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I don't think critiquing the use of AI slop means people are trying to chase him away. He's an extremely smart guy with a lot of insight that everyone is very grateful for, and proud to have as part of this community. (We love you Jeff). I think it's normal for people you like to make decisions you disagree with. Everyone gives their friend some shit when they say something dumb, or yells at the TV when their favorite soccer player makes a bad pass.

It is kinda bogus that you get disqualified and get no points. Especially in the case of something like Lachie who had no idea he missed a pole, or when asa crashed real hard this year and probably had no idea which pole he missed and needed to hike back up to and got 0 points. Those 31 points he would have got for last place would be pretty huge rn. This happened to Finn toon I think if you finish the course you should at least get 30th place points. If multiple people miss poles give them all 30th...

I respect your opinion about being ruthless here but the thing is that the poles are causing an issue that we didn’t have with tape. In the days of course tape, how many riders were getting DQ’d for going off track? It feels like riders are getting DQ’d at every round this year, and I think that is a problem that needs to be addressed.

I actually think that "x" second penalties based on the severity of leaving the course would be a good thing. It seems wrong to disqualify someone given all the hard work and money spent to be there, but make the time penalty count for something. For example Lachie's mistake, given that it was quite minor, could be a 5sec penalty. He gained nothing by going outside.

more than fair and in no way do i think this is a hack job! maybe "industrial" or "fabrication" aesthetic would better describe it compared to XX DH. the bike looks incredible.

As an actual garage bike building hack I don't see any " garage-made welding vibe" here. I see pro level work, 3d printed bb/pivot housing, and spotless welds. The pro that welded this really shouldn't be lumped in with garage level work. You hide "garage-made welding vibe " under paint designed to distract from looking at the welding, you put pro work like this on display in pure raw form.

I’ve been pretty curious about this bike. I have a real dislike of drop bars, ergonomically at least, but really like gravel/adventure rides where you do some of everything. Bikes are better and more capable than ever, to the point i find they make riding boring at times. Incredible to look at my $8000 trail bike and decide my beater fixed gear will be more fun. Spending too much time driving to trails, just riding trails, takes the fun out of bike riding for me. Having bikes that encourage just riding out the door and going over everything helps hit...

As someone who is not in the industry , I am in no way envious of whoever has to make the decision on what the next bike is going to be for any of these brands.

It’s Gracey’s truck.

agreed-was also there and dgaf about xc but it was a great watch and the ability to move around the course was great! love that they incorporated a bit of the janky top part into a regular-use trail (rooty pebbles).

I was at SnowShoe in 2021. What made the XC spectating so good there is that you could watch the racers ride past, walk less than 100 yards, and watch them ride past again, walk 50 yards, watch them ride past again.... rinse and repeat, since the course was like the outline of an octopus and kept coming back to the summit

Speaking of phrasing, I thought soaking meant something different in Utah haha.

Are you serious? This is pushing cancel culture to whole new level if so. You may not like him, but unless he is breaking the rules of forum he has every right to post here just like you and me. If he bothers you so much just use the ignore function.

reminds me of this from my youth.

I can see why you'd think that, but you're thinking of the south. People don't play banjos in Connecticut small towns. This is what they're doing on the weekends in Hebron:

In response to the latest Tallboy they're going to start making VPP bikes with interrupted seat tubes

Holy hell, a tire a week! Who has some extra cash they can loan me I'm starting a mtb retreading company

Neko on the podium after letting everyone battle and crash in front of him