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Clutch on the Eagle 90 has me intrigued plus the UDH. Traditional hangers bend so easily. Thanks for the tip. My two cents. Marginal gains are for professionals. Mere mortals benefit from gym, good diet, sleep, and riding your bike more not drivetrains that have batteries and cost a month of rent.

RE: Beyond Gravity This is fucking sick in several ways. While chasing money isn't any of the riders top priority it is rad to see a payout that isn't peanuts. Secondly, its cool to have a way to give back to the athletes. Additionally I already pay to watch the broadcast, but I doubt that any of my subscription $$$ go to anything MTB related. Tipping my hand a little, I work in the video game industry. There are many events that take a percentage of the revenue generated from the event and give it back to the winners. Its...

How is GoPro not related when I'm watching winning world cup race runs week in and week out on the GoPro Bike YouTube Channel? (Daks helmet sponsor too) On YouTube GoPro Bike has 91k subs vs GoPro Snow at 152k. I honestly thought the gulf of bike to snow would be much larger. Seems like bikes are a huge segment of the market for GoPro (and it's slowly slipping to Insta360 and DJI) I bet a fair amount of people in here have owned a GoPro and basically only used it on their bike. Highly relevant.

Maybe I am not getting something, but every time I watch one of Charlie's descents on World Cup or World Champs tracks, it's ”oh, it's not even the right bike and it's not even well prepared” and this time it feels kinda gratuitous, with the clickbaity title. Well, how about being better prepared and riding the course on an actual worthy DH bike? I think it would be much more relevant to the people watching, even from the Average Joe perspective. Average Joes do have DH bikes and ride them. I don't mean to barge into Charlie's planning, but a...

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About World Champs vs Overall. Two names. Charlie Hatton and Aaron Gwin

Definitely the overall. I think it's weird that World Champs is smashed into the middle of the season. Love the race, don't get me wrong, but it can feel like another stop that doesn't count towards the overall, with certain riders holding back. That being said, absolutely can't wait for tomorrow.

I am pretty shit on jumps and as far as I can tell in bikeparks I am far from alone. I wonder how well the system can recognise the shit "in air technique" of your average rider and distinguish it from a WC DH pro about to lose control...

Stole this pic from the other site, but Cube’s got an interesting spoke flange system that allows tuning more compliance by moving the flange inboard or stiffer by moving the flange out. Haven’t seen this approach before!

Some of the blame for the injuries lies with the judges/scoring. As a rider,if you want to win you're left with no option but to try some outrageously dangerous stunt because of the old boys club that exists between the judges and the oldest riders left in the competition.

I'm a big believer in climate change, but the main climate impact of the World Cup circuit isn't plastic course tape. And how many rolls of course tape does it even take to tape off the track? Ten, maybe? Definitely less than 20, even if you're taping all the B-zones, too. There's more petroleum in the tires that get used in a weekend. Getting rid of course tape feels like a charade to make it look like someone in the organization is thinking about the climate, but its obvious that the climate hasn't factored into any other part of the...

That article is interesting in that locals are upset with the rouge MAPPING of the rouges as if the unapproved (I say individually motivated) creation of new trails are already broadly accepted and an unspoken line was crossed by the mappers, not builders. Polar opposite to the situation in VT or NE as a whole. In my few visits to the Squamish/S2S area I was amazed at how many world class trails exist that are not on any official maps. Most were very well built, maintained and have creative signs set a bit back into the trail away from plain...

I also would love to see race tape back. Or at least in some sections. Blind crests on the track, sections with trail braiding, hard direction changes all seem like good candidates. You wouldn't even need it on both sides some times, just on the outside or inside of the turn could make the difference. I know Dak said it would be really helpful in places and I doubt hes the only one. Also, whoever marked the course is a coward. Sam's corner at the bottom should have NO marking on the inside. Leave it as open as possible and...

So fkn lame.

Just found these absolute gems! Why can’t someone make a proper flat shoe again. It’s insane how much better these dinosaurs are then my current ride concept

While I’m no 32er apologist. I’m old enough to remember this exact argument when 29ers came out. I was working at a shop in College when 29ers started to hit the market, people would come in and actually get pissed at us for having 29ers on the floor. Anyone remember anti-29er stickers on people’s cars? I can remember a few different stickers, one said “One less 29’er”. I even remember being at a trail head in Pisgah in college, my buddy unloaded his 29er from the back of my truck and a “local” said “those aren’t welcome here”. No one...

Did anyone else spot the floating brake arm that he, Maes, had on in Les Gets? Often desperation when brands put them on their design. Also of note was that during womans XC they talked about Alessandra Keller being back on 29" and simply needing more time to adjust to the 32". Winter project they claimed.

The article outlines the details the work well. " All but two of the 327 felled trees measured under six inches. The foresters’ inventory initially tallied potential fines at around $16,000. But the state law allows damages of up to triple that amount, depending on the circumstances". 327 saplings are pretty easy to remove. I can go on a ride and lop 50 aspen saplings encroaching on a trail in about 3 minutes. Now, 3,000 hours of work was put into this trail, so there was a lot more than lopping trees, thats a lot of work. "elaborate series of...

A lot to unpack for me after attending the race. I'm glad I went for sure... My wife did not want to go to the race after almost getting very hurt by a crazy person sliding down the hill through a crowd with a chainsaw flailing on a leash. No photos from me, since I was solo I just roamed the track and took the experience in... And what an experience it was. Part of me loves the unhinged nature of the French fans... But another part of me is grown enough to see that many (easily 30%) towards the...