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Foam rings removed? Please tell us more!

Can you share more specifics on your setup? Very interested to hear how the tubolito interacts with the cushcore within the tyre. I assume the tube sits on the outside against the tyre carcass, but how does the valve fit through the cushcore and rim? What size wheel, tyre and tubolito are you running?

Bring back the days where winners had hangovers and STDs

Source for the info?

Not sure if double headers will be welcomed by teams... Less logistic, but THIS :

I think he should most certainly keep his result. Its obvious this wasn't intentional and its also pretty clear it cost him some time. So since it gave his run no advantage (quite the opposite actually) i'd say let him keep his result!

Great start to the thread, a whole bunch of nonsense! I think the syndicate would be nuts to let Vergier go, he is the best performing but also the most entertaining with his goofy funny style. They know it too with how much they put him into their edits.

I don't think Luca is struggling. He's had uber talent since he was tiny. I think it's just that he qualified 1st for multiple World Cups, came down leading and his runs got scrambled & he might be still trying to figure out "how" he leaped over everyone to be #1 qualifier but couldn't punch the finals ticket. This is probably another thing for Eliot Jackson to track or Roots and Rain, but I'd love to see how people fair after their 1st #1 seeding run. My guess is that most everyone hits a big wall. The first person who...

Loris Looks pretty well established in the Syndicate but Luca has struggled. I know some of it is injury related but will he take the opportunity to reset his career by moving teams?

If talking about the Norco(s), it is a high pivot horst link, yeah. The rear wheel is mounted to the seatstays, there is a chainstay pivot present too. The GT DH bike is the same, the prototype Scott Gambler (when it had the idler) was also sorta kinda the same (with the main/BB pivot not being as high), the Cannondale DH and upcoming enduro rigs are another example of this. The Druid (if it's being mentioned), the new Devinci (again, pedalling wise but not braking wise, since it's a bit murky due to it being a Split Pivot), the Supreme...

Hope Jack Moir able to prove a point to Intense.

Dude you're being a douche.

Thanks for all your support. We're trying to play nice.

Hi Vital Forum peoples, This is not Vital's fault what so ever, we have ask them to take it down. The info out was not images of bikes but mock up CAD images which honestly as just shit with loads of incorrect details. These files are only ever intended to go to our dealers (and should never make it beyond this) to help them. Hand on heart we will never ask to remove genuine "spy shots" out in the field/ testing, where things are open to public to shoot. We promise your patience will be worth while when the time...

@sspomer Has there been a notable shift in demographic properties from the response-group throughout the years or has this remained somewhat similar? Curious if Vitalmtb attracted a different (or larger) audience then the years before and how that affected certain outcome data.

Full suspension mountain bikes kinda suck on steep jumps, regardless of wheel size. If you're hitting jumps that are steep enough for BB drop to be a significant factor, I think you're going to be more bummed on your 2.5" super tacky tires at 25 psi and your suspension that's set up soft enough to absorb roots and trail chatter. You can set up a full-suspension bike to be better on steep jumps, but you're polishing a turd, and that's from someone who loves jumping his full suspension 29er. There's a reason why BMX bikes don't have suspension and run...

only if you have some mustard. it was deleted by mistake. and, assuming you're not lying about how you got the photo, it was obtained fair and square. got a knife and fork so we can dig in?

I think that is a more than reasonable line to draw in the sand.

Here's the backstory on WAKI's disappearance from PB. He specifically asked the two moderators monitoring the "Race & Accessibility" article to be removed from the site. I think his actual words were "pull the plug" or something like that.

Lol yea, they saw the 38 come out 4 weeks ago and created molds to rip them off! Haha.This fork has been in development for a long time and been done for months but release has obviously been held off (embargoes at Commencal, etc.). This fork design was likely started back in 2018. Takes years to make this stuff a reality. Not weeks.