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I've used it and "real" telemetry options on the same bike to compare. The benefit of Shockwiz is that it's simple to use. You attach it, set it up, then it gives you easy to read instructions (eg not raw data) on what to do. That's what it does on the surface, anyway. The problems often start with the calibration process. It's very sensitive and being off means your results will be way off. I usually ended up calibrating 4-5 times and taking the average of the result, eliminating the outliers, before I came to a ratio that I thought...

Shockwiz is OK, you just need to remember that it does not distinguish between front and rear and it tends to suggest too much sag in the front. Otwerwise it's a good starting point, when tuning the front I always set tunning style to FIRM and it works. Definitely better than nothing because it gets you in the OK spot quickly. However it's too blackbox for me and a real telemetry would be welcome. I ordered BYB and I am curious how it will compare to shockwiz.

I find it awkward when shockwiz comes up - I think the hardware is really cool, super well thought out and nicely packaged but the software frustrated me - too much of a black box that hides everything its working out, but then is giving quite advanced suggestions and fine tuning. I would regularly see people struggling with things (normally calibration) but theres no easy way to troubleshoot or diagnose things, ie if you could access the raw data. Even some kind of ai-style feedback loop where you could at least tell it what was going wrong would be useful...

Personally a bigger fan of just bracketing my settings on a repeatable section of trail. It gives me a better idea of what all the adjusters do and I can apply that knowledge to later rides when I want to change something.

lower your tyre pressure 2psi or so

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Unless you bend over and pull yourself far over the bars, use a setforward seatpost, etc. etc., using a longer reach bike is exactly the issue we are talking about balance. No, it will not move the balance forward, it will make the front/back balance even worse. You're not meaningfully moving the weight away from the rear if you keep the chainstay the same, but you are moving the front further away. Imbalance 101. It actually makes more sense to go with a smaller size to improve the balance.

On the Downtime pod they were saying that for a practice day at worlds, Amaury was following Max and getting his lines, and having to push to keep up. The biggest name on one of the biggest teams following a junior is definitely a sign of what's to come when they get to elites. Those juniors are insane.

I'll be sold on Jackson when he finally posts a POV of a winning run during which he chatters away and never breathes heavily, the way he does in his course previews. 😉

I find it hard to root against Jackson for a bunch of reasons: 1. He's obviously a generational talent on a bike. 2. He looks like he has fun every time he gets on the bike, whether it's practice, in a race or at the local dirt jumps. 3. (Maybe the most important to me) He seems to be stoked for everyone. He placed 16th in Les Gets and is reposting Ronan's winning run. He's almost always at the finish line, waiting to congratulate his competitors. He might be one of best riders on a bike, but he hypes up...

Wasn't the Super-Bruni thing a joke a fan came up with a few years ago? I know Loic has said he leans into it for world champs weekend to try to get into an unbeatable headspace. Virtually every interview I have seen of him makes him seem like a good dude. Anyway, before talking up Jackson 4x gold titles etc, I'm seriously wondering if the Alran brothers arn't going to lock down every race next year. All the Commencal elites have been saying they can't believe the speed and lines their juniors are pulling off, and apparently they only get...

Loic is a nice dude. Jackson is a nice kid. We’re generally lucky in this sport.

I am not finding it hard to root for him. Now if he keeps going next year or two like this it will change maybe. I am enjoying his taking it to those who had been dominating.

What about going up a frame size on an xc bike and running a short stem on it? As much as we talk about chainstay length and weight distribution, a bike with a longer reach will shift the actual center of gravity forwards, and help balance out the weight distribution even if the chainstays aren't as long as you would otherwise like. Ultimately, there are a lot of very efficient pedaling short travel trail bikes with a geo more similar to a bigger travel bike, the SC Tallboy for one, or the Norco Fluids, that would probably fit what you...