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phillemaistre Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 World Cup Downhill - Val di Sole, Italy
6/29/2025 8:58am
@veefour : homework.
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CamNeelyCantWheelie Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
6/28/2025 7:39am
Needle's argument of "Well pro surfing and golf don't put Junior categories along with the Elites" just doesn't hold an validity to me. DH is unique and it's own exciting event so just stop with the comparisons. F1 is hardly the ideal form of motorsport; corruption (MBS), insane cost, green washing, ruthless team politics, etc.. Hardly a good example to aspire to for such a niche sport propped up by a few independent media and the Youtube feeds of the riders themselves. I get trying to increase exposure, but gutting the sport to get to 1hr broadcast package for corporate...
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Rol Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
6/28/2025 7:38am
I actually like the Q1 + Q2 format now. It seems that it raised the level because now everybody gets his chance to enter finals. They are all fast ass hell. In the same time it becomes more like DH skiing, everyone is spectecular and so it is just a nuance of skill and mental game that decides between win and hospital. I am not sure it will benefit the sport. What I do not like is that WB abolished the free brodcast of the finals. So I only look the the highlights. I am only one person but if...
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alex_o Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/26/2025 12:39pm
I'm all up for functionality over esthectics, but damn that's an uggly fork! I guess this is what we get when corporations get rid of designers in favor of Generative AI desings
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Uncle Cliffy Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/26/2025 12:37pm
Ah, I see you’re also a man of culture…
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kokokorokokoko Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/26/2025 12:34pm
St Ablead After the 14th century St. Ablead who removed carbon waste from the South China Sea by hand, sacrificing himself in the process.
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krabo83 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/26/2025 12:30pm
looks like jesse‘s on a new RS Zeb, chassis looks different to the current one…
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DontWorryImAPilot Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 World Cup Downhill - Val di Sole, Italy
6/23/2025 6:26am
An EXTREMELY simplified explanation of why video gets blurred: The more detail in an image, the more data is required to describe that image. There's a limit to how much data cameras can capture in real time, how much they can send in "real time," how much broadcasters can send in "real time," how much internet service providers can receive and send in "real time," and how much your TV provider can send in "real time." The downstream folks tell the upstream folks how much they can handle. The on-site broadcast is assembled in real-time and sent to the folks...
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veefour Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 World Cup Downhill - Val di Sole, Italy
6/21/2025 5:53am
So it seems that WBD are unsatisfied with the number of fans they managed to piss off yesterday with the Q2 no show. Lets bring the numbers up today by scrapping the junior women's race coverage without a word of explanation. Edit. Blimey, UCI Whoop put a message in the chat box saying both races will be uploaded to the channel and apologies for the inconvenience. Well that's a first.
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sprungmass Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/19/2025 2:02am
2022+ XC bike starter pack *Linkage driven single pivot w/ flex stay *Top tube mounted shock *Two bottle cage mounts *Bring your own logo: Specialized/Cervelo/Pinarello/SantaCruz/Transition/Kona/Trek/Cannondale/Orbea/KTM etc Blueprint:
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trytochaseme Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/18/2025 6:57am
Brembo brakes official
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/18/2025 12:12am
you're all helping them figure out 32" way too much with these suggestions 🤣
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dantecusolito Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/18/2025 12:12am
I'm just spitballing here, but one of the limiting dimensions that does not help gain wheel size or suspension travel is headtube length. What if for 32" bikes, the head tube was split, in which case it only needs to house a bearing on each end, and the stem attached in between? Scott does so much integration hell already that I'd bet they'd be into this.
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seanfisseli Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/18/2025 12:10am
Really good post but I still think we are suffering from the same problem that we had 10-15 years ago: bike design, geo, riding style, and bike setup are all based on available tech and components. Once we add a new tool to the arsenal the landscape shifts around it. Riding styles will change and bikes will be designed with different parameters and the whole sport will evolve. The early 29ers weren’t great! But the concept was sound and eventually we figured out how to make great 29ers and riding styles adapted to the new strengths and weaknesses of the...
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sollie Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/17/2025 1:59am
20% heavier wheels is like 2 or 3 pounds. For tall riders that is absolutely negligible. It's a small market, and maybe too small to be viable, but if short people have 24", 26", and 27.5" wheel options, I don't see the harm in letting people over 6'4" have an additional choice. I'm 6'7" and people are constantly asking me if my bikes are 27.5 since the wheels look comically undersized versus the frame. I'd happily try a little extra weight to see if a larger wheel diameter helps compensate for my higher center of gravity.
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Buckets Up Liked a reply to forum topic Downhill world cups - how would you do it?
6/14/2025 10:15am
The problem is their ‘path’ to increased exposure seems pretty poorly planned and executed. If you really wanted more eyes on it, you would put it somewhere free (or cheap) and easy for longtime fans and then you could also put it in the sports package for the general public who have MAX to stumble upon. Right now you have a product that is only marginally better than the previous RedBull version. However the RedBull version was free and super easy to access. Now you are requiring people to pay a substantial amount while also making access harder. That’s a...
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JVP Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
6/12/2025 6:36am
Good to see them trying something that will really pop and get attention. I hope golden hour works out. I've done decades of night riding and golden-dusk is the hardest time to night ride. Once it gets proper dark, lights work better as you can see shadows with better contrast. It might be OK with the lights being external vs on-bike and I'm sure they'll push the lumens to 11 so the cameras can function. Either way, really cool idea and should be good for Enduro visibility.
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
6/12/2025 6:35am
first ever Night EDR in La Thuille. get those french lines dialed since it'll be dark! La Thuile – Valle d’Aosta to Host First-Ever UCI World Cup Night Race The Italian venue will put on a WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series debut to remember with the UCI Enduro World Cup concluding with a first-ever golden hour final stage. https://ucimtbworldseries.com/news/la-thuile-valle-daosta-to-host-first…
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FLOWRIDER RACING Liked a bike check ANCILLOTTI SCARAB EVO 29 by Flowrider Racing
6/9/2025 7:58am
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Jacker123 Added a comment about bike check Raaw Madonna V3 XXL
6/9/2025 5:23am
Haven't tried them before, everything seems good so far though. I think they're the same weight ballpark as DT EX1700 but have pawls instead of a ratchet freehub I think.
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