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Hard MTB League test event content is starting to come out. April Zastrow has a rad vlog from the week. We'll have stuff dropping this week too. Killer concepts being tested and solidifed before going forward.

Oehlins??

I hope he reads this, and it pisses him off.

too hungover for this shit bro

I’d like to see Danny re sign with GT , really started getting along well with the bike. Bike looks good. I’m a Giant fan too and own a Glory so be awesome to see him back on a giant as well. Basically I just really like watching him race bikes.

No this test was supported by Feedback Sports and Ride Wrap. BrakeAce also generously loaned us two sets of sensors. Each brand did provide brakes FOC. They were given the same testing parameters and product asks. No brakes were bled by the brand. They arrived in a box the same as any rider recieves them. No one got a special treatment. Our goals/angles we focused on for this test: testing brakes in Whistler because the trails are proper and relatable/familiar to many riders. 2.) Test an entry-level brake against premium options. 3.) Compare/test staple brakes like XTR and Code. 4.)...

If I were in for new brakes, and based on using a selection of SRAM, Shimano, and Hope over the years, it would either be SLX on a budget/trail, or Hope V4 for DH/ebike. Would be interesting to see how they stack up against these, or if anyone thinks there are better options for these uses?

Relavent info from Loam Wolf https://youtu.be/ovRDpgp4vrk?si=GPy54MA7HwTgUG0l

Competitive Pokemon was not on my Vital bingo card for today lol

Couldn't agree more, so many people getting angry about misinformation and conjecture. World Cup racing has been in flux since it's inception. This is just the next change in a long line of changes. Seems to me that the main source of anger on the forums and comments sections is that it's no longer "free" to watch DH racing. But for those of use who have paid to watch the DH racing (especially the womens) has been some of the best ever. What I gather from this forum is that the World Cup should be free to enter for anyone...

Hey guys, a few people have asked why we took the pod down for a bit over the weekend. Quick explanation… I want to give everyone on the pod a platform to speak candidly. With this episode we were up against it, we only recorded on Friday morning & I knew Singletrack were publishing on Friday evening, so we rushed it out & Jack, Emilie & Joe didn’t get a chance to listen back to it until it was live. On reflection there were a couple of bits where people wished they’d phrased things differently. I was racing at the...

What the fuck is a kilometer?

tell me you are american without telling me you are american

The Irish would like to have a stern, profanity-filled word with you

It was Q Bikes originally with Cathro, Mick Pascal and Spagnolo. Then Lapierre with Vouillioz, Hart, Blenki and eventually Loris and Loic. Pretty impressive evolution over the years.

AFAIK he's been w/ Laurent Delorme the whole time (LaPierre and Spec as @brash mentioned). This episode of the Downtime has a bunch of the details on how he got Finn to join: https://www.downtimepodcast.com/laurent-delorme/

My memory is vague as I've had over 4 million beers since, but LaPierre turned into Specialized Gravity. It's the same core team with a different hat and bikes.

Big fan of snowshoe. Both riding there as a customer and watching world cups as a spectator. But riding hareball 3 days in a row and risking your life on it in a race run doesn’t sound super fun to me. But that’s also the beauty of professional racing. Snowshoe regularly delivered great racing, a mix up in results, and was the only round in the us at the time. Impossible to argue the stop wasn’t good for the sport and added variety to the schedule.

Luca won national champs just last year and wore the sleeve this past season. Podium threat, potential winner, super nice guy. I could see why brands would want to work with him.

Luca having his best season in years, his Stonks are high. I get the impression that him and troy get along good too.