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“ Also: if you’re gonna be the guy who signs the decree banning jr women from hitting a jump, I’m gonna need to see footage of you jumping it.” 👆🏻

I am really drawn to zero protection ( ! ) and I enjoy the long hotseat sessions (they’re rare) but I have to agree this idea got an audible “i don’t hate it” from me when I heard it. I don’t think the current setup is bad but I’m pretty into DH racing. If the word is it’d make for a more compelling story to more people I WILL ALLOW IT. Also: if you’re gonna be the guy who signs the decree banning jr women from hitting a jump, I’m gonna need to see footage of you jumping it.

If you had asked me a couple of weeks ago, "What are the chances you buy a Yeti in the next 6 months?" I would have said 0%. Today, 80%.

I'm definitely in the slack head angle, long chainstays crowd for enduro bikes. But really pretty much every category of bike my tastes vary. But I'd argue geo on a well constructed frame is going to make a bigger factor in your riding experience than kinematics, suspension design, or even your choice of components besides your cockpit (which effects your bikes geo).

Frame protection is dangerously close to the realm of VCR rewinders. Precious collector business, to be avoided. If your favorite riders have a side gig selling their own versions you are allowed to buy it, but you can’t call let moneybros convince you to call lawyerbros over it. Not chill. Do a vigilante Marshguard reparations campaign first, at least… RideWrap loses in the court of cmon man

Excuse my French, but could we fucking please stop calling bikes "analog", "acoustic", or -the worst I've heard- "bio"? Bikes are bikes. Ebikes are something else. Now get off my fucking lawn you punks!

Xynotal Trail Endurance is utter crap.

Hoping the vital pit bits is Spec doing proto hillbilly radial. That and the cannibal in radial would rip, but radial hillbilly is first on my wish list.

Angel gets a paycheck, gets to keep racing, and I would imagine helps with developing the next Aventon ebike. What's the problem?

It baffles me that the poles aren't colour coded. Stay left of colour A, right of colour B and (optional) colour C denotes a track split for an alternative line. What am I missing? Doing so would greatly assist the viewers, too.

Also, I know poles vs tape has been beaten to death but I found this needlessly confusing

Is that possibly a radial Hillbilly the spec team gets to ride for a bit before they let us plebes have it? That tire would crush for PNW winters.

ethirteen has a 27.5" HD driver Sidekick rear wheel on sale for $360 USD. Don't know what that works out to in Canada after currency conversion, shipping, and possible tariffs. If you're hard on wheels it's also 32 spoke, which I like: https://www.ethirteen.com/products/grappler-sidekick-flux-aluminum-gr-r…

Shoot, I see that link was for an XD driver. This is again an XD driver, but $900 for this wheelset is a pretty good deal these deals without a sale. https://www.commencal.com/ca/en/bundle%20components%20wheels/A24PKDTEX5…

I would much rather have him be the guy doing trackside interviews before race , during race. I think his personality lends to that type or role better than talking about what he sees on a screen. I might watch the pre race if that was the case.

Wyn is such a huge asset to the community doing exactly what he does. A commentary booth role would be doing him and us a disservice, he's our guy at the finish line.

I agree with the hot take because the Status you’re talking about is a complete bike where the Torrent frame only is $3k. The TR11 frame is $400 cheaper with much more adjustment and a spot for a water bottle. (Which any non-race, park bike should have) Im not falling for Norco trying to gaslight us with no adjustability as a feature, especially if they’re charging more than the competition. Many people have flip chips and headset cups they never touch, and that’s fine they don’t subtract anything from the ride experience for them. For us nerds (target market of...

I miss external cable routing so much. Remember swapping rear brakes at a race in five minutes or less? Thank you, Norco. Hopefully others will follow.