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Fox Added a reply to EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
11/11/2018 2:00pm All rumors right now at 3pm MST 11/11/18. Until we have some facts or an official statement from the EWS HQ, I think it’s better to not say any names or speculate. If this situation is real and people failed drug tests, it is a BIG deal that could end someone’s racing career. So everybody be cool until there are...
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Fox Added a reply to 2018 DH World Championships Bikes
9/7/2018 7:15pm It’d be insane if Maes won on a Sunday. A massive upset. And I totally agree with Spomer. What a great rivalry! Maes seems like a really nice guy. This guy is the real deal and can do both disciplines at once and win. It’s all in good fun and let’s face it, he hauled some serious ass in absolutely...
GA902 Liked a reply to forum topic 2018 DH World Championships Bikes
9/7/2018 7:06pm
"rub that shit in" 
100% agree. Could you imagine no one wearing rainbow stripes because the guy is racing ews instead? Has an outsider ever won before?
100% agree. Could you imagine no one wearing rainbow stripes because the guy is racing ews instead? Has an outsider ever won before?
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2018 DH World Championships Bikes
9/7/2018 7:06pm
https://www.redbull.com/int-en/tv/video/AP-1VWBTUHZ92111/mens-dh-finals… - go to 1:34:45 and the interview starts...i'm guessing this is what people got bent about. "i did it for the enduro spirit and it's good to beat the DH boys at their own game." i thought it was freaking awesome. he just won a world cup DH race! i say rub that shit in regardless of weather etc LOL. he was amped and it showed. who doesn't love a rivalry like this??? everyone talks about DHers winning EWS races, now it got flipped. plus he's been successful in DH before. it's not like he's some roadie on a...
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9/7/2018 7:04pm if you can ride a bike you can ride a bike... period... respect...
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Fox Added a reply to Newb interested in trying MTB again.
9/5/2018 1:23pm Buy a used 140-160mm travel bike that’s half way decent for somewhere between $2-4K. 2-3 years old is fine. There are some killer deals on lightly used bikes right now. Frankly, it’s insane. Many companies are completely sold out of desirable models costing $5-8k. People flip them fast and it means the used market is really good. Ride it on...
Great review and comparison to the SBG bikes. SB150 looks sweet.
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Fox Added a reply to How would you stop Richie from flatting?
8/22/2018 1:13pm Jeff, I’m still not convinced that more travel would equal less pinch flats. Tire pressure, suspension travel, spring preload, compression dampening, and the size and type of hit to the tire and rim would all factor in to wether or not you would blow through a tire straight to the rim before the suspension went through all it’s travel Watch...
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8/22/2018 12:52pm
Looks really cool. I’d ride one.
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Jim_Oxborrow Liked a comment about bike check Mondraker Foxy29 RR UK Edition
8/22/2018 12:38am
Does this bike belong to a basketball player!?
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Fox Added a reply to How would you stop Richie from flatting?
8/18/2018 8:23pm This is a great point. These guys are at 1200-1300gms/tire plus a cushcore which is another 250gms(?) plus a bunch of sealant. I think Graves commented somewhere a while back (earlier this season) that his tire setup as described above was over 1600gms. Why not put another 200-300gms of rubber on the casing for guys like RR and loose the...
matmattmatthew Liked a reply to forum topic How would you stop Richie from flatting?
8/18/2018 8:13pm
In a recent video with Sam Hill at the Whistler EWS, he was walking the track talking about line choices and he made several comments about picking lines that keep you out of big compressions even if it's a fraction of a second slower. He emphasized the toll those compressions would take on your bike and body over the course of the whole race. I think that mindset and strategy is one of the reasons he's been so successful the last two years. It seems like he's able to carry a faster average speed over an entire stage (and race)...
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Fox Added a reply to How would you stop Richie from flatting?
8/17/2018 6:01pm Interesting to think about this idea. It seems like more travel would help decrease the incidence of flats, but would it? There are still a ton of flats in DH and some of the wheel hits on the EWS seems to be getting close to that level. I wouldn’t know. I’m slow enough that I can get away with low...
luisgutrod Liked a reply to forum topic How would you stop Richie from flatting?
8/17/2018 5:56pm
I agree with you 100%. 165mm at least.
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JVO Liked a reply to forum topic How would you stop Richie from flatting?
8/17/2018 5:55pm
In my opinion he also needs more travel. The bikes he has used have been a 140 and 150mm travel in back. For how fast and how strong he is I am surprised he is not having problems with other Eq. Would he be flatting with a 160-180mm travel? "Nomad" or another longer travel bike. Just a thought that has not been brought up.
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Fox Added a reply to How would you stop Richie from flatting?
8/17/2018 5:55pm I have heard this described by professional race car drivers as “racecraft.” Kind of a cheesy term, but it summarizes well what you have described. Yes, you gotta be fast, but you also gotta be smooth and save the machine. The winners balance all of these components. It goes a level higher still in terms of winning the whole series...
Fox Added a reply to How would you stop Richie from flatting?
8/17/2018 5:25pm Progressive bottom out bumpers on coil shocks work really well. Push uses a special one on the coil shocks they sell for the SI equipped Yeti bikes. They don’t last that long in my experience using them in automotive rally car applications, but when they are fresh they are very effective.
Bigburd Liked a reply to forum topic How would you stop Richie from flatting?
8/17/2018 5:22pm
Got a set of these in 4 ply that I made the mistake of putting on a hard tail 'temporarily', never bent so many levers or tore so many calluses in my life, still got them in perfect condition just in case I decide to build retro bike or need to remove my finger prints for any reason.
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic How would you stop Richie from flatting?
8/17/2018 5:21pm
we just got a notification from our hosting company that our website is now too heavy to run hahaha
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