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iceman2058 Added a comment about bike check Canfield Lithium V3
8/31/2026 6:53am
Bike of the Day August 31, 2026!
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iceman2058 Added a comment about bike check Commencal Supreme V5 Custom Paint Job
8/30/2026 6:06am
Bike of the Day August 30, 2026!
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iceman2058 Added a reply to 2026 WORLD CHAMPS - Val di Sole
8/30/2026 3:52am Elite men highlights: Elite women highlights:
iceman2058 Added a comment about news story RESULTS: Val di Sole World Championships Elite DH Finals
8/29/2026 1:37pm
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8/29/2026 1:37pm
Great write up!
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iceman2058 Added a reply to 2026 WORLD CHAMPS - Val di Sole
8/29/2026 9:06am One race to rule them all: https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/results-val-di-sole-world-championsh… .
iceman2058 Added a new News Story RESULTS: Val di Sole World Championships Elite DH Finals
8/29/2026 9:03am
If you had one shot, one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted; one moment, would you capture it or just let it slip? The true champions rise to the occasion, and no other race is quite as...
iceman2058 Added a reply to 2026 WORLD CHAMPS - Val di Sole
8/29/2026 4:10am After the rain, the rainbows: https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/results-val-di-sole-world-championsh….
iceman2058 Added a new News Story RESULTS: Val di Sole World Championships Junior DH Finals
8/29/2026 3:24am
They say that if you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain. After a few days of favorable weather, the Val di Sole weather gods turned on the faucets overnight which made for tricky...
iceman2058 Added a new News Story RESULTS: Val di Sole World Championships Elite DH Qualifying
8/28/2026 11:25am
There is a straight and narrow path to walk (or should we say ride) to the biggest prize in the elite category of downhill mountain biking. You start by being one of 40 women or 80 men who make it...
iceman2058 Started a new thread POC Introduces a DOT-certified DH Helmet That Weighs Just 1040 Grams
8/28/2026 10:53am D ownhill racing has always been dangerous of course, but as the sport progresses, so too does the speed and thus the risk associated with crashes. Modern bikes and the proliferation of lift-accessed riding will also expose amateur riders to the same dangers, outside of the racetracks. We’ve seen protection companies produce helmets that certify to increasingly higher standards, but...
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iceman2058 Added a reply to 2026 WORLD CHAMPS - Val di Sole
8/28/2026 8:11am Elite qualifying done at the World Sandbagging Champs: https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/results-val-di-sole-world-championsh….
iceman2058 Added a new News Story RESULTS: Val di Sole World Championships Junior DH Qualifying
8/28/2026 6:58am
You have to be in it to win it, and although it's easier to qualify for the World Championship finals than it is to qualify for a World Cup these days, you still have to put down a solid run and avoid...
iceman2058 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/28/2026 4:10am My Italian is a little rusty, but it seems this was made using a servo from the RC world, connected to some kind of stroke measuring device on the brake lever blade. The idea being to change the compression settings of the shock under different types of braking events.
iceman2058 Added a reply to 2026 WORLD CHAMPS - Val di Sole
8/28/2026 3:22am The start order is determined by the latest UCI individual ranking and is the same for both qualifying and finals. Not sure about why Jonty has that number, but he did drop in last today.
iceman2058 Added a reply to 2026 WORLD CHAMPS - Val di Sole
8/28/2026 2:55am Full junior qualifying results here: https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/results-val-di-sole-world-championsh….
iceman2058 Added a reply to 2026 WORLD CHAMPS - Val di Sole
8/28/2026 2:55am Yep, that did happen a few years back.
iceman2058 Added a comment about bike check We Are One Arrival 152
8/28/2026 1:49am
Bike of the Day August 28, 2026!
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iceman2058 Added a reply to 2026 WORLD CHAMPS - Val di Sole
8/27/2026 6:11am There's more XC than DH in this one, but it's still rad to get a feel for the event as a whole:
iceman2058 Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
8/27/2026 2:43am The "recency bias" in the legs is definitely real. But there's another important point to make here, and that's frame design. A lot of brands will run less antisquat in their e-bikes than they would in a regular bike, because the motor helps combat the bobbing (by making the pedal stroke smoother), and a few watts lost are worth it...