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All mtb use bridges should have a 3rd railing board running paraleel that butts against the walking treads. Creates a catch/berm for any front wheel that slips so you can't slide off and slam the posts or worse. I've only seen a few MTB specific bridges with it & only noticed how valuable it was when it saved me once.

Always looking for innovative ways to make better products, DT Swiss has developed new, patented techniques and tools for manufacturing carbon rims. Instead of building up the carbon layers from the inside and out, DT Swiss now uses a singular mold to directly construct each 1200 series rim from the outside in, which they say improves the consistency of the layup and minimizes any imperfections. The new 1200 range of wheels features different layups and builds to suit different riding scenarios – we’ve tested the enduro-oriented EXC 1200, keep reading to learn more and get our first impressions. DT Swiss...

I'm all for gnarly XC trails. I see some cool steep sections but the man-made stuff is lame. It's not mountain biking to me. It's more interesting to have sections with different natural lines, part of the sport is to be creative and interpret the terrain not to be channeled into man-made features that are actually not that difficult. it's probably ridable by mot riders. I'd rather see a big line that only a few very best could ride and that might save 5 seconds every lap.. Here I'm not sure the tech differentiates the very best ( but it...

the stegasaurus fins definitely seem unnecessarily dangerous.

C'mon folks, let's get this back on track: New R7 XC fork from Manitou coming on July 4th? Kazimir looks to have it on his Chisel build on PB and the Rockrider/Ford team have (likely) been running it for while. Anyone know anything more? Hoping it'll go up to 130mm...

Just to bring it back to tech rumors. I saw knolly post a story about a new bike coming on the 26th. Looks like it might be a mullet with longer travel. Any guesses what? New Warden?

Joy - this is now a thread about recycling. FFS.

please keep it tech rumors only and your frame material religion out of here, thx!

Meh... This is gonna go off the rails again, isn't it? Dang it. Gonna have to rip down my days since calendar:

Moto rocks. You're fine. Would love to see Jett not being wet nursed & frat boy protected by his older brother. But still...Chase got loose last week. Stuffing the forks steeper this week for moto 2 after sight lap was nuts. Can't imagine seeing Finn drop his forks in the stanchions at the start of a World Cup final after semis. Dude needs to get out of his own head and as his buddy said last week, stop bitching & just learn to ride what you got.

I realize the Supercross analogy may not be the best right now. btw Happy belated Father's Day to Jett Lawrence for daddying the entire 450 field. Also Chase Sexton just did that 'once in a lifetime' last to first kinda ride. So wow my MX analogy REALLY not great this year lol. I dunno maybe it still works...

I would like to hear the other side of the story, I doubt the syndicate or santa cruz was trying to sabotage Greg and the truth is likely more complex than he made it look. I still think Santa Cruz was expecting Greg to retire after 23 (which he admits was true) so they didn't budget for him to be on the team in 24. When he changed his mind and wanted to race the 24 season, the budget was already spent elsewhere (Jackson's 6 year contract?).

I'm all good w/ Jordan being hyper competitive. That explains his emotions at the end. Can't imagine being under a tent with 2 teammates on completely different equipment, having ZERO tactical setup shared b/c you're just on a Demo with dampers standing right next to 2 guys getting at the least 80% of ALL attention, support and tactical information. Geez, NOTHING about what Finn & Loic are working on has ANYTHING to do with what Jordan is having to deal with. He's alone in that pit. He won a World Cup out of the gate on a bike he'd just...

Trek Adomen. Trek Enomad. Trek Donema. Trek Amonde.

Since we’re all making assumptions here, I’d assume downvotes are for reviewing a brake (that’s not secret or prototype) in the tech rumors thread. Please end the discussion about that brake here and take it to the brake thread. I’ve nuked that last handful of replies about it and orig review. and whoa that flight attendant reservoir!

Spotted in Leogang today, looks like Flight Attendant doesn't quite fit in the V10 frame... I haven't seen a remote reservoir on a bike since 2006!

This is actually a cool product if it works, especially for commuter and gravel bikes that get hammered by gross puddles full of sediment. Could be cool for mountain bikes at a mud race, too. Never seen it before, so I'm a little curious and mostly suspicious. Edit: looks like the off-the-shelf version that you can buy is 3D printed plastic, whereas Danny's version is billet aluminum. Aluminum seems way better for high heat/hard braking applications like downhill racing than sticking a plastic block under the head of your brake bolt.

Wokeness. Bike companies railroad riders & racers all day, every day. You could be the easiest to work with, but the bike company is going to shaft you at some point. No way around it. When they want out, they do that passive aggressive post about "Positive Vibes Past. Positive Vibes Moving Forward. Wish "x" well." Zink & me probably wouldn't be able to stand each other long but I LOVE that guy. He got the heck out of Cali, loves his family, doesn't take crap, gets rowdy & stupid as needed & knows how to calculate risk vs reward...

leogang pit bits vid with some cool stuff Contents 0:00 - Troy Brosnan's Brake Setup & RockShox / SRAM 2:09 - Prototype DT Swiss Downhill Rims 2:36 - Danny Hart Going to Medium GT Fury 3:11 - Seton Tuning DH Pole - HELP THEM OUT! 4:21 - Forbidden Synthesis 5:03 - Davide Capello's GT with BYB Data Acquisition 5:50 - Canyon Pirelli 6:39 - Giant Factory Off-Road 7:40 - Loic Bruni's Electronic Ohlins Suspension 10:26 - Ronan Dunne