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Tennessee National DH and XC Course previews. DH has some fresh sections and Gwin gives lots of insight into line options.

have heard "bernard is fine," so hopefully that's the case. i'm really surprised brands running protos in a race environment don't have a statement ready for social media before making bikes visible on the race track. "this was a prototype, we're pushing the edge of technology and racing. our athletes are putting them through extreme paces and sometimes the rider out-performs the prototype. we all know the risks involved with such daring endeavors. we're making sure our athlete has all the care they need after this incident. we'll research the cause of the failure and make our next one better."...

He says to an audience of grown men posting rumors about who will ride what brand of kids toy in the upcoming year.

I saw that, crazy if he is fine.. hope he is.

BK Put up an insta post saying hes all good - his right hand looks a bit swollen though. Stories • Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4nWS3yMdNv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The pressure.police wins the internet today RIP John Clarke

Looks like my guess was correct, glue failure.

I came here to say just that. If it did pull out I am sure that is one of the main causes. Even if it didn’t, it is still a horrible way to design a lugged bike. The way the atherton bike is done all of the lugs would have to fail for it to pull apart, not just the head tube lug.

It's usually granite yes.

Granite, I would expect. Marble is too soft and chemically reactive.

I don’t know how to describe it other than saying it floats over all but the most extreme chunk. I’ve said this to multiple people and it sounds ridiculous but it is almost too good in that it eats up bumps so well that I was going so fast that it was hard to hold my line. I had planned to set it up with an Ochain and in true downhill fashion but realized that it was unlikely that I’d get a chance to use it for a few months if I did. That’s why I went with the extra...

Yep, we're on the same page there

That is one of the best looking frames I have ever seen. Neko & Frameworks are hands down the coolest thing happening in MTBing right now. More vids!

Yep, but I guess a marble is still required, even if alignment will be a lot easier.

100% correct comment.

I haven't seen this photo of the FrameWorks lugged bike. The lines and flow of this frame look amazing.

So I few observations- "packing" is just as much a low speed rebound thing as high speed. Maybe more as the bike just naturally ratchets itself down and sits at a deeper, stiffer part of the stroke. Not just in repeated big bumps. It can also be just as much a case of the spring or compression damping being too soft. You maybe don't need the wheel to "recover" so much as not end up so deep in the first place. HSR adjustments are Ok in theory - they don't always work quite right in practise but it does make...