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I don't understand how getting people into MTB is a problem?? Whilst there are some inherent negatives as you have suggested, the net result is more people in the sport = more money whether that be in the way of local funding for trails/maintenance by councils as they actually start to view it as a majority sport as opposed to a minority sport as it used to be. Membership fees for local clubs increase and local bike shops investing back into the community (pointless having a bike shop if there is no local community). This is 100% the result in...

codes have pretty awful power considering it's sram's DH brakes, the force needed to the lever is always too much to have some decent stopping power at the rotor, Dominions, dhr evo, hope v4, mt7, these are all way more powerful and with a much lighter lever. therefore they need to step up their game with the Mavens

Looks like a...... Slashhion?

Blatant self promotion but we caught up with Ali Quinn from Zerode on the new World Cup team on The OTB Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/5q2EJbn32z5SiDLtld8sv9?si=TwIWjIviSu-R… and https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/the-otb-podcast/id1614212374?i=10…

Did theyyyyy?

Back to the the hostel in DC?

I just spit my water out, that was hilarious. Lighten up Francis.

Yeah it's a Dissent but with all his regular parts on it, so he's basically just done a frame swap. Not sure if it's because he's signed for Nukeproof, or just testing out the Dissent though, as he could be shopping around for a sponsor or as a privateer wanting to simply buy a frame. I wouldn't be surprised if he got it via Adam Brayton too given that they are good mates and probably ride the same size frame

It's a session (no 🤣). You can see rockshox fork and shock, Sram cranks and brakes etc... looks like they are keeping i9 and Maxxis & SDG..but the rest is now Trek/SRAM it looks like to me

Aw thanks, big Who's That Pokemon fan. Stoked to see him on canyon though, good ass for sure Edit: add, idk maybe both

I know it's Rumours, so we're not supposed to stamp them out...but people gotta stop thinking Gwin is gonna dump WC to go full time WindRock. It's absurd. Neko & Sean ran it for several years now without having to be present full time. Sean's infrastructure & logistics blueprint is firmly in place & peak summer isn't as demanding of ownership as fall/winter/spring. Hart & Atherton's have parks they don't drop WC for. It's a silly thought.

I appreciate the hope you all have for frameworks but I think a lot of you are holding it up to be the next syndicate-esque mega team or something. This is literally a passion project that Neko started very recently. He’s accomplished a lot but let’s not start assuming every big name is headed there.

@mcfadden999 and anyone else responding to him, guess what? there's an entire forum where you can start a new topic dedicated to one specific thing and you can develop that topic into the minutia it deserves. no more cascade review crap in this thread. hooray for babysitting grown adults in 2024!