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I thought i was having a stroke there for a second. I couldn't tell what sub i was in.

Maples has a frenglish accent already 🤣

Are we going to hear anymore about the Stone King Rally tour? I’m rather curious about the experience/trails.

Look maybe you have a point but chatting shit about Dak on Vital is just such bad manners. We don’t do that here

south east asian dumbass tapping in here, also support dak so that's a load of horse shit

I disagree. I don't think after months and months of testing we would have uncovered more about the bikes that would offset the extra time/cost we'd have put in. To be clear, this was not a scientific test. Also, I'm not sure what kinda budget you think we got over here but it does not include months of testing in a bike park. The goal was to put down a timed run on a familiar track after we had each bike setup and feeling comfortable to see how times compared against how we felt on the bikes. And to help...

I’m sorry, but Daprela doesn’t ‘deserve’ anything. Racing at a World Cup level is a privilege not a right. It’s beyond just being fast, you also need to have certain aspects of professionalism and be enjoyable to be around. Regardless of what actually happened in the ‘incident’, his continued behavior in the aftermath is uncouth and any team should be hesitant for that alone.

I'm not proud of my country right now, but I am proud of Dak.

I root for Dak more than anyone in the field. Not because he is American. I like his story. Getting into the sport later in life. Grinding as a privateer. Coming from a humble background and a part of the world far from any DH trails. And then, sort of like Benoit, just improving year after year to the point that he was one slippery turn from winning the rainbow stripes. Now after a massive injury he got back to 4th place on 1.5 legs. Insane. I like his style too, sneaky smooth and smart racecraft. At MSA I thought...

He liked a picture of my dog on IG so he gets some love from this Scottish guy

I realize you're just trying to be a dick or french or both, but that's not at all the sentiment to anyone paying attention to World Cup downhill. Riders, fans and the media have been nothing but positive about him coming back this year.

Another Dak fan, also not American.

Same. Big Dak guy, not American.

Sorry no, I'm a fan also and I'm not American.

I am surprised, with Rampage happening tomorrow, there isn't more hype. Or maybe I'm not looking in the right places. Just feels a bit more muted this year.

a little too early to start drinking eh

I don't want Dak to go to Pivot

We deserve a separate thread for stem and handlebar rumors

Makes me feel as though they made a vital account just so they could prod at us hahahaha

Interestingly, they state it as +1 on the roster - that reads to me as if he isn't replacing someone, so to speak - i.e Laurie will be around next year.