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Honestly as long as the front doesn't fall off we're all good 😉

Bonus for La Thuile forum thread peeps - Lawlor's The Weekend following Maples, Pinky and Luke Meier-Smith is up but won't hit homepage until tomorrow.

here's a POV with mille and lou ferguson. the follow gives some new perspective too. bonkers!

These builds always perplex me. "Yeah, I definitely need a carbon frame on my DH bike... but the base model Boxxer and Vivid, and the MT520 brakes should be fine, right?"

If I was closer I’d live stream Qualies

UCI just announced in the Rider Communications that the road gap is closed for the Junior women in DH this weekend, B-line only. Its open for Elite M and W and junior men. i thought this was 2025? Why not let the girls decide for them selves whether they want to take the B-line or not.

I designed this so happy to answer any questions on it. Its actually as stiff as the stock countercycle mount (probably stiffer with the 4 points of contact at the fork) carbon reinforced plastics are pretty stiff with the right infill and wall thickness, also sometimes you have to use the tools at you disposal, if i owned a cnc Id probably do something different

vital raw from lawlor (i downvoted anna newkirk out...that sucks!)

pit bits from VDS

Val Di Sole track preview! Would be sick if UCI taped the course as wide as it is right now in some of the tech sections.

this x 10000! some photos i took back in '03/04

Playing the weather game doesn’t work when the forecasted rains don’t come

I know Loudenvielle feels like old news with Leogang upon us, but Mike Page ( Between The Tape), put together an awesome analysis article from Loudenvielle that looks at when riders had their fastest splits (between timed training, Q1, Q2, finals), and how their simulated times would have placed had they put it all together for finals. It's a great read, and might help inform some of your fantasy picks for Leogang. https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/simulated-racer-who-put-together-fast…

I'm at Leogang this weekend and wanted to get a sense of how widely pedal kickback devices have been adopted by World Cuppers, along with all the other wild accessories like TMD's/shakeweights, electronics, gearboxes, and more. So out of curiosity and as a service to my fellow nerds, I stood at the top of Q1 today and counted all the devices I could. Note that certain devices were almost certainly undercounted, like shakeweights, added mass, and fancy chainring devices like Ochain or Rimpact (drivetrains were facing away from me in the starting lineup). There were 20 bikes total where I...

Vital DSQ Fantasy?

@sspomer your gonna need a big ole banner on the front page otherwise your gonna be feilding that question 2million more times this year. Good luck, were all counting on you.

https://youtu.be/-oiwsn6G8MQ?si=qZFhHjdUsbd_qANb Sleeper edit