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my favorite Brage vid of all time is his Hardline run... the rock drop into the berm is so absolutely insane. all in cords and a t-shirt...

Let's add this one in for some real nostalgia. #longlivechainsaw

Don’t know about anybody else, but it’d be worth it to me to spend $5/round ($50), to have Lawlor’s content at every race.

Kubota is pretty involved in trail building like you said, even "sponsoring" trail building companies themselves. As a company that does a lot of business with regular dudes who own tractors they obviously think there will be some crossover sales from the sponsorships which is cool and I'm sure they want pro trail builders to continue using their equipment as well. Isn't Gwin or all of frameworks also sponsored by Kubota? And Windrock and Rock Creek? Locally in Michigan I think they sponsor the Copper Harbor Trail Club and the Noqumenon trail system. Pretty cool for a tractor company.

I can't tell if you're trolling or not, but this seems like a good reason to remind everyone why we love Brage and want good things for him:

Honestly, very cool to see Kabota putting in some effort though. I know they're useful trail building, but beyond that, its still pretty outside the industry. Big fan of seeing that. Matt Mcduff needs a tractor sponsor now.

Brage gets (presumably) relatively big money, we get content. Brage x Brandon x Kade x Emil edit would be monumental, as are most things from those riders individually.

Of all the options out there, I think signing with Trek would maybe be the least surprising. And the possibility is huge for some massive, crazy projects with backing from both Red Bull and Trek. Also, imagine what kind of insane, viking/black metal themed paint jobs he'll get on his bikes from the Trek custom paint shop. I don't love Trek, but am here for Brage getting paid and opportunities that only come from big sponsors.

Chainstay basically aligned with top tube, round looking cable entry on the down tube. Closest I could find is a Trek Sesh

idk ridemonkey users managed to scrape together about that much to buy itself out before their former corporate overlords were gonna pull the plug. i for one would pony up that amount, for me at least it's a far easier sell knowing my money would go to a proper mtb business rather than some international media conglomerate

One of the cooler things I’ve seen at a World Cup is Sven giving tips to one of those “locals” who clearly looked up to him. Even told him something like I’ll keep my eye out for ya at msa. I guess I just like the sport that’s encouraging folk to participate rather than talk about their credentials. As well as the sport where a racer could participate until they decided to quit or that success came. No I don’t think there’s 5 people at the top. But i do think 500 is a lot of money for some people...

I'm pretty certain 3000 bucks could not be crowdfunded from this site. 60 people contributing 50 bucks wouldn't be possible considering the amount of crying done about TV subscription fees

I heard a rumour we were gonna crowd fund Vital’s World Cup Media fee for 2026!!! Also heard a rumour Vital was gonna get a private jet so Lawlor & jackiericecakes could do it up right!!!

fwiw, last year was the first year we ever had to pay to get lawlor his creds at a world cup. $3k for the races we attended. it's not a budget killer for us, but $3k goes along way on other projects for us.

Thank god. I was shopping for bars and stems but just didn’t feel like there were enough options. This might just be the perfect one.

Jokes on them I've been using 2.3mm TRP rotors for years! The 2.3 Lewis rotors are good value too. I originally switched to these because I like quick biting brakes with little free stroke. I'm a weirdo that actually likes the SwingLink in the Mavens.

The rumor I was told was that every Maven lever is getting a retooling of the “swing link”, since they got so much guff for having a heavy lever feel. If anybody in here has put hands on the latest 13 speed road and gravel stuff, you’ll know Sram can achieve an extremely light lever throw. In other brake rumors, I’ve been told the other S company that makes brakes is ditching Ice Tech, going 2.2mm thick rotors, and abandoning 203mm sizing. Also, that bleed block you’ve been bleeding your 8220 brakes with? It’s wrong. It’s meant for the thicker...

Unfortunately nothing so exciting - he's sponsored by Halo Wheels, but the bike comes specced with DT out the box so he's likely just blurring the logo's to be a good guy for the sponsors.

Dude, do you even watch DH racing? Goldstone wore an aero speed suit at every race last year.

There's a lot of work to be done in studying aero for DH. Let's just hope things don't head down the same road as time trial helmets in 2025 🤣. #stupidsexyflanders