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Somebody asked about fork dampers on Vorsprung's IG last week, and they said "sure", or words to that effect. I emailed Vorsprung asking if they could make a 38 damper, and they replied that Steve has designs started, there is no guaranteed timeline, but that they can likely make one that's cost competitive vs the GRIP X2 and Charger 3.1 dampers. When I regained consciousness, I posted about it here.

Looks like Jackson is using a remote pull off system on his goggles which he can activate with a button on his handlebars Goggles: https://youtu.be/nYpi-M6LMp8?t=4 Remote: https://youtu.be/nYpi-M6LMp8?t=1449

The new Grip X2 damper is already superb. I’m curious how they could improve on it. Maybe bring the shock retune tech from the Telum over to a drop in fork cartridge?

not according to intend, they had it first and found no difference, getting the upper chassis right is more important

Don't fret, B PRACTICE IS HAPPENING THS YEAR! It might sound ridiculous, but I've had laryngitis for over a month, which makes it pretty hard to podcast haha Also Dak is in full training/recovery mode and returns texts/calls on average in 7-10 business days. Dak just got to Europe, so we are planning to podcast later this week after he wraps up some testing.

Always interesting to see when the racers are using suspension bits from outside their main sponsor (back when Amaury was trying the Secus). Apparently Jackson on Novy Parts

I can’t really speak for Europe specifically but visas have certainly effected plenty of riders trying to compete in the states. And with the abnormally inconsistent policies out of our state and security departments I would expect that to be more of an issue the upcoming seasons for both people trying to compete here and Americans trying to compete abroad in return. And the bike industry doesn’t have the grease or weight to pull much on those levers of government. But in general many European countries are pretty flexible about spending short periods of time conducting business weather it’s agriculture...

Can you explain the thing with Europe & work Visas you mentioned elsewhere? I don't know how all that works, the limitations, the time lines, how far in advance you have to work it all out, etc. Does it ever prevent teams & riders from being a "late" entry or a Fill In? If it's complex to jump internationally, how do they expect teams to just add/remove racers during a season? Would think work visas & points changes make it almost impossible to get and KEEP sponsorship if you can't guarantee a certain level of exposure for specific racers at...

Good counter point. Well played.

Neko talked about it on the new Downtime. Fox got it from one of the MXGP teams and don’t use it that much so he asked if he could and they said yes

Dirty Dan or Tacky Chan? Or something else? My eyes aren’t so good.

Brother... Do their pit chairs have tiny Ohlins coils that actually function on the base? lmao

Bruni won with blacked out Schwalbe tires!

Gearbox bikes go 1-1 at Fort Bill IXS

The track is 30ish seconds longer than the world cup last year by the looks of it. Is it weather or course changes I wonder.

Having a surname beginning with H seems to be an advantage.

That is true, but Fox wouldn't have all build data on the website listed by serial number if it was still just a RAD project. The inverted Fox fork is going to be released.

Amazing investigatory journalism again from our beloved forum nerds. Here's a brief interview with the Fox marketing team to see how they're feeling right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CVDFksacsY&t=81s

Couldn't that just be indications of tightening direction and torque spec? Fairly common on many linkage bolts across brands.