top guys are to each other when there are an almost infinite amount of variables at play during a race run.

Bike tech is a circular cycle. You know what else is a circular cycle? Crab.

Damn, Connor Fearon. Fastest employed person on earth.

dont know.. full reckless vibes and total disregard for personal safety seems to be meticulously honed by certain Irishman haha. deathgripping @ warp speed through ferns all day long

light on tech but high on fun (and putting here b/c half of you never go to the homepage : ) our dirt jump bike test sesh - https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/6-dirt-jumpers-tested-and-compared-vi…

Perhaps he needed to pivot after revealing BK's bike failure

😅 when your tire meets the down tube of your frame

I am sooo impressed with Sam Hill, honestly thought it was more of a media stunt for him to be there. Eating my hat, that man is STILL one bad ass rider!

Both Pivot and Evil frames are, or were as of 2020, made in Myanmar at a place called Very Impressive Prospect Co., Ltd (VIP). Allegedly the factory workers tried to unionize and the labor leader was stabbed by goons. https://globalmayday.net/2020/10/18/myanmar-union-busting-at-sporting-g…

Moi Moi pulled down his video and Spomer nuked the Fox info. Tech rumors forum bringing the heat this week.

fox asked to remove it, so i did. it wasn't public information. the difference between a trackside leak, rider leak or an admin mistake that a brand makes on a website.

If the Pivot is the only bike that breaks this week from that drop (which it likely will be at this point), then it's not a good look for Pivot. While hardline is an extreme use case, if all the other brand's bikes hold up, it shows that the Pivot is not as strong. For instance, there are guys like Bulldog, who probably outweighs BK by 30%+, coming off the same drop on his 'cheap' ARI frame and it's holding up. The Pivot frame is VERY light. I believe the lightest weight production frame (by far). I'm assuming Pivot engineers...

So one reason why I'm hesistant to share breakages of bikes online is that stuff sticks around forever.....I worked for a Yeti dealer at that time when the "pre production" frames had thin chainstays which cracked very easily. But it was just that very small number of initial bikes, I think we sold 2 SB6's from the batch and yeah they broke but the dozens that followed were fine in that regard (not perfrect bikes but the chainstays were actually fixed). But that reputation definitely stuck with Yeti which is a shame since it was such a small number of...