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luisgutrod Liked a reply to forum topic Knee brace suggestion after ACL reconstruction
11/9/2026 6:17am
I think the brace is good for when you start riding more than flat terrain, but racing I think you dont need a brace if you properly healed.. mtb is not an impact shear twisting sport generally.. so the brace can help you when your acl is not there.. if you have a high impact dab while not fully recovered, the brace may not help at all in that situation.. in any case I used a POD ,not custom, could even use a lightish kneepad underneath, it was nice.
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mickey Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
11/9/2026 5:57am
Because it's actually incredibly relevant to this thread, A brief history of CNC machining; 1946- USAF pays kids at M.I.T. to use punch cards and hyrdaulic controls to automate lathes and mills for the first time. Somewhere in Ukraine, punchcard operated lathes start spinning precision parts for the Soviet Airforce. 1949- The Coordinating Commitee for Multilatleral Export Controls(CoCom), an "unoffical and involuntary agreement" in between the USA and Western, industrialized nations aligned against the Soviet Union not to allow industrial technology to be exported outside the Capitalist world- American industrialists had financed Japanese factory building in the 1930's in the...
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GabrielPriest Liked a bike check Specialized P1 Restomod
10/24/2026 7:56pm
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SteveClimber Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/18/2026 6:31am
I'm certainly not an anarchist, but it's hard to not advocate eating the rich when this guy's makes $20M when overall he lost his company $400M
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JVP Liked a reply to forum topic Red Bull Hardline British Columbia 2026
10/17/2026 12:30pm
Eliot is the best commentator in the biz. Full stop. I'll take the slow jank uphill bits over fast, straight motorway, which is boooriiing. Some riders made it look smooth and fast, others stalled out. It was hard, which is the point. Hardline is way cooler than Rampage.
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mrpfp Added a reply to 2027 Team Rumors
10/11/2026 7:19am A disappointing but possible reality. I’d hope to see Neko as a Max Commencal type in the future. Given efforts made in his local region to improve the DH scene I have to believe he has a larger goal in mind than flipping the FW brand.
metadave Liked a reply to forum topic 2027 Team Rumors
10/11/2026 6:59am
With all the Asa talk, just props to Neko to making it happen. I know most people, myself included, were stoked when he showed up on his own frame out of the blue, especially after all the weird bikes he built with intense and Scott in the last fews years, but it was never a sure thing. Dude built a world cup winning bike in 5 race seasons starting with him showing up solo from scratch, hope and experience and had more wins than any other bike this season save for Vali's Supreme this season. Absolutely wild. Hoping Asa and...
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SteveClimber Liked a reply to forum topic Lake Placid World Cup Downhill
10/4/2026 6:03pm
I hope we go back to snowshoe and don't return to Lake Placid, the builders did their best, but when nimbys get to veto track layout it's just frustrating. Maybe now that Vail resorts has hosted a WC we can go to one of their US resorts?
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LePigPen Liked a reply to forum topic Lake Placid World Cup Downhill
10/4/2026 6:01pm
I love the irony... That the broadcast was saying Finn could help his team mate by placing himself between them (not that it was likely a that point)... And of course it's Finn who is the ultimate rider to officially guarantee the title for Asa and guarantee second for Jordan lol. Oof
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Hazmat Liked a bike check Intense M1 SL c1996-1999
10/4/2026 5:40am
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matmattmatthew Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
10/3/2026 4:26pm
That’s it, Shaft driven bikes. Shafted Purse 2028, I’m calling it now.
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic Lake Placid World Cup Downhill
10/3/2026 1:46pm
qualifying results post with everything in one place - https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/results-qualifying-lake-placid-world… how INSANE is it that q1 and q2 is not broadcast? literally the most exciting/dramatic part of every weekend w/o fail. richie to gwin
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dantecusolito Liked a reply to forum topic Lake Placid World Cup Downhill
10/2/2026 6:42am
Right after the first road crossing: The red line is faster but a lot of riders without the speed take the blue line but have to cut sharp right before the shark fin and lose speed.
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monster magnet Liked a reply to forum topic Evan's Op-ed corner: UCI WB poles, DSQs, and justice for Lachie
10/1/2026 7:32pm
Well that’s gonna end well. UCI- we’ve given rider x a 6.7 sec penalty Rider- no way was that 6.7sec, it was only 0.5 Another rider who gets bumped up- more like 15 My point being how do you allocate a time to each individual case. Maybe if you make the final you’re guaranteed 30th or 15th spot points, and if you or more than one get the current DQ then they just finish joint 30/15. Or, you know, just stay in the poles
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romainolmos-momos Liked a bike check YETI 4X Special Projects 90/100
10/1/2026 5:09am
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mickey Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/1/2026 4:50am
Correct! Boeing bought the drawbenches that lived in Connecticut and also the draw benches from Sapa. 2015 was the last time anything except drawn-over-mandrel straight gauge 6061 has been available domestically. Swaging machines and shops that can dome and swage still exist, if you know where to look. There might be an automotive muffler plant in Ohio that has a draw bench suitable to the task in mothballs, but the chances of a dusty old mandrel for a Klein downtube being useful, or there being staff members who remembers how to run the machine are pretty darn low. Outside of...
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mrpfp Added a reply to Evan's Op-ed corner: UCI WB poles, DSQs, and justice for Lachie
9/30/2026 10:08am I like it when the racers stay on the racecourse. Lachie’s run was phenomenal. Still, it didn’t fit within the confines of the event which 30 other riders agreed to.
bnflynn Liked a reply to forum topic Evan's Op-ed corner: UCI WB poles, DSQs, and justice for Lachie
9/30/2026 10:07am
Strong disagree. The rule is actually the same as it always was when there was tape: the tape was not the marker, it only mattered if you went around a pole. - caveat: I understand that having the tape makes it easier to know when you might have missed a pole Most sports have defined boundaries with hard rules. Ski racing is exactly the same as this: you miss a gate, you either hike back up the hill, or you take the DQ. American football: if you so much as touch the line, even if nobody is near you, you...
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bizutch Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Whistler World Cup Downhill
9/29/2026 3:30pm
I personally loved watching the people ready to hammer that "flat" section. Man...this sport has gotten so far away from the pedaling aspect, that when you folks see it on video it bums you. Not even BMX can rival the attention to detail & commitment to excellence that is a powerful, commited DH bike sprint across shallow ground. I can still HEAR the creak of bottom brackets as raw horsepower is laid to bear on a set of cranks in person & the moan the gear makes as a powerful set of legs pushes the chain into the teeth! #powerispassion
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Clownshoe Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
9/29/2026 10:08am
Another vote from me for never ever bringing back protected riders. This way is so much more interesting. As a hardcore Canadian DH head, I was bummed Finn and Jackson didn't get in, but that's racing. The fastest guys on the weekend qualified. Having all the other Canadian dark horses get in made it extremely exciting. As far as the track marking goes, you go outside the marking, its a DQ. Simple as that. The thought of having a UCI official making a judgement call about whether or not someone "gained an advantage" by leaving the course sounds like a...
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