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Linear forks (and shocks) work best with higher amounts of damping like an Ohlins, or Avy setup, essentially anything with more damping than a stock rockshox or Fox damper. The extra damping dissipates more energy consistently through the stroke meaning you can still run a spring with great small bump and have less bottom outs as it takes more total energy to achieve a bottom out. But also, sometime you just clap your forks, it happens, it's not the end of the world

Vorsprung and Ohlins coil kits can change coil in parking lot with 1 or 2 tools. Coil is great but not always the answer, there are pros and cons.

This might be controversial and I'm not sure how to write this without sounding like I'm stroking off Sram but man they’ve really stepped up for their athletes. The custom brakes and calipers are such a nice touch and make the World Champs bikes feel that much more special. On the flip side, Shimano seems to be sticking with pretty standard (tried and true) Saint groupsets, and some riders are still running the now previous gen XT, XTR, or still current Saint brakes. From an outsiders perspective, it really feels like Sram is the brand you’d want supporting you. Also...

A $20,000 electric bowling ball. Don’t ever change Specialized…

Regarding the usage of mid valve and avalanche... Avalanche is using an open bath damper and not a closed cartridge. That in and of itself, is not relevant to resulting damper performance... however how you get there is greatly impacted. I digress, when dealing with an open bath damper, you're banking on foaming and aeration of the damper fluid. This means that the usage of a mid valve for damping is much more common/relevant and it makes the overall mid valve vs base valve damping force balance a different animal for open bath vs closed cartridge dampers. This is a...

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOEbpCdDOgj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&ig… Antidote, makers of some of the sexiest bikes to date, entering the e-bikes market.

Creative bb weight packaging on Jackson’s bike

Also weight inserts inside the crank spindle

Intend Flash 35 Update The rain has finally come and the trails have been excellent as of late with the Flash getting some ride time and tuning. This is one of the best trails around, segment 28 of the Colorado trail above Durango. Roughly a 15 minute descent, great for suspension testing and tuning. Being very similar, I assumed that the air spring settings from the Edge would transfer over to the Flash. This has not been the case. The air spring setup from the Edge running at 175mm was much too linear for the Flash at 190mm. Currently experimenting...

Regardless of what any of our opinions are on the Nine One, I want to say thanks for being so involved in this thread and wanting to communicate clearly and directly. Direct and public communication between customers and the head of a suspension company is nearly unheard of, so it's appreciated! Thanks, Darren.

My responses are out of concern for a rider who spent what I consider to be a large amount of money with my company, and not being happy with the results. That's not acceptable to me. It doesn't matter where the customer bought our product; I only ask as it helps with context. In the case of my first post, the rider was trying someone else's fork, so there's no more than I could offer. In regard to the post that you linked...something about the original fork that Skunk Works received just seemed off, and we wanted a longer look...

Spotted over on Pinkbike -- Ronan Dunne running his tuned mass damper in a novel location. (More like a tuned ass damper, am I right? Sorry, I'll see myself out.)

prototype dorado posted on the other site. allegedly goes up to 220mm travel. spotted an the gamux aon team.

team rumors.

just got pit bits in from rick. transmission DH derailleur and cassette, and more new demo pics below.

I know it's been discussed a bunch already, but got another pic of the new 40 at the Fox pit in Les Gets. Didn't get a pic of the dials, but looks like it's still running Grip X2. Dials looked the same as the current gen 40.

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the grand parents of ergon and bar ends - oakley 3