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lebron and canyon prove 32" wheels are best for tall people 🤣 (non MTB...it's crazy how proportionally correct it looks)

hummm, if you're talking major MTB companies - I'm hoping this doesn't happen during my lifetime.

It must have been a rough day when the Levo rollout (years in the making) was quickly made irrelevant by the Avinox M2. Didn't they have to slash prices by like 40% or something? They already outsource their motors, just give in and go with Avinox. Do something unique with it like Orbea. Throw that on an updated Kenevo based on the latest Demo and let the good times roll.

Dude is 76. Curious if a Rupert Murdoch type of mentality of not being able to let go (and pushing the previous 2 CEO'S out) or a Disney situation where Bob Eiger was drafted back in because Chapek cooked the company?

How is GoPro not related when I'm watching winning world cup race runs week in and week out on the GoPro Bike YouTube Channel? (Daks helmet sponsor too) On YouTube GoPro Bike has 91k subs vs GoPro Snow at 152k. I honestly thought the gulf of bike to snow would be much larger. Seems like bikes are a huge segment of the market for GoPro (and it's slowly slipping to Insta360 and DJI) I bet a fair amount of people in here have owned a GoPro and basically only used it on their bike. Highly relevant.

RapiDi2 Rise patent incoming.

Dude, dude, dude... hear me out: I agree that you'd ideally want to have cage spring forces that are lower in the big cogs for easier shifts while climbing and higher cage spring forces in the smaller cogs for greater chain retention and chain calming during descents, and yes the current arrangement on the new dual-spring Shimano RD's is kind of the opposite of that. You know what could be done by Shimano to reverse the derailleur cage spring force problem? You know what they could do? You know what? RAPID RISE IS BACK BABY!!!!! LOW NORMAL THIS IS YOUR...

After a long and illustrious career that includes national and regional titles, multiple World Cup podium appearances and one World Cup win in 2024, Eleonora Farina is calling it a career. Congrats, enjoy the next chapter!

The road up is undergoing a 3 month paving project and has been closed for riding up since mid July .

Outside of being surprised that the shuttle option was more expensive than the car pool i think this is a pretty good way to handle it. Cypress has one road in and out so if they allowed everyone just to drive up without tickets it would cause a massive bottleneck.

Yep. That is actually my crux 5 frame in the picture. I also checked an aethos 2 and tarmac sl9 which both have the same updated dropout. So Specialized has been doing this update for awhile given the Aethos came out in October 2025. I have not checked my epic 9 frameset but plan on looking to see if they did the same on the MTB side.

On the subject of Santa Cruz, the syndicate’s sponsor lineup looks like it’s getting a bit messy - Burgtec, one up and Peaty’s all kind of make the same products now and it seems like the riders are mixing and matching. I’d guess they’ll be forced to go all in on one up at some point now that they’re a part of Pon, maybe they’ll even let Chris King go? Also interested to see what they do about o-chain now that it’s a sram product.

Colton Petersen talked about DH in the Olympics on a podcast with Brian Cahal. Sounds like China may want it included. Having a country with actual political power and influence in the IOC supporting DH would increase the chances of it actually happening.

Downhill has been submitted as a new olympic Discipline for the Summer Games in Brisbane 2032. Now the IOC has to approve it…

Hablo un poco de inglés, pero no muy bien. Siempre hago todo lo posible para hacerme entender.

Loris Vergier Dropping "It’s time to retire" right after his World Champs run felt like a classic Loris quip—but every joke carries a grain of truth. With contract renewals on the horizon, financial realities will drive the narrative. Commencal has options, but Loris knows his market value. He remains a rock-solid World Cup finalist, meaning a high-tier paycheck is non-negotiable. Dakotah Norton A tough realization may be setting in: the massive personal and financial investment simply isn't yielding the corresponding World Cup results. Calling time on the Elite DH circuit to transition into freeride, US-focused racing, or new ventures might...

Now that is cool. RC servos are pretty quick for their intended applications. This is a way better idea than wireless brakes.

My Italian is a little rusty, but it seems this was made using a servo from the RC world, connected to some kind of stroke measuring device on the brake lever blade. The idea being to change the compression settings of the shock under different types of braking events.

Can we speculate on whether or not there new Saint will have a clutch? I’m a pretty shit detective but could the dark grey bit be an on/off toggle?

Bummed to see this