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Propain Updates the Spindrift with New Colors and Build Kit Naming Convention Propain makes the Spindrift for riders who need a freeride bike that can deal with anything from a pedal-powered enduro adventure to a week in the bike park. It can be built up with a single or a dual crown fork, while still taking a regular wide-range drivetrain and a dropper post if you want it to. For 2026, Propain is giving the Spindrift some fresh new colors, and an updated naming convention that is more in line with what the bike is. The Spindrift AL comes in...

Fresh race rigs from Orbea FMD. ------------------------------- ORBEA FMD RACING UNVEILS NEW RALLON DESIGNS FOR LEOGANG The team will race with two exclusive concepts showcasing Orbea’s customization capabilities. This weekend, at the UCI Downhill World Cup in Leogang, Orbea FMD Racing will debut two exclusive bike designs created specifically for the event, highlighting the extensive customization possibilities offered by Orbea. Tahnée Seagrave will race with a unique graphic designed exclusively for her, while Martin Maes, Phoebe Gale and Oli Zwar will compete aboard bikes featuring a second design developed for the rest of the team. Both concepts were created specifically...

Dakotah Norton / GoPro already posted a POV from timed training. Note the caption for the video: " Crazy chaingin weather in Leogang today, Dakotah Norton just got a Run in before the Storm hit the Track again. " No idea how long the storm lasted, but it seems it might indeed have affected conditions for the Elite women and Juniors.

jackson's leogang POV, riding Wet Screams.

8:30 practice? All the dad's in the WC field will be eating it up.

Yes! It’s great the men will have to practice in that first session! Just like the removal of protection and the euros having to deal with Korean jet lag, it’s nice to switch it up. The women’s racing is definitely the best it’s ever been, they deserve the spotlight. And it’ll be interesting to see how the colder wetter shorter (?) less dialed practice affects which men how…

Previous Leogang Elite winners (last 5 years only) who are on the entry list and aren't injured or retired: 2025: Hemstreet / Goldstone 2024*: Höll 2023: Höll / Kolb 2022**: Walker 2021**: Brosnan Notable previous Junior winners: Alran, Zierl (still in Juniors this year), Bouladou, J. Williams, Gale * Bruni won the men's race in 2024 **Balanche won the women's race in both 2021 and 2022 Notes: In Elite, Höll has 2 wins, one 2nd, one 3rd, and one 6th and has 2 wins as a Junior. Goldstone has only 1 win in 4 tries at Leogang as Elite and...

you guys are just shocked at these racks! Am I missing something? It’s just a rack set for their existing bike? Great!l, fine! You fragile fundamentalists… They look like sick racks. Dudes in the ad roasted up to a hut, removed the racks, ripped some trails, drank some beers, slept and ripped home the next day? I’m cool with it, that’s exactly what I like to do! E-bikes are beyond perfect for that mission. The worst ebike is miles better than the best pedal bike. Figuring out how to get laps on laps on laps of my favorite trails was...

just got a note from norco - frame-only pricing in U.S. is now $2,399 instead of $2,999 They said, " Thanks to lower tariffs impacting our US pricing than originally forecasted, we were able to adjust pricing on the Torrent DH framekit in the US."

In the UK the bigger enduro events like Ard Rock/Moors, Ex, Bolly etc all sell out within minutes. I do a few local ones too and the numbers are probably slightly down on what they were 5-10 years ago but still getting a couple of hundred entries for each round which seems decent numbers. the Misspent Summers newsletter was also saying that the numbers of entrants for Loudenvielle were up on previous year/s which is a good sign. I think enduro for those not looking to make a living out of racing is still doing well.

This Vital podcast has become one of my favorites. Thanks for the good listening. Where are the podcast notes?

surely this is the undisputed post of the year

Speaking of Luca...someone tell him Congats. Could not be happier for him! Has me blocked on IG. Whatever it was, I'm sure deserve it.