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Just to add some fuel to the fire, it's long been my opinion that nobody should feel entitled to make a living from sport. If you happen to be very good at a sport that also happens to be very popular, you stand to make a lot of money, and bully for you! But that's not a right. If, however, you're very good at an unpopular sport, just enjoy being good at something. If the sport is also dangerous, you also have a risk/reward equation to balance in your head before competing. But nobody's forcing you to take those risks.

I have a feeling we won't see lapierre this season. The goal of their WC last season was to develop the new spicy, as the previous generation spicys kept snapping. As much as I like the lug and tube protos and belt driven bikes there's something about the twin-shock cannondale and optional high pivot spicy that the pits will be missing. The recent changes make me feel like DH is moving away from innovation and engineering and towards a rider and personality based spectacle, especially now teams can't simply field their new ideas to test them at the best mountain...

Apologies responsiblepirate, if it works for you go for it. Yes you may see results but there may be a more efficient way to use your time though in order to maximise your performance on the bike, that's all. What if the time you spent training 'muscular endurance' in the gym was spent working on specific V02 intervals, threshold power workouts, sprints etc on the bike? Would your benefits on the bike be better or worse? The instability comment was in regards to someone else's post so you can relax on that one. Nino's workout is pretty interesting, don't forget...

Trailhead - that list of exercises you are currently doing is pretty spot on. I'd only add hip thrusters as they build glute strength more effectively than a deadlift or squat. Responsiblepirate and Fredleth, not on the right track as much. Your time in the gym isn't best spent training muscular endurance or stability by trying to replicate bike specific positions or exercises. The best way to train for that is by riding your bike and doing so with some structure. Progressively ride longer or faster. Your muscles and cardio will improve. Trying to replicate the instability or position of...

I have so many ideas and thoughts about this. But I believe enduro is a great format, just not for World Cup broadcasting: But isn’t that how moto enduro started too. Before they had redbull helicopters, these dudes were just out riding until their arms fell off. I like the format. It’s inclusive, it’s adaptable and it’s simply hard as hell to make tv out of it. You know what ews did well tho? It generated so much content for the brands and riders. I don’t see any reason a few enduro series geo located by terrain and seasons couldn’t...

Ah. Semi recently I was looking at scientific papers about damping and almost all of them said dampening. More recently I somewhere saw that what the US English says is damping is actually dampening in UK English... https://www.google.com/search?q=define+dampening+&oe=utf-8 So you can wet the soil and prevent unwanted oscilations of the tyre at the same time!

That new Fox kit is a clever attempt to take advantage of potential loopholes as to how clothing rules are worded in the UCI regulations for mtb ( see page 26). My personal opinion is that it violates the original intent as to why the regulation was written but is probably compliant to the verbiage of the rule. As this is a UCI World Cup event, I expect the PCP and the UCI-appointed TD to provide their opinion on the matter as soon as this particular kit is brought up in a managers' meeting or by another team. As this...

Don't see how it could possibly be legal for race runs given those rules. The rule about "being sold" can sometimes be waived if they have verifiable plans to sell it in the near future, but it's clearly a one-piece skinsuit constructed for an aerodynamic advantage.

My 2 cents. I don't care how many pieces it is, if the whole get up is skin tight lets not split hairs, its a skinsuit. Nuke it and bring back the Palmer days, its not a good look or a representation of mountain biking.