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funktekk Added a reply to 🔴 FREE, LIVE RACING & RACE TALK 🔴 Loudenvielle - Peyragudes DH and EDR World Cup Double Header
8/30/2023 7:17am I am absolutely on the edge of my seat to see how this track gets raced. I think the final split is going to be make or break. Those flat switchbacks will be separation point in the field. It will come down to who has the best brake feel and bike control.
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funktekk Added a reply to Preferred winter sport for mountain bikers
8/29/2023 8:22am I went back to mountain biking as an adult to fill the time between snowboard seasons, but now I would have a hard time picking between the two. A good snow day in the mountains is amazing, but is so difficult to attain regularly while living in Kansas.
funktekk Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/28/2023 9:56am Charlie Murray is the most notable Enduro athelete that I can think of on the Stumpy Evo. He did a head to head video between the Enduro and the Evo. The Stumpy won out on timed runs. It seems he thought the Enduro was more compliant but less predictable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtFKIZziUA4
funktekk Added a reply to 2023 Racing Talk
8/28/2023 9:34am Is it so much the shorts or the bagginess? With how aero concerned downhill is getting I don't think we have to worry about anyone getting their Jnco's caught on their grips.
BGoldstone Liked a reply to forum topic 2023 Racing Talk
8/28/2023 9:30am
Shorts topic thread incoming
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funktekk Added a reply to how close are we to peak mountain bike??
8/28/2023 8:09am All products solve a problem... some time that problem is "how do we sell more bikes", lol. Let's consider the Trial bike, probably the most ridden mountain bike. People are looking for something that is going to allow them to pedal up technical trails and not feel like they are risking their life on the way down. This category presents...
funktekk Added a reply to 🔴 FREE, LIVE RACING & RACE TALK 🔴 Loudenvielle - Peyragudes DH and EDR World Cup Double Header
8/28/2023 7:49am Very interesting course. It certainly doesn't feature rock/stump gardens like some of the more infamous courses in the World Cup, but those steep off-camber sections will be a test. It looks like fitness on the pedals may play a factor in the lower section. The compressions through the series of jumps around the road gap look like they will be...
funktekk Added a reply to 🔴 FREE, LIVE RACING & RACE TALK 🔴 VALLNORD World Cup Downhill
8/28/2023 7:39am I would love to see a frame by frame for Thibault and Greg's runs. I bet they would look surprisingly different for having nearly identical results.
funktekk Added a reply to 🔴 FREE, LIVE RACING & RACE TALK 🔴 VALLNORD World Cup Downhill
8/27/2023 4:32pm Despite the crazy weather patterns it was still a heck of a show. I was watching as my wife drove across Missouri. As Greg was throwing down that heater I was yelling and jumping up in my chair. I don’t know how the little lady kept it on the road with the circus going on next to her. I really...
Stewyeww Liked a reply to forum topic 2023 Racing Talk
8/23/2023 6:42am
The silver lining is that with less riders racing world cups, more riders will shift to crank works races, which means more Elliot and Rob!
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funktekk Added a reply to 2023 Racing Talk
8/22/2023 3:25pm First they killed Westworld and now Downhill!! I have a major bone to pick with Time Warner!! That being said... trying to find a silver lining here: Maybe reducing the UCI World Cups to only factory teams will spur growth in the regional racing ranks. Maybe short tracks and dramatic production pieces will pull in a bigger audience and bring...
dylanjp006 Liked a reply to forum topic 2024 TEAM RUMORS
8/22/2023 3:03pm
Not a rumour but a confirmed ride, Poppy lane, silver in jnr womens at world champs on the commencal ic process team
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/21/2023 6:39am
We Are One on the Inside Line is up - Dustin discusses racing and life and the second half is about the company, non-overseas production, products, future etc. on youtube (slideshow, not video of interview) or podcast channels too. https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/we-are-one-inside-line-mountain-bike-…
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MiSo11 Liked a reply to forum topic Death Grip 2
8/18/2023 11:05am
Such a huge fan of Clay Porter's movies. His movies were basically on repeat when I was a grom. He also historically has such great sound tracks and it looks like there are some decent bike riders in this film too. Pumped for this one.
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iceman2058 Liked a reply to forum topic Death Grip 2
8/18/2023 11:04am
In case you've been living under a rock and wonder why another Deathgrip movie is such big news, read up on what made the first one so rad: https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/Deathgrip-A-Review,1832.
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funktekk Added a reply to Death Grip 2
8/18/2023 7:30am Absolute filth!!! and I love it.
Dave_Camp Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/17/2023 8:17am
I disagree- needle bearings only work in clean environments like engineering textbooks. Haha
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic ALL THINGS DH WORLD CHAMPS 2023
8/14/2023 8:02am
b practice from world champs is up https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/world-champs-recap-vitals-b-practice-…
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Maxipedia Liked a reply to forum topic 2024 TEAM RUMORS
8/14/2023 7:24am
You guys know that Greg must be reading this thread too at some point and smiling at the things people assume what they know about him and what they believe he will do, right? This interest in a person alone, stemming from multiple people from across the globe is worth more than a bit, if we talk about marketing. As far as I am concerned, I was lucky enough to cross paths with Greg a few times in this lifetime. First one was at Kaprun 2002, a race I hitchhiked to. I ended up watching the 4-cross qualies with Greg...
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bulletbass man Liked a reply to forum topic 2024 TEAM RUMORS
8/14/2023 7:08am
What edr needs most is to return to being a destination series with a focus on quality trails, experience, and a serious fitness requirement that served a purpose at the more remote rounds. It’s fine if a couple venues are regulars and a couple a year are at bike parks but what drew riders, media, and fans a like was that it was this pinnacle version of the sport to aspire too. they just keep dumbing it down into something nobody is interested in. And attaching these events to dh is severely limiting their ability to draw riders, have quality...
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