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ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

1/18/2025 5:35am
I believe Trek are testing a new frame all together (I can't see the bend on the top tube the current one has) rather than just seatstays. I remember Vergier was riding a similar prototype some time ago.

ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk

12/5/2024 1:14am
That's the feedback from the riders, very steep and it also looks like the loamy sections are going to cut up nicely.

ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors

10/27/2024 1:53am
Without Marine, Scott factory team won't have near enough points to be among the top 15 in the team ranking.

ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors

10/22/2024 5:45am
To the best of my knowledge and based on the ranking published on PB, these are the current men elite riders in the top 50 who are not currently on a top 15 team: Walker, Estaque, Palazzari, Williamson, Dooley, H. Kerr. Hartnestern, Holguin Villa, Boonsane, Pontvianne, Ant. Pierron, Introzzi, Breeden, Vidal, Shan, Kiefer. I excluded juniors in thee year 2024...

ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors

10/22/2024 2:25am
Ahahah they are definitely not siblings. What i meant is that a rumor about Wilson on Gamux could very well have been about her, not him. But she has an older brother who rides. The OGs will remember him from Cathro's old Sick Skills team race vlog. She even made an appearance then.

ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

10/21/2024 12:37am
You are correct, reading more about it mine was an oversimplification. Still, if pk is just a function of gearing, frame design, wheel speed, and wheel vertical acceleration (is it?) we could still calculate what speed you need to be going to not feel pedal kickback while the suspension is moving at a certain speed. In theory, with data acquisition...

ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors

10/20/2024 2:47pm
Given the video from PB was probably filmed right after Loudenvielle, and how big of a smile the guy at the end had, there might be something to that Wilson/Gamux rumour. But it'll probably mean they go from being a relatively small team to a bigger infrastructure, wouldn't it? The lotus gig might just be from the local dealer. or...

ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors

10/19/2024 10:02am
I Think it is a drastic change to go from an absolute criterion to qualify for a WC (40 points) to a relative one (top 50). This change means that qualifying for a WC is not in the rider's hands 100% anymore. It will likely force people to keep entering races to maintain their ranking. It could be great for...

ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors

10/7/2024 4:18am
She was on the new Sender alls season long. Mille from CCFT and the rest of the FMD raced the current production model.

ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to All Things Vital Downhill Fantasy

10/5/2024 3:18am
I don't really have any chance of being top 10 overall after the last few rounds where I took unrewarding risks. Playing it safe(-er) for this one to try and get me another Vital tshirt at least