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“The Formula 1 of bicycles!!!” If this crap is true about Hardtail Dude being involved in Wyn’s crash, then being off-pace during Asa’s run, how in TF is the UCI allowing this? Could Asa, Amaury, or Loic put a hardtail inside the top 30? If the answer is no, then there should be a minimum equipment spec to be able to enter. Most every sport that involves wheels won’t let you enter elite level races on garbage. If you can come up with the money to go the path of entering a WC Downhill you can afford a DH bike...

lawlor just sent this over. kolb's V10 27.5-inch wheel dropout on his XL. (sorry, had it backwards)

100%. If I see AI used to replace a creative thing, I'm out.

Just some heads up on the World Cup this week. Lawlor is there and will be providing the goods! We'll have PIT BITS, RAW and The Weekend once again. We have a South Korea World Cup forum thread here - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2026-south-korea-world-cup?page=3 Fantasy will be up and running once the quali start lists are in - https://www.vitalmtb.com/fantasy/2026/round-1-south-korea#round-desc Join the Global League to get in on prizes - https://www.vitalmtb.com/fantasy/leagues 2026 details - https://www.vitalmtb.com/fantasy/how-to-play

I think the course looks great. Natural, off camber, multiple lines in the trees. I think it'll break down and cut up great. As others have said, I like to see some janky slow speed corners that will seperate the riders instead of bike park berms. A new venue in a new corner of the world. This is what I was hoping to see. Looking forward to seeing some of the practice footage

Would be amazing if sleeper put together an earthed style video.

Sure hope one of my friends buys this

The Vancouver hardline is going to be bonkers. You can take a city bus to Cypress. Compare this to tassie or even the wales site where you had to either make a big flight or drive a long way. They could literally have every inch of the course covered with people if they want. What a treat for us west coasters. Never could pull the trigger on flying to watch a WC on the east coast, now we have WC Whistler and a hardline in the same year.

I agree. To much power and weight. I’d take 1/2 the power and 1/2 the weight, in a reliable smooth and quiet package. With a range extender option.

@Blake_Motley did a first ride of the new Pivot Shuttle AMP'd. I had him toss together some additional impressions of the new motor: I had the opportunity to ride the new Avinox drive system on board the Pivot Shuttle AMP’d that launched today. My limited time was primarily focused on sussing out that bike’s handling, but it also gave me the opportunity to get acquainted with the M2S. From the first pedal stroke I was met with an overwhelming level of refinement. This system is capable of producing a hilarious amount of torque on a dime and can do so...

Troy 6th vs Henri’s 10th overall in 2025 seems to contradict that thought.

That's my son @brady_buck_MTB in action. He was so pumped to get to do the photo shoot on this one on his own trail that the SEH groms put so much work into. Give him a follow on YouTube, he'd be stoked.

Don't get me wrong, whenever troy is on course I'm going to wake my whole family up when I'm yelling at the TV at 2am watching it live. But Keifer just has something about him, getting some young Bruni vibes. Looks like he is just out for a trail ride until you see the split go green. Then add Fabian in his corner, a dialed bike and youth..... it's all coming up Millhouse.

Am I the only one thinking Kiefer has a big win coming soon?

And yet Highland is going strong.

Meanwhile in France... Millau regional DH 1: Henri Kiefer 2: Till Alran 3: Loris Vergier 4: Max Alran 5: Loïc Martin 1: Lisa Bouladou 2: Marine Cabirou 3: Myriam Nicole 4: Vicky Clavel 5: Siel Van Der Velden Please watch out for crossing animals... The bike/deer certain death moment has been removed

No Way.