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There was an interesting podcast with Nino Schurter's mechanic on pinkbike (yes, you can actually write that name and say you visit the site on this forum...). He claims that he gets batches of tyres at the start of the season, weighs them all and separates them into light/normal/heavy, they mostly use the normal ones, heavy ones come out for rocky courses. They don't use the light ones because the weight suggests there might be a flaw or imbalance in them, that was the most surprising revelation!

i'm pretty blown away to have to say this to grown adults (i assume) in our forum, but every time someone trolls or says something you don't like, quoting it and explaining why it's lame/unsavory/kooky/political only makes the thing you dislike live on for days. in the history of the internet, has anyone ever changed their mind and said "you're right," after being challenged/critiqued/criticized/called out in a forum? not that i'm aware of. the garbage has been moderated for now. if you don't like something said here, use the thumbs down, move on, watch it die and it'll be forgotten...

As a CFO (outside of the bike industry), and a lifelong mountain biker, I've been following the current boom/bust cycle in the bike industry. I have very reliable sources at GG and banker friends who lend to multiple bike companies or their parent companies. @whitesq comments on GG are basically correct, they sold a majority equity position to a private individual investor. Initially they believed that investor had a shared vision for the company which included developing high end bikes and ebikes, in addition to growing their in house domestic revved carbon manufacturing as a contract manufacturer to other bike...

pit bits from MSA (may still be processing to HD etc...unlisted for a bit...you nerds get it first : )

once again, look at all the high-number plates with a good quali today. 6th place has a 43 plate 9th has a 62 plate. 17th has 67 plate 19th has 72 plate 23rd has 84 plate and so-on if bulk of those riders aren't on the circuit b/c of a tighter format...#snooze

Just a correction: she raced a round of the french cup this summer, but it's her first world cup since cancer treatment.

I guess some riders found the conditions much easier to deal with than others. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwsDMWKMvTk/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D

Myself and 4 friends bought either the carbon or the alloy version of the Rise within the past 1.5-2 years. Not one person is still riding them. All of us are 40-something, good riders, technically capable with full home workshops and some with past bike industry experience. -Woefully inadequate spec for an ebike - fox 34, 2 piston brakes w/180mm rotors, light weight trail bike tires. All need to get replaced immediately with parts appropriate for an ebike - keep this in mind when you consider what the actual weight of the bike will end up being, because there goes...

Canadian Cycling Magazine wrap-up of qualifying with focus on Canadian riders' performances. https://cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/french-dominate-dh-qualifying-in-loudenv…

Here are the kinematics

I like that VitalMTB has gone the route of big bro VitalMX with discussion threads for each event, but the forum needs some cleaning up otherwise there are like always four parallel discussions all on the same topic.

3 reasons. 1. because 97.5 is a radio station. B. "reverse mullet" is breaking our community apart and we need to come together. III. beavis and butthead would laugh at 69er. if we need to go to court over it, our lawyers said that the "6" could come from "650b" and we'd probably have the case thrown out.