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So eso wants to make some pretty major changes to the sport so it'll more appealing to casual viewers, growing sport, more eyeballs watching.... I don't think many casual viewers end up behind a paywall. I'm not calling bs on you Mike, (I know ball has said those things), I'm calling bs on eso/ball.

Based on Elliot's job in the booth for the Crankworx DH, I think Ric + Elliot would be better than Rob + Gracia. I really like Gracia, but he is just not a thinker/analyzer like Fabien Barrel, Elliot, etc. -Insane DH world cup layoff for 7 weeks in the middle of the summer -- I know worlds is in there, but still, terrible or the sport. -Two more rounds for the EDR?! What a let down/terrible season. Coverage has been so poor this year that it feels like their season just started. And there are two more rounds to go...

i thought the same. aside from the top 10 seconds of lenzerheide, it was the same as last year and leogang was the same too, right? i haven't watched dean vid yet, but the low-slung, non-breakable tape seems to be a significant problem, taking out a few riders as they snagged it and went OTB after blowing off course. @dolface - yep, EDR is off until september 1 and after VDS this weekend, the next race DH isn't until august 23 - world champs are in the middle of all that, however. re: rob and eliot in the cwx dh...

It's pretty abysmal for for sure Semi-related; is the next round really over 9 weeks out? I somehow missed that when the schedule was announced...

Man where is the EDR coverage? Looking at the results sheet I can barely put a face to a name for half of the top 20. The vital raw was rad (Jesse’s gap was SICK) and all the riders are looking fast - I just don’t know who most of them are 🤷🏼‍♂️ I’m equally a bit shocked at how many big names are racing the E-EDR.

Quite interested to see the geo on the HD6, does anyone know when it's being released? Must be any day now they've shown the production paint. I think someone said it could run full 29er a few pages but so far I've only seen it being run as mullet and I can't see any flip chips from the screen grabs. Hopefully it can run both.

And the pic was from Specialized Gravity IG.

Ibis HD6?

Here's another little detail I just found out about the new Commencal Meta V5: Internally at Commencal, within the official documentation, the Meta V5 is known as the 2023 "Meta TR". That could mean that they do really see it as more of a trail bike, which leaves some unoccupied space in their line-up for a long-travel single crown bike a la Canyon Torque. So maybe they are secretly also working on a long-travel version to replace the Meta AM and SX.

At least as consolation the really tall guys always have chicks asking them how tall they are

Fair, Im only really looking out for myself here, at 6ft im only just above the average height aswell so most bikes are within my range but the larges were getting a bit to long. I feel for the really tall guys who may get their reach number OK but then brands screw you on the stack, Some brands cant even get stack right on the smaller sizes aswell.

That's not really true tough. All Commencal are doing is not going any longer than they already are. Reach across the board isn't going to decrease anytime soon. The next bing thing instead will be appropriately tall stack heights. Basically what Santa Cruz is doing already. Also: Just let us tall people have appropriate reach and stack for once. Smaller people always had options, but I can remember a time where I could literally not get any bike from any manufacturer in a size that fit me. Also also: It's not like bikes with appropriately long reach today aren't infinitely...

Sounds like a well rounded; objective opinion you have there

Charlie Murray also racing and getting in the top 10 on a stumpy eco with a lyrik on the front. I think some riders are finding the lighter/shorter bikes fit their ride styles better when it comes to getting through 30-40 minutes of racing, even if it means sacrificing a bit of speed in the gnarliest stuff they’re able to save some energy and keep their avg speed up across the whole course.

Huzzah for regular cable routing!

Or you can toss the codes/xt 4pots in the trash, buy a pair of mt5s for $200, throw in some galfer green pads for $50 and be done.

https://www.mtb-news.de/news/eurobike-2023-bikeyoke-pirelli-twiceme/ new Bike Yoke electric prototype! A true AXS killer! Best non electric dropper going wireless🔥 Be excited about it, these droppers are gone give a biiiig push for the electric dropper market. I got the chance to get my hands on the product and I‘m gona sell my AXS!