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ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/7/2025 1:45pm Looks like it is still lugs with carbon tubes. Maybe a new iteration? (From Jordan Williams' IG)
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ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
1/28/2025 3:09pmORTOGONAL555 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 Team Rumors
1/13/2025 7:04am Here's some more bad screenshots. Top tube-seat tube junction does look like the Yeti
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 Race Talk
12/4/2024 7:26am The track in la Thuile is almost done. Almost full lap here:
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 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/20/2024 2:56pm Can someone with better math skills than me actually calculate how fast the rider needs to go to not have pedal kickback when the suspension compresses?
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
10/20/2024 2:36pm It's just from IG.
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
10/13/2024 1:24pm It's probably the same frame Unior Sinter riders raced last season they were on Devinci. Dak rode it. It might be slightly different geometry wise but it looks exactly the same. The first proto was ridden at WCs in 2020, probably the reason why it's still a full 29er. Photo is from PB's article https://www.pinkbike.com/news/bike-check-jack-pellands-prototype-devinc…
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to 2024 Red Bull Rampage Chat
10/13/2024 4:21am It kinda feels like the judges are scoring runs as if the way down for each rider was selected randomly.
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
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/20/2024 12:12pm Vorsprung had a video on exactly this.
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/7/2024 2:42pm He must own stocks in a ball bearing company.