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100%. Got back into being a summer park fiend 4 years ago almost exactly as you described, ride park all summer during the weekends and would only do big trail rides in the winter. Spent 3 of those years building up a "parked" stumpy evo, cascade, coil F&R, 180mm zeb etc. Wasn't enough, bought a proper enduro bike rallied it hard enough to break it. Had fun but yet felt that in the tech I was having to ride at 110% to keep the speed but was crashing, breaking bones and bikes... Built a Dh bike this year and wished...

More money more pressure. They already won the overall, sponsors might have had bonus set in place for that, plus going into 2027 I’m sure they could negotiate more. He surrounded by people that believe in him, good mechanic…. why go to another team, it’s not always about the Benjamins if what you’ve got already works for you. if it was a option.. where would Asa go? what team would he go to…… specialized? Santacruz? can see him joint a team when his biggest rivals are at. What other team in that pits have a package thats going work better...

ever heard of hiking? quite popular in this country

No he doesn’t. That’s not a slight against Martin. But that’s like giving Aaron gwin credit for asa’s overall win. Sure he was a part of it with some quality advice in key scenarios. But the credit goes to Asa. Aaron said himself he was just happy to be a part of it. Neko has put in incredible work while building up his employees to meet their potential. He put his money where his mouth is at every step of the way and has shown an ability to have a real pulse for what people want to pay for. Whether...

To add, as Asa an Frameworks continue with success they are going to be able to get other sponsors or have existing sponsors pay more. I think the days of the frame company needing to float the majority of cash is over...

Interesting choice with aero-rims on a MTB.

The “Soft” wears a lot quicker than the “Super Soft” in my experience. On the Soft - the back edge of the center/ braking knobs will start to crumble and pit after just a couple rides… while the Super Soft seems to just wear down with the knobs shrinking over times and not crumbling. I have enjoyed the 2.5 tacky on the front especially on hardpack and loose over hard compared to the Magic Mary. It has to be driven actively onto the corner knobs, but they lock in like nothing else when leaned and pushed hard. The Magic is...

I’ve seen it too many times in this thread recently. I’m sorry but grammar matters sometimes. You pedal a bike. Therefore it’s pedaling a bike or pedaling efficiency. Peddle means to travel from place to place selling small goods, or to persistently try to convince people to accept an idea, story, or piece of information. Peddling is the act of trying to sell those goods or ideas. The only thing you’re peddling with an eCVT is the idea that it’s somehow better (or worse) than the other options.

I have a bullit and have the stock float x, the stock x2 and an avalanche tuned marzzochi bomber cr. Honestly there is very little difference between the three of them. Of the three, I prefer the air shocks as I feel the extra capability/planted nature of the bullit with the coil shock comes at too much of a trade-off in terms of maneuverability and ease of getting the bike to switch lines mid-corner or feature. The Bullit is a pretty typical Santacruz bike in that it packages moderate geometry (borderline conservative compared to current trends), with a chassis that...

Taste in music is subjective. Saying that, I never want to hear “Pink” in a mountain bike video ever again. Edit: not just bike videos…

I'll preface this by saying I'm in the anti-AI camp. That said, the problem with a lot of AI generated images is that they fall into what's known as the uncanny valley in video game terms... where it looks pretty real at quick glance, but it has flaws in it that create cognitive dissonance with our minds, screaming, "Something is wrong here!" IMHO, if you're just adding graphics to something as filler or for some color, it's better to spend 30 sec grabbing a stock image from a company's website or image search, than to ask a chatbot to slop...

Gutted for Pinky. Was really hoping for him to get his first win today. It's coming...

Dropping this here from the saint over on the other site Live Title Battle Point Tally

Smoke anything that hard on a rock and it'll break.

Aletha crushed every other female at Whistler. She good

Shop guys pretty regularly see just about any frame on earth broken, and it really doesn't often turn any of us off a brand. The forces bikes see are both pretty dynamic and pretty crazy at times, especially considering how much we expect this premium stuff to weigh. Seeing a broken V-10 doesn't make me want to avoid them, it makes me curious how fuckin' hard the rider was going. The general public does not always understand that stuff does just break. We get people in daily who tell us we couldn't pay them to ride carbon, then we grab...

No only Marlboro reds and a 30 rack of PBR

Maybe Kevin is retiring so he can sire a baby.

Part of the issue with sharing these photos is the context is completely missed and then you end up with a parade of people saying things like "Orbeas aren't safe". I had an athlete send a picture of a development frame snapped exactly like the Orbea (top tube and downtube snapped clean through) and immediately we started panicking about testing and strength issues. The rider basically said "this ones on me". He hit a tree head on so hard the handlebars were bent backwards and the bike went flying down the hill and fully snapped when it landed 10m away...