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If enough high profile riders can't get a factory ride on a world cup team hopefully the pool of elite riders entering Crankworx will expand to make a more entertaining series and then fans end up with two exciting competitions to follow. If Danny hart and bernard kerr and Reece wilson were riding I'd definitely watch crankworx regularly. Those guys are never again stepping on a world cup podium with the new generation of riders that are comin through. Its possible The top ten next year could consist of entirely under 23s .

Are SPD's the new stem?

I can't image Santa Cruz (and every other other high end brand) isn't developing a DJI bike right now and they will manage to make it VPP again. Crestline already did it. Ran across one of those in the wild recently and had a chat about it. His buddies were on Amflow and freaking Teewing! There's a sizable chunk of the ebike market that is DJI or bust and will try a "not real brand" just for the motor. I can't imagine SC not wanting a slice of that pie. I'd never buy an Amflow or Teewing, but I do...

Fine if you feel that way, but I try to ask for riders opinions on the current state of the sport and also anything happening inside so people from the outside can learn more, Finns response was great and a lot people enjoyed his opinions. I interview riders who are doing well in the race, on race day my video is to tell the story of the race. I can't make a judgement on a case where no one actually knows the full story, and we never will it seems, so until then I will interview the riders who performed...

From the boys at OTB podcast - Vali might turn up at North American races on a Commencal. Sounds like she may have already signed to Commencal Les Orres. Makes a ton of sense given Cecile & SRAM connections as well.

A thought I had teased out in a much longer form that I think is applicable to the Pivot situation (and I think we'll see it more often from other teams): I think Pivot is going to leave elite-level racing and BK Sport will be the team that carries on. I think the BK Sport merch brand has been the long game slow rollout of Bernard knowing Pivot want to exit racing and knowing he'll need to be on a differently-named team. Sort of similar to how FMD (a privately-owned racing team) is now partnered with Orbea. I didn't think...

A bit more sag, a lot more compression, faster rebound.

And here I thought it meant cutting corners

You ever heard of froggy style? It’s kinda like that.

you're all helping them figure out 32" way too much with these suggestions 🤣

I find it really amusing this team uses Aliexpress special EZMTB bleeding kit instead of a SRAM official one:

Enhance!