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Results are in from Italy! France take the win in both the men's and the women's category (make that a double win in the men's, and triple in the women's, actually!), while Richie Rude came up just short of adding the first-ever enduro rainbow stripes to his overall World Cup win earlier this season. Alex Rudeau was dominant from the start and took the win on four out of the five stages - we should also point out that he was onboard a Commencal, adding another high-profile win to the brand's impressive recent run of results (they won all four...

22k for a prototype frame isn't insane when you consider what production carbon frame molds cost.

I don't know what the consensus is regarding the Paris XCO track, but two things to say: 1. It's rad that MTB is represented in the Olympics 2. XC is becoming bad ass - this is such a sick shot!

You know what's really super awesome? When the SC bikes do finally get released like this, we'll get ANOTHER 5 pages of people rehashing the same points ad nauseum.

Ibis teasing the new Ripmo release for Tuesday. Looks like rear flip chip for mullet, frame storage, normal cables. Linkage looks like the HD6.

A deep dive on the other site had me find this unreleased article. Can't click on it but surely it can't be far away I'm unable to tell whether it's mechanical or wireless, apologies for the poor quality screenshot.

Honestly, doesn't look bad. The clamp is improved and matchmaker-ish compatible, the hose coupling is a quickfit and the fitting is as small as the hose, meaning internal routing should be a breeze without any need to cut the hose everytime you need to take the brake off the bike. The only question now is if the master cylinder is still plastic. This, Mavens, Trickstuff and other boutique brands plus the rumored Shimano development sure does look like there is a step change in braking performance about to be unleashed on the general public.

Couple of screenshots I got from Magura’s insta..

XC in 1994:

XC race talk - crans montana track this weekend with some serious man-made tech

If it ain't broke why fix it! They have been in moto x for years and missy and a few others were using them back in the late 90's in DH. They are not designed to go back to centre they are designed to stiffen up the steering to the riders liking so they can still corner and still steer the bike but in rock gardens and other parts of tracks where the wheel gets a bit squirly it wont let it happen as much.

that‘s the production ready electronic dhx, battery is on the left side. you can see that sensor on the rear brake caliper. asa vermett used it in fort bill.

Apparently a Lapierre DH proto. Photo from the PB article where they go more in details on the layout

Looks like FOX wont be the only ones with gold on the front of bikes this year 👀 the return of Ti Nitrate??

From fellow Italian Davide Palazzari. I agree practicing on an officially marked course is a bit weird. Only person I saw doing it was Dan Slack from his own IG but it could be more people.

Sram would disagree with you. To each their own, some people are pumped on it. Some hate it. Neither is right or wrong. its cool to see the progression of innovation either way

vital raw from monster pro downhill series #1

New Lapierre definitely looking Spicy

With zero press or fanfare (that I noticed), this new (v4) AXS pod showed up on Sram's website. Has anyone touched it yet? I'm a fan of the Rocker Paddle (v2), I was was kinda ambivilent toward v1 which I think maybe this is trying to emulate. I don't get along with the first pods (v3). https://www.sram.com/en/sram/models/ec-axs-podr-c1

@Jason_Schroeder any chance this can move to it's own corner? I've got daughters so not belittling the seriousness, but it's no longer "Team Rumours" oriented.