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Reliability wise, these are second to none. Mine are 7 years old (C41) and only just developed a slight weep at the lever. Loctite is needed for the bar clamp, otherwise performance has been faultless. For parts, bikeDoc has everything. In comparison: Tech3 E4 needed a rebuild after 1 year and constant adjusting, not nearly as powerful - given away out of frustration. XT had random bite points and leaked at both levers after 1 year, not rebuildable (disgusting in this era) - trashed. Codes needed a rebuild after ~3 years, they can be made as powerful with braided lines...

I want to see Daks bars on an insta 360

Having watched John Kirkcalide win on a 26" Rocky Mtn RM9 w/ a 24" rear wheel & 3.0 Gazzalodi tire, I can confirm that it is ACTUALLY the rider at this point. If you're off the pace on anything branded w/ legit components, it's you, not the bike.

Was a joke... What Dak is doing with his bars along with his unique line choice is heroic. I can only salute the man

Dak tried to cut the one corner on an otherwise dry track that had a puddle of greasy mud on the inside... I wonder if this was a sneaky line he wasn't showing in practice and only attempted in finals? There didn't seem to be any tyre marks through the inside.

lawlor-slowmo-super-investigation-for-nerds video from poland

This is what they tried with the V1 Live Valve and it was generally not well received for gravity riding. There are no technical obstacles to a more refined system. Notably they now have the axle sensors which is a much better input to use than relying on shock sensors.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7I8ymPNH2u/ TJ from Ohlins Racing confirms that the secret rear shock on Bruni's proto DH bike is using a electronic system.

Pretty much guaranteed to be an accelerometer/IMU unit. I have similar units on DAQs and you can see how the acceleration spikes are precursors to peak shaft speeds. If the damper adjustment is done by a fast responding solenoid you could run the damper more open in the base setting and pile on HSC during very high impacts. If you are using multi-axis accelerometer gyros you might also be able to play a bit with compression during high speed corners. Getting predictability out of these systems can be challenging so I suspect whatever logic is used is probably on the...

Sensing how fuckin fast Asa's going so they know how much to turn everything down for us mere mortals

It's still just two short links connecting the chainstay to the BB area. One of the links just happens to be mounted to a bearing that's bigger than the link. All DW6 bikes I've seen have the lowermost of the two short links oriented such that the pivot on the front triangle is below the one on the chainstay. The way this is set up, the front triangle pivot point is above the chainstay pivot. I'm not sure how the DW6 patent is written. That could be enough to differentiate them. That's the fun thing with patents... you can patent...

DAK is fucking pinned this year!

Yes Dak!!! Gonna be a good one tomorrow!

Pinkerton green at the first split then looks like he had a mechanical by the last split time. Way to put in the work, good things are coming!

Asas time is completely mad. Kiefer with a 4:17 in a huge effort

That is awesome!

Asa's time is currently 2nd fastest of the weekend- only Bruni went faster in qualies. SHEESH

The hype is so damn real!!! Congrats, Asa! And first race, first place for Heather Wilson 🤘