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Did a bit of Instagram investigation and it looks like Francesco Pardal is currently in South Korea, at Yongpyong Resort (or around that area) the same place that hosted the Winter Olympic Games. He’s there with a few other guys, and from the looks of it, they might be scouting for a new downhill trail. Could this be a new venue on the 2026 race calendar?

rumor is south korea is a night race too. pro race results and some photos from Solitude Pro Downhill Series. https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/results-and-photo-blast-pro-downhill…

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Pretty sure the Scott team has been racing on that frame all season so far.

Propane & propane accessories? I've got you covered. Peggy rides on the downtube because she's a dirty girl

2026 rumour call - Maples to frameworks

One of the most unexciting releases

serial number nerds...

detailed pics of prototype mondraker that greg williamson will race in place of ronan

That's the stock V10.8 brake adapter for 200mm rotors. It allows for the 3 rear axle positions. They also have a 220mm rotor verison.

when will americans finally learn that euro prices ARE ALWAYS WITH FUCKING VAT!?

cough cough, brake discussion thread - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/nerding-out-brakes-shall-we-not-ano…

Well yeah you dared to share a negative thought about Sram 😅🤷🏽‍♂️ It such a contrary thinkg that all of a sudden a heavy lever is seen as a positive. Lets get rid of power steering and bring back heavy clutches in cars too 😬

So Sram are playing with a lighter pull setup... Even though "everyone" swears blind that the heavy pull is the bESt thINg EvAr. This U-turn is nearly as funny as the "we will never make a mineral oil brake". They would make an incredible political party with plays like this.

I don’t think it’s silly if a rider wants a different character than the frame was designed with. Neko made a video testing different AR configurations and basically said its rider dependent on what they want.

If you are running the fork super stiff you can lower anti-rise since it's not prone to diving. Most WC racers are so that makes sense to me. If you don't run the fork super stiff, weight transfer is accentuated and the bike seesaws when you go on and off the brakes.

Who is that guy and why does he look so disappointed in his bike?

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Okay big conspiracy time. The podium fork has been made for a long time. Fox was waiting for the traditional design of their forks to plateau in innovation and sales before “being the first”. It weighs so much on purpose because their next gen of the fork (which is already made and designed) will be bigger news than the second coming of Jesus. Then after that it will be even bigger with slight updates to the damper that work for USD forks even better, and EVEN LESS WEIGHT. But if they released the fork as perfect on day 1, what...