StudBeefpile

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Tristan_Mayor Liked a bike check Kid's DH bike

3/9/2026 1:41pm

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StudBeefpile Added a comment about feature Built by Vital MTBers: One-of-a-Kind, Handmade Mountain Bikes

3/6/2026 8:31am

All of these bikes are sick. That said I am absolutely blown away by the quality and craftsmanship of the bikes produced by the high school kids. It is very cool and inspiring seeing you dudes throw together bikes that compete with anything a major brand offers.

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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors

3/5/2026 9:18pm

Crestline Speedshop team announced https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/crestline-speed-shop-dh-tea…

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hogfly Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors

3/5/2026 9:18pm

Also: Ryder Lawrence, Connor Knipscheer, and Zack Harper all announced as part of SpokeX / Mondraker Factory Development Team. Assuming they will be focusing mainly on domestic racing and Monster Pro DH Series with Clay's kid on the team, though Ryder was getting some good DHI results toward the end of the season (5th at Lake Placid and 5th at MSA).

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StudBeefpile Added a reply to Shimano/TRP Maven - S-tier braking (Shaven/Traven)

3/5/2026 11:25am

Not for the faint of heart!

segamethod Liked a reply to forum topic Shimano/TRP Maven - S-tier braking (Shaven/Traven)

3/5/2026 11:20am

My hands started bleeding just looking at these pictures

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StudBeefpile Added a reply to Shimano/TRP Maven - S-tier braking (Shaven/Traven)

3/5/2026 8:58am

Just chop an old rotor in half. Bet you have one laying around in your shed somewhere. Also it doubles as a ninja star if someone tries to break in. I have always done a "piston massage" as part of my brake bleed routine. Push pistons out, clean with a q-tip and brake oil, repeat 4x or until all pistons...

Maxipedia Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors

3/4/2026 7:31pm

I hope it's fine now.

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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Red Bull Rampage

3/4/2026 7:20pm

It's easy to take for granted that surgeons can magically make things better, until they suddenly can't. It's crazy to think Emil might have gone from the top of the athletic heap to not being able to walk unassisted. Completely sucks. I hope everything in his hip and leg is able to reconnect and heal itself back to a working state. If there's anyone who can put in the time and think about this process systematically, it's Emil the trick machine. Wishing him the best.

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hogfly Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk

3/4/2026 11:57am

They already do that at Windrock. You have to have a wristband and sign a waiver to get to a certain point on the hill (right by the Redbull Ravine and jump line there). At the DHSE last year, you had to pay a fee to spectate and get your wristband. I remember, because I wasn't trying to get on the hill until about 10 minutes before my son's run (I was packing our cabin) and then was leaving immediately after his podium... so I debated even paying, as it was for about 30 minutes total on the hill. But...

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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment

3/2/2026 12:45pm

from Hans Rey about ebike development Link: https://hansrey.com/blog/ An Open Letter to the Bicycle Industry By Hans Rey To the leaders, builders, advocates, and riders who shape our industry, I’m writing because I care deeply about where bicycles—and electric bicycles—are headed. We are at a crossroads. The decisions we make about language, power limits, and definitions will determine whether Class 1 e-bikes remain accepted as bicycles—or get grouped with much more powerful machines that don’t belong in the same category. It’s time to define our language and it’s time to draw a line in the sand of when e-bikes become...

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Jason_Schroeder Liked a comment about Feature SRAM Finally Made a Wireless Electronic DH Drivetrain - XX DH Transmission Review

2/27/2026 8:27pm

Honestly same

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gibbon Liked a comment about Feature SRAM Finally Made a Wireless Electronic DH Drivetrain - XX DH Transmission Review

2/27/2026 8:27pm

I did'nt read the article i'm just here to complain about how expensive it is.

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BGoldstone Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors

2/26/2026 3:24pm

Cast only sponsored him for the left grip which left the door open for Burgtec to swoop and get him for the right one. Always read the fine print of your contract

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phillemaistre Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors

2/26/2026 3:24pm

I can’t imagine this thread will be officially cooked until Tippie shows us his new bike, and it’s a slow morning at the bike shop, so I’ll share something very dull: I got an email from our Burgtec distributor this morning advertising the new Minnaar signature grip. I thought to myself ‘Doesn’t CAST make grips?’. Lo and behold, they ALSO have a Minnaar signature grip… that’s a grip double dip!

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PUSH Industries Liked a reply to forum topic Coil Shock Shootout

2/26/2026 3:23pm

Yeah, that was 2009/2010. The hair, the glasses.....we were just kids back then with big ideas. Funny seeing Eric Neeley running CAM simulations in that large empty office! Eric is a brilliant engineer who's been doing a lot of creative things at Rock Shox over the last decade.

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PUSH Industries Liked a reply to forum topic Coil Shock Shootout

2/26/2026 3:22pm

Wow, that's an old pic that you shared! Total blast from the past. To answer your question, we probably have a total of 5 piston designs that were used over the years in our Factory Tuning Systems. Here are a couple of evolutions that made it into our ELEVENSIX rear shocks. The 3-port design used a pretty aggressive 2 degree dish on the rebound face. The 4 port reduced that to a minimum dish and adjusted the flow rate based on a change in clamp shim diameter.

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PUSH Industries Liked a reply to forum topic Coil Shock Shootout

2/26/2026 3:21pm

That Fluid Focus piston is actually a PUSH piston that we used to sell them as part of our DXH Factory Tuning Kit. I've seen that piston offered by a couple of independent suspension tuners that we used to sell to. Once we stopped offering those types of products, a number of tuners took the parts to local machine shops and had them reverse-engineered because they already had all of the valve codes to go with them.

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