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AFAIK chains don't actually stretch in any meaningful way, the rollers (and maybe the pins) wear allowing the rollers to sit off-center on the pins. The plates stay the same length. (Or am I missing what you're gettting at?)

https://youtu.be/-oiwsn6G8MQ?si=qZFhHjdUsbd_qANb Sleeper edit

I read the rules again, Keifer should have been DNF with no points awarded. Unless they decided this was exceptional circumstances, which would be incredibly unfair to anyone who has ever had a mechanical issue with a bike out the gate. The rule: 4.3.003 bis Any rider whose time being 100% slower of that of the first established time is listed in the results as DNF (did not finish) and is not awarded any points. This rule is applied for qualifying round and finals. Under exceptional circumstances, the maximum allowed time limit for finishing may be altered during the race...

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

That's the real kicker. The situation was bad enough as is. But being, essentially, right after a junior being DQd for being seconds? late... A minute? How late was he... How can you be so inconsistent? Also, dunno if people already talked about it but Gracey's run needs to be remembered as one of the greatest come back runs in womens DH history. She was DEAD LAST at split 1. By the finish line, she was over 3 up. She gained OVER SIX SECONDS, in all the hardest parts of the track. Against an in-form Vali Holl (who was P1...

No Warner, no Wyn, no Lawlor. They should probably cancel it at this stage.

Can I patent the ole one eye squint? For real tho, equalizing the gap on each side between the sanctions and bars is way easier than aligning the stem with the tire.

Short answer: yes it does matter and there are some dramatic downsides to overfilling your bath oil. There’s not a lot of room for air when a single crown fork chassis bottoms out. Don’t need to make that space even smaller.

Because you probably greased the dust wipers and added oil to the foam rings at the same time. Its like blowing on your nintendo* cartridge - its not blowing on it that does anything, its the taking it out and reinserting the pins properly that helps. Or greasing cassette splines - that does nothing, but retorquing the lockring afterwards does Too much grease was a problem nearly 10 years ago now in early 35mm pikes and 36's but since then negative chambers got MUCH bigger, and the amount of grease also dropped to about 25% as much. to the point...

Let’s also hope they figure out caliper seals so you don’t get wet pads out of the box 8/10 XTs lately have been a warranty job before even installing them

Low viscosity? Finally some better oil from shimano that doesn’t require bleeding every other week?

They're just copying srams retarded decision to tuck the hoses up against the bars as though we're all roadies that are going to integrate them into our bars and headsets. I thought we'd effectively communicated to manufacturers that we didn't want that shit but Shimano is late to the party and has misread their customers once again. So now we get more cable rub and noise from both the major brands, unless you're a weirdo who buys Scott I guess. Gives everyone else a little more motivation to explore other options.

I would say the bite point adjustment is visible here at the bottom. I still can't wrap my head around that thick area where the hose connects. It looks just ridiculous, and I'm really curious about the reasoning behind it. Also, what is LV Oil?

I don’t think you get it Dave. We are going to revolutionize fork manufacturing on this forum without ever having visited a factory or even talking to a designer or engineer about the myriad of factors that affect the design and manufacture of said forks.

Did we discuss the ridiculously large flight attendant lights or whatever they were? I forget who it was but one of the women had one facing forwards looked like an F1 car tail light. Then Loris was shining so bright into his face I could see the glare which had to be distracting as hell. I think a simple small LED light would of been sufficient.

Suddenly I'm a fan of the 3-rider podium!

That is true, but Fox wouldn't have all build data on the website listed by serial number if it was still just a RAD project. The inverted Fox fork is going to be released.

Agreed unfortunately. If that fits the rule book. Side note/soapbox to complain about Rick’s commentary. He doesnt talk about the riders, he just podcasts random crap while people are riding. Rob, Elliot and Aaron talked about the riders, results elsewhere, history, and other random facts. It’s like they did research and Rick, not so much.

Why on earth is this content not available to view in New Zealand???

Ha ha even Jackson has a camel toe in that kit