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jeff.brines Liked a comment about News Story 2021 Mountain Bike World Championships Downhill Rider Start List and Other Observations
8/24/2021 12:42pm
This whole pre practice practice purity-of-racing kerfuffle; who cares? 1) As far as I know you are never practicing the exact track. 2) This isn't enduro where 'ride off your wits" is part of the aim. Its DH, with ample practice awarded to everyone in every class. 3) Don't a lot of these tracks have sections that are always part of a bike park or similar? (Fort Bill) 4) My biggest point - you could give the top guys unlimted practice for weeks prior to the race and I'd bet it changes nothing. A track is learned relatively quickly. From...
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JulioValiente Added a comment about video The Gnarliest Line Gee Has Ever Sent on a Bike?
12/4/2020 7:36am
"Jibs"? Lol
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JulioValiente Added a comment about feature Flowrider Racing Revel Rascal LT with All-New Intend Fork
9/9/2020 9:08am
It's hideous. I love it! Would rock that 10/10
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JulioValiente Added a comment about bike check Custom SCOTT Gambler Raw Carbon
4/24/2020 2:51am
Kind of cheating with those tires though...
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jeff.brines Liked a comment about video BIG ROCKS & BACKFLIPS! Vital RAW, Snowshoe World Cup Downhill
9/6/2019 9:22am
To my untrained emotional eye he looks fast as shit.
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bizutch Liked a comment about News Story Help Wanted: Marketing and Content Manager for Vital MTB
7/26/2019 12:33am
No....I meant peaking...as in "oh baby, that's it." Ummm.....
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bizutch Liked a comment about News Story Help Wanted: Marketing and Content Manager for Vital MTB
7/26/2019 12:33am
Man...thought for sure you'd just get out a post it note & write me an offer, flip it face down...and slide it across the table. I'd pick it up at the edge to peak at the number, realize it's a post it note, try to get it off my finger...and wind up letting everyone over my shoulder see the offer. Suspense ruined!
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RiderMikeCheck1 Liked a reply to forum topic 2019 UCI World Cup Downhill Tech
3/5/2019 2:28pm
What I find intriguing again is another Specialized gravity rider running Maxxis Minions. Note the DHFs on the front of both Bruni and Finn's bikes. Graves was also running a minion.
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JulioValiente Added a comment about bike check Oil Slick Yeti SB150
2/11/2019 1:11am
That paint job is hideous, I love it!
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JulioValiente Added a reply to 2019 Racing Rumors
10/13/2018 7:11am I don't know how long it's been this way but the Specialzed Demo product page is blank. https://www.specialized.com/us/en/shop/bikes/mountain-bikes/downhill-mo…
JulioValiente Added a comment about feature Lapierre Moves to an Entirely New Suspension Design
7/10/2018 8:24pm
The "floaty" bit hardly matters as far as kinematics go. And the trek was a linkage driven single pivot. This is indeed just another horst-link bike.
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JulioValiente Started a new thread Is there something special about the Mondraker Summum?
6/9/2018 4:26am A lot of riders say that just about all top of the line DH bikes out there are great (and the pros aren't allowed to mention favorites) but we all know some bikes just have that fire that makes you go all out. The only bike that we definitely know was objectively better than the rest at the time was...
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JulioValiente Added a comment about video LUDICROUS LEOGANG - Vital RAW, World Cup DH Day 1
6/9/2018 4:01am
Phil's inside line on the first corner was smooooth. Fearon's tire sponsor needs to cash in on his drifting!
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JulioValiente Added a comment about product review Blur
3/21/2018 9:18am
I can completely relate to that feeling from the other side of the spectrum. It's real reason I found the best DH bike I have had (an M9) just not that fun and sometimes down right dangerous to ride. You'd feel so in-control that you'd have to push that much harder to get that exciting rush. It also means that, unless you have insanely good downhill trails in your back ground, all your rides are quite unexciting. It's also why one of my favorite bikes of all time was a Yeti 575. Fun and exciting but trail bikes back then...
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JulioValiente Added a comment about product review Reserve Carbon
3/21/2018 8:38am
Jeff, your last comment was right. sort of. I'm glad Enve has taken a step in that direction but I am hoping for some manufacturers to push further. I'd just like to add a little to this discussion being on the heavy side (200lbs) and a downhiller who is hard on wheels. What I'm really liking about this whole prospect of really nice rims with inserts is that, for the first time, we might have a system where a rim can be a "permanent" component on a bike. It may be hard to really quantify an aluminum vs carbon rim...
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JulioValiente Added a comment about product review Blur
3/21/2018 7:30am
OT: I wish I could get a review from you based on that decision! That's exactly what I want to do, downsize travel for more fun. The Scout looks like a perfect XC bike for downhillers.
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JulioValiente Added a comment about bike check Retro Future Transition Scout
3/5/2018 3:04am
How long did it take? Did you put on a layer of clear coat after? Any plans to do the lowers too? How rare do you prefer your steak?
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POWsLAYER Liked a comment about bike check Retro Future Transition Scout
3/5/2018 3:03am
tape, greased lightning, sandpaper, a lot of elbow grease, polishing compound on polishing wheels.
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JulioValiente Added a reply to 2018 Racing Rumors
2/23/2018 11:32pm That new Norco DH bike has been public for a year now! Sell it to us, Norco!
JulioValiente Added a comment about product review M730
2/4/2018 7:22am
Stans Flows are in exactly the same niche as these. They're also about the same weight. My observations was that in the past the carbon rim wave was being marketed as way more stiff, 100g-ish lighter, and more durable. We all know carbon rims being more durable than alu rims is bullshit. I'm convinced they really are stiffer. I'm no weight weenie (42lb bike), but lighter rims make a massive difference in bike handling and how light a bike pedals.If stiffer wheels was the icing on the cake, then lighter weight (at no penalty) is the actual cake that would...
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