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I'm not sure if it was entirely the result of a multiple-time-repeat venue, but I found this year's runs harder to differentiate. To be clear, I don't want to trivialize any of what the riders are doing -- it's all extremely impressive and consequential. But from a spectator's perspective it seemed like there was less variety in the lines than in past editions, and apart from Zink's chute and maybe Zablotny's lily-pad it would be difficult for me to identify many distinctive features. Lots of slight variations, and it seemed like many of the lines converged around halfway down? And...

The forum has spoken.. Dak truly has an international fan base of at least 1 person in many countries.. Your loss, Mondraker. You had a global star that represents the hard working people of the world and you dropped him.. So, besides a bike and sealant sponsor, we need to find Dak some outside the industry money.. I'm thinking he could bank with a good hair product care deal.. But, in all seriousness, I hope Dak finds a good deal for next season.

current mondraker is a factory team for at least 2 seasons! MS (Markus Stöckl) WAS mondraker (till 2023), then intense (2024) and is now zerode.

Same. Big Dak guy, not American.

Sorry no, I'm a fan also and I'm not American.

4 riders...I stopped counting at 13. LMS only did 5 all week, but I've got some secret sauce to keep air in the wombat's tires😉. Point being that it's the nature of the track.

Is lobegate the new frecklegate?

There were a couple of clues in the live feed. As Kolb was climbing onto the stage whilst passing the race winning V10, Neko says " Is that his bike or Jacksons?", to which Rik replies "Careful!". In the interview Andi was asked why he was so happy to see Jackson beat Bruni. He gave a very diplomatic answer, which prompted Rik to say something like "He handled that question just as well as he handled his bike today". So I think Kolb to Syndicate is the done deal.

Vali went through with it and raced in shorts.

Today's results plus everyone becoming a huge Dak fan over the last year following along with his recovery... Mondraker not resigning him would be brutal PR wise lol

Really need to give huge kudos to Dak for the season he's having, he's no spring chicken, coming back from huge injury and he's sending it. I don't usually pull for a rider but I'm rooting for a big result from him, therefor I have deleted him from my fantasy team.

Stoked we got a B Practice pod recorded this week with Dak and Dante Silva! It was rad to get both of their perspectives on the track and how their weekends went. https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/you-cant-beat-racing-home-lake-placid…

I think this dude is Markus Flossman

This would be easy to 3d print im not sure why they went with such a sketchy solution?

Where does she(anyone?) even find good blacked out downhill gear? Feels like everything has logos on nowdays..