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This a common straw man argument I see on this topic. It’s important to remember that anyone capable of going that fast uphill is only do so with a lifetime of skills as a foundation . Anyone in a pro xco race is likely never putting out 1500w in that race, and if the are it’s for about 5 seconds during a sprint finish. Theres just a lot more nuance man. No human is putting out world tour sprint finish power for the same duration as a 800wh battery Humans are creatures of the path of least resistance. If you...

Translation: drone warfare is popping off and we want in on that bag 💰💰💰

Apparently its this thing https://www.alpinestars.com/products/tech-air-mx-system

I would assume it’s alpine stars tech air system. Which one exactly I have no idea

What the the details on Loic's airbag body armor that reportedly saved him from serious injury?

This is the same energy as replacing steering wheel airbags with big metal spikes

My 1st Luca memory: He & Walker as little kids doing full sprint laps on the Hendersonville BMX track chasing Christopher Herndon. Walker was older & bigger but Luca was ferocious pedaling every single lap latched onto them & relentless. I was putting on races with buddies just to have races & we were so excited to have kids committed to DH suddenly. I’ve enjoyed watching the Shaw Brothers progress from little BMX groms to National Champs & now a World Cup winning family.

Scathing comments on youtube... It seems it didn't matter how many time they mentioned, "Flight attendant" it served not help in keeping up. To have a delay as bad as they had is truly embarrassing. Amateur production standards from Chris Ball and his cronies. Of course we were spoilt with the hype master Warner. However he also did his research and had good stuff to talk about. Flight Attendant being this rounds key word. Was it O chain-chain damper or mass damper last year? Warner wont be replaced but a good middle ground between snoozing Slugger and adhd Carson can't...

You can have remote audio production (mixing, commentating, etc) and compensate for any distance / delay.

But that would require actual investment....

You can really tell with the delay that they're announcing off site. They're always a moment or move behind where Rob and team would explode in the moment that something happened if what they were watching. It takes the enjoyment out of it almost completely. When Gracey hit the hole in that corner and almost lost it, she's recovered and was two corners out by the time they addressed it. Same as when Vergier crashed.

Dumb problem #2: I didn't consider that

Luca deserved this, And has been silently stalking the podium for too long. What a run!

Luca the time

Well done Luca, glad to see him finally take a W

Serious question: why are the commentators not at the race? They are clearly in a remote studio, confirmed based on where Ric was posting last night. I thought it was a little weak but gave them a pass for Korea. Now that the race is in France there is no excuse.

The Pope reads Vitalmtb forums confirmed

Just get us a photo of the newest yeti 5 bar analog bike at the taco stand and it’s not a derailment I think I’d settle for a Horst Kona at a burrito bar Or a carbon evil revolt 29 at a cake shop

I hope this spurs riders and teams to complain about the poles enough to get them thrown into the trash heap of terrible ideas forever