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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...

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?

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...

It's just from IG.

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...

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…

It kinda feels like the judges are scoring runs as if the way down for each rider was selected randomly.

She was on the new Sender alls season long. Mille from CCFT and the rest of the FMD raced the current production model.

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

Vorsprung had a video on exactly this.

He must own stocks in a ball bearing company.

I have just realized there is a typo in the tilte of this thread. Can't unsee it now.

Prize for round 2 was just delivered! Thanks Vital 🤩

Yep that's it my bad 👍

Dirty Dan II?

So the new Saint brakes are debuting at this race. I guess the caliper is the one that came up few days ago?

A WC so close to Pila will break my heart 😭

Just saw this from Wheel Based. New caliper from Shimano.

I posted the screen grabs after fort William. If you check his GoPro footage you'll see the LEDs on his stem and when he presses the button.

He is still racing on a Zerode, probably got a freshie