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Interesting how finn and Jordan have stepped up in brunis absence Incredible battles for the win every week. Evidently downhill is now no country for old men

They made minimal changes the track is just bedded in more compared to being a fresh track last year.

does this track really seem too "straight" or not raw? with all rider comments being "best track of the year!" and "finally a real track!" i take that to mean it's rough and rowdy, not some bikepark thing. is it because there are some berms to keep things moving?

I've started wondering whether the plaintiff's bar might be the most likely thing to save us from Surrons and perhaps even the Avinox wave.

But something has got to be done about the points system. Walking away from a World Cup having qualified and raced a finals in the top 30 over 100 plus racers deserves credit. Someone will lose an overall or a paycheck or a ride because of that. Teams will dump racers who put up results, got on TV, had their sponsors on screen the world over...and yet on a score sheet, it's as if they never existed.

I'm completely against flipping start order for any petty overall series interest. Times are so stupidly tight now that 30th can win. It's a FALSE stacking of riders in hopes of building a fictitious momentum. The courses get better sometimes for the last few racers. Sometimes it gets worse for the last few racers. Fractions of seconds spaced out over a 1, 2, 3 hour time span in variable weather & lighting conditions. All splitting hairs in the final. The days of dictating a countdown to fastest run are over. Please stop trying to manufacture a good time I'm capable...

1860s technology = a horse ? 🫣

Know of any carbon XC bikes that use a gearbox? For the downhill and adventure crowd, gearboxes may be a reasonable solution, but the current offerings are not great for those of us that like to pedal a lot. Maybe they'll get there eventually, but at the moment they would add about 3.5 lbs to my 22 lb bike, while costing me a bit on efficiency. I'll stick with the 1860's technology until something observably better comes along.

I still hold a soft place in my heart for the Lefty. From a purely engineering viewpoint, it makes more sense than having two legs, only one of which actually holds you up, and then ironically the rebound, which holds you down, is in the other leg. Plus the Lefty has the benefits of being inverted.

Cannondale isn't niche at all. If PON cans it that is a huge loss to cycling as a whole. Cannondale is one of the most storied (and interesting!) brands across road, DH & XC.

Found the free version: https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/ceo-trek-bicycle-…

Still so weird not seeing him on a Trek

Kove Motorcycles and ZXMOTO, also from China have scored wins in Dakar Rally, and World Supersport. A lot of people thought that Chinese companies would never do well in competitive racing series, but that's not the case anymore.

Don’t hate the tool. Hate the “tool.” Utilized in the proper context, they are loads of fun. It’s unfortunately too easy to act the fool on one.

Marc Beaumont has done a remarkable progression, it's night and day.

How happy is Neko with a win and a podium right now?

FINNNNNNNNN WINNNNNNNNN Stoked for him.