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Is that the rule? Are there rules? Because catalog snaps have happened heaps of times in the OG thread. Obviously don’t lose your job - but these are just brands owned by banks / syndicates / second generation founders nepo kids - and we are the 0.01% who care to see this stuff. newschoolers.com has an epic next year gear thread where everyone is sharing catalog snaps and tradeshow samples. I think this audience is hyper niche and most of the stuff on this thread never makes it past this group of weirdos. I’m sure bike brand product managers lurk...

I think I could count the number of times I have washed any of my helmets ever on two hands...

In seeding for Saturday’s Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series race at Solitude in Utah: Maylei Leaneagh went fastest among Pro Women. Kailey Skelton, current Series leader, had a DNS. (At last year’s US Open Maylei’s belt snapped right at the top of the hill and she still managed a 3rd place finish behind only winner Aletha Ostgaard and Camille Balanche.) Dante Silva finished first among Pro Men, 1.3 seconds ahead of Series points leader Nate Kitchen. (Dante entered only 1 UCI World Cup race last year, qualifying P10 in Q1 at Lake Placid and finishing 16th in Finals.)

Guy who owns bike company trashes competitors bike. Shocking.

Man, it looks like either he almost tucked the front wheel in the last corner, or that USD fork twisted funny. I noticed it on the highlights replay also.

Torrential rain there now. Should make the track interesting tommorow. Won’t be dusty but lots of lines washed away.

I think some of it has to do with both the sport and its participants aging. When I first started riding in the late 90's, I didn't know anything about geometry. I based my bike preferences around what I saw in Mountain Bike Action and on the racks at my LBS. When looking at spec's of a bike, I usually looked at what fork it had and what "level" rear derailleur. Does anyone remember the days when bike brands would spec a bike with a rear derailleur that was 1 level higher than the rest of the drivetrain? There must...

Looks like Mikey Delesalle's weekend is no fluke. What a great 2 days for him.

Frenchie track walk chat - Excited to see Oli Clark back!

I’m also bringing my DH bike and definitely plan on getting out to mountain creek and thunder mountain. I just gotta make sure i get at least one good training weekend in so i don’t smoke myself at downieville.

Will be? I've bought this stuff of aliexpress for years now.

i block influencers can't take it

Marc Beaumont has done a remarkable progression, it's night and day.

it couldn't have. was happening too fast for anyone too react. From the time of Jed's crash to Troy hitting is bike was around 3 secs.

Angel gets a paycheck, gets to keep racing, and I would imagine helps with developing the next Aventon ebike. What's the problem?

Details forthcoming but looks like the Ride Companion crew are going to do a watch along with Rob Warner.

How organizers still approach elite sports events as standalone products instead of marketing assets still blows my mind. In most cases, a World Cup weekend will never generate positive revenue if you only look at the direct cashflow during the event itself. The picture changes once you factor in media coverage, long term tourism, bike sales, brand image, destination marketing and overall communication value. A World Cup should be part of a bigger strategy and not treated as a one weekend business case. If a region has no long term MTB vision, no plans to grow the scene, infrastructure or...

I watched the promo video they did for this bike and I really dig their thought process. Having fancy suspension layouts and off the wall design can be cool, but having something simple and easy to maintain is a HUGE selling point for me personally. I would take a headache free, easy to fix bike over 2% better small bump sensitivity any day.