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Am I the only one who thinks waiting so long to announce this stuff has actually kind of taken the excitement out of it? I was pretty pumped after the new years but the excitement has kind of wore off now.

holy crap, you've all made this year's rumor season so freaking fun and hilarious. was hard to believe #cappucinoMachineGate could be topped but now #frecklegate has set a new bar. i'd be kinda scared if i was an athlete making team switches next year LOL

lol leave it up to a vlogger to confirm one of the last team rumors of the year.

Wasn’t it the same with Jack Moir last year? Also filmed by a rider while “secretly” testing in finale.

bro's recognizing peoples hands now.... this thread is getting so good and weird at the same time. When someone knows what someones toes looks like I'll bow out. Carry on.

So I'm pretty sure this is Daks hand.

The new mondraker team is going to be fine. they have good suspensions (fox), good tires (maxxis), good geometry (proto bike has adjustment), lots of team support and staff. They have a race engineer and I’m sure they can modify the bike if needed. if the bikes antisquat is slightly off that is not going to ruin someone’s career.

But it is the Buldog issue. After the injury he changed, understandably. From top 20 guy to not qualified, its pretty sure its mostly riders fault.(injury, mindset, preparation...)

I hate to say this but in 10 years this will be Rockshox with Shockwiz

The linkage itself is VERY sensitive to adjustments. They could be using a set of different upper links with a few different progression ranges. Alternatively they might have some chip inserts for that same link. I say that link specifically because the point where the dogbone connects has a big influence on the progression AND you can't see the side of it anywhere because it's hidden by the seatmast. FWIW on a factory team I would just have separate links rather than messing about with chips. You can see an example of moving that point on the link below highlighted...

Thats going to be a long wait until the June

Some riders adapt to a bike more than wanting the bike to adapt to them. They seem to get focused more on changing the bike as they get older (more experience of what they want). Younger guys are happy to have support and just push through. I think some riders over think it and some riding styles don't mesh with certain designs/suspension kinematics. I really believe that there isn't any "bad" bike on the W.C. circuit, just some more suited based on riding style. "Find your perfect match"

I would imagine that the ‘goat’ outline is about the Capra model bike….. Capra (genus) ‘capra is a genus of mammals, the goats, comprising ten species, including the markhor and several species known as ibexes. The domestic goat (Capra hircus) ...

They best stiffen them up. Even riding to the pub in a pair of hitops gets sore arches. Flats for show - clips for a pro* *Sam Hill is excluded from this notice.

that‘s a DHR2 in my eyes.

I'd love to see him get back to the level he was at when he was team mates with Sam Hill.

If you wait a year Trans-X will more than likely offer the same posts for a better price... Trans-X is to One-UP as SR-Suntour is to DVO. ^^ Did I use that phrase correctly? ^^ haha

Holy shit it's £292 in the UK (not inc remote)! That is not cheap. For another £10 I can get a Bikeyoke Revive 2.0 before I've even looked properly. I've got a V2 and am so tired of cleaning it out after every other winter ride, so this V3 had better be exceptional to convince me to spend that much money.

Eddie with the comedy as always