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Thanks for all the love Vital! My goal is to continue a career that allows me to contribute to another 1000 pages of the tech rumour thread.

Me going between this thread and the OG Tech Rumors and Innovation thread...

I'm no welder but that headtube closeup is a hack job.

With the master cylinder moving the same amount of oil and the piston calipers now bigger, you get less pad rollback (i.e. they sit closer to the rotor in the default, non-activated state). That's the trade-off for that power increase over the E4/V4s. FWIW I have had two Evo sets running concurrently since 1 month before the launch, a set of TR4s and a set of GR4s, and I can't say I can quantify more of a pad rubbing issue or anything like that compared to the previous generation. Granted, they are still pretty new and I did do some...

Are Unno gonna go rouge.............?

BK & Daprela on Pivot.

Dak is not going to be on Frameworks. He will be on Nukeproof or Scott.

So... some math isn't mathing for me. Thanks to Spotify's podcast transcription feature, Troydon said, referring to Aaron Gwin, "He's got a small ownership in the company(Crestline) and we've set almost like some targets and over the next X number of years, as long as we hit those targets, Aaron will get like, you know, issued more equity in the brand." AG gets applauded for his business acumen a lot here, yet people seem to think he'd ride for a different/rival bike brand while holding an incentivized stake in Crestline. Unless he's suddenly not a part of Crestline anymore, it...

Damn, those Raaw bikes are sick.

Their enduro team was done last year but they graciously kept me on board for this year with my contract having another year on it. Sounds obvious of course, but the bike industry isn't always so giving. The DH team took me in and I had a blast all year long, which was the main reason for doing DH at the end of the year. I just wanted to hang out with the team some more, and who wouldn't take the chance to race World Cup DH while they can. As for next year, stay tuned.

My riding buddy got a set of GR4 and I like them more than my Intends lol

Probably a common choice of shoe but….

Finally got hold of a set of GR4s after years on the Tech 4 V4. As with all things Hope the build quality is a work of art. First impressions: I bled the ‘old’ way without using the bleed port because I didn’t have the adapter for the funnel yet .Hopes new bleed video gives a few new steps which seem to work good. Lever is a touch heavier throw than the v4 but much shorter throw before bite due to the new cam design. It’s still very light. Extra hook on the lever is really nice, way more secure...