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I marshalled M2 at the chicane to log drop all weekend & would love to have set up my GoPro & done a line comparison there. Pinkerton & Medcalf ran trains together non-stop and were hitting an inside rock tip to avoid the off camber chicane as opposed to the Pro class most all running the wide line. I would be willing to put money on that 1.3 seconds all being that line choice. Swing wide, drift the edge of traction and then line up to hop a rock hole, down the back side of the rocks and off the...

full g-out gallery is up https://www.vitalmtb.com/g-out-project-u-s-mtb-national-championships-dh

All the info + our ride impressions of the new GX Eagle Transmission group: https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/wireless-workhorse-sram-gx-eagle-tran….

I would say most mountains in North America are either too big and don’t need the advertising revenue from a WC event or they are too small and can’t afford the buy in costs for an event. It would be great to see a true World Cup with at least 3 dates in North America and Europe each and 1 extra in some other destination New Zealand or Japan etc .

Bikes are complicated and there are lots of variables, but in my experience this sounds exactly like what I feel when my stem is too short. For me, a 50mm stem almost automatically puts me in a position where I don't need to think or move to weight the front wheel, it just happens naturally. There are tradeoffs with the steering, but in my view those are outweighed by the additional confidence in my front end grip. I'd be curious to try a 45mm (or the 42.5mm Burgtec that came on my bike) a bit more to better understand the...

Rear centre length is a huge proponent to front end grip that gets overlooked. If the CS is long enough, it literally drives the front wheel into the ground almost. My current bike has a 463mm CS, I could put my stem on backwards and still have grip lol. Sure I cant manual now, put my bike on a rack, bunnyhop or make any tight corners, but at least I got grip!

Red Bull recap show with Warner, Elliot and Emily Batty https://www.redbull.com/int-en/episodes/beyond-the-line-s1-e1

Probably a combination of all those factors, then throw reach and stack into the mix. I had a frame a few years ago with around 20mm more reach than my current bikes and it was definitely harder to weight the front wheel. Many years ago when I used to ride XC bikes with shorter reach and a steep HA I found the front end could tuck under quite easily, which doesn't happen now with slacker HAs. For me it's all about finding that elusive sweet spot for the terrain I predominantly ride.

Having a bit longer stem can really make a huge difference. Going from 35mm to 40mm stem length helped me a ton. I'm on a specialized Enduro. Especially with bikes being a lot slacker, the more spacers you put under the stem, the further back your bars will go. Seemed to be for a while everyone was trying to get the shortest stem possible. Really makes it hard to weight the front tire! I'm curious about adding another 5mm spacer and trying a 50mm stem.

Not sure if it was actually better or if I’m just getting used to it but I thought the semi-final and finals broadcast was actually pretty good this week. Already improving on graphics, running order and commentary. Also real happy for the Austrians. It was only a matter of time for Kolb and to do it at his home race is very cool. 6 to go and I’m hoping for 6 more race winners!