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Shoutout to David McMillan who had a huge crash while testing one of the big jumps a couple of weeks ago - get well soon David!

instead of posting full thing here, i made a separate thread about some additive manufacturing used in intense m1 development. one company involved is called TRUMPF which makes me lol, but interesting for sure. https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/trumpf-and-elementum-3d-additive-ma…

I have. But I lie for internet fame and status.

Quick scrub on the last episode on YouChoob:

I don't believe that is what's really going on for a couple of reasons. 1, rubber generally expands much more than aluminum when heated so adding heat makes the seal fit tighter. 2, when designing our calipers we found that without compression played less of a roll with pad retract than you'd think. Too little compression creates sealing issues and too much increases risk of compression set. What I think is mostly likely causing what they are experiencing is super hard braking. That happens to usually correspond with lots of heat. Since seal deflection controls pad retract, if you apply...

The new Trailblazers Racing team announced. Three riders, Simplon bikes. Very nice! https://www.instagram.com/trailblazers.racing

I never post here, but have lurked for years. This years rumor thread has been so epic with so many fun high/lows. The very first world cup dh race I had access to live was South Africa 2011 when Qwin won "out of nowhere", and Warner was walking about eating his hat. I will never accept that he isnt on the verge of a comeback, and this year is no different. I wouldnt doubt him.

Never mind the fucking bike company named Crestline, who, in their own words are, "inspired by the terrain that surrounded the founders homes in Southern California, and even naming the company after Crestline CA - a renown local DH shuttle zone" Big, big secret. Wait'll you hear about this wave outside of Half Moon Bay.

No longer a mystery....

Whilst yes he is riding a Nukeproof and registered on an old Nukeproof team, Nukeproof, along with CRC/Wiggle are in adminstration. There is little to no chance the administrators will fund a race team when they are trying to sell a business. Hence there has been a max exodus of people from riding for Nuke/Vitus and no one signing for them since. I see it as his new team gave him one of their old frames whilst they sort their new frame sponsor out. He's on fox suspension - Nuke/Conti last year were SRAM. So no, i dont think it...

SRAM clutch you can't service and have to replace the derailleur eventually, or a Shimano clutch you have to service all the time. Pick your poison

Let's not pretend mountain bikers are any better. The number of people I've had to assist trailside who had no clue what a barrel adjuster was or how to put a tire back on a rim is kind of nuts.

I don't know exactly what kind of injury Gwin had, but I've had an elbow injury myself. Fell awkwardly at the end of the season, threw my hand out by reflex and had my arm facing the wrong way. Immediately tucked it back and began running and screaming. End of the radius was shattered plus the ligaments. Had surgery beginning of December, then a lot of painful rehab and I was playing basketball come march and I was back on the bike in May. The nice titanium screw is still a keeper. Of course injuries differ and no rehab matches...

Time to dust off an old favorite... #teamrumors2011

Much like the current bike market, it is a buyers market for sponsored athletes as well. Rumored that Danny Hart took a 50-60% pay cut from Cube to Nukeproof. Neko spoke about it also, you can get fast/talented riders for cheap this season.

On a positive note, we will get to see Frotha go racing again this year. Signed up under RAW Fusion Racing.

Oook so gentlemen, this has been a nice couple of months following this thread, we had good fun. So at this point of the conversation I guess I'll see myself out to avoid any new nonsense comment about Katy or any other women. Grow up, FFS.

“ MoscoOne wrote: Katy couldnt fill in her forms properly.“ Making fun of a rider for having dyslexia, particularly when they have very recently addressed publicly that it’s a hard thing for them to be open about due to teasing and bullying, is just truly low behaviour and is not appropriate on this forum or anywhere else. If this is something you would do, or think is acceptable, please fuck off.

For the same reason “no one wants”: Danny Hart, Cole Lucas, Greg Callaghan, Bex Baroana, the list goes on… The sport is struggling at the moment, kicking riders whilst they’re down is a weird hill to die on