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If Enduro at the world level dies off, I fear all other forms of enduro racing at a lower level will as well. If they want to only have E-Enduro, that is where the budget will go. The same happened when they killed 4X, lots of people migrated to other forms of racing.

I think everyone is missing the point. They are testing liaison periods for e-enduro. There is a always the season before the season and the racers know it. They are guinne pigs, and we should anticipate those more likely to speak out to continue to be vocal and say things with information on mind that most of us do not know. Best way forward: someone needs to call out Cris Ball and ESO and get them on record that actual enduro will be around next season. If not, what's the point. Enduro is sick...it's not a loss just because it...

Maybe… just maybe,,, now stay with me here… she (and the other pros saying the same thing) has a valid point that the liaison times were unrealistically short and us armchair racers should refrain from speculating on her (and other pro athletes who do this for a living) fitness levels and take them at their word that they know what they’re talking about and the liaison times were, indeed, unrealistically short.

You must be really a fan of the sport if you have not heard of a racer who won WC EDR #2 and ended up 5th overall last season. So I think it is fair to assume that she is fully aware of the endurance part in the name and not adverse to training for it.

One can get last place and still have the right to complain if they feel like organizers messed up.

EDR is on the press conference vibe this year as well. Pretty sweet.

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Day late, dollar short, but first post-race B Practice Podcast of the year is live! As always, Dak had some rad insight into his race run, where he thought others were faster, why he likes his bars so high, and electronic suspension doohickeys. He's also pissed he was only $95k for fantasy last weekend, but I'm sure his value will go up next weekend

That bit about Frameworks customers offering their frames got me feeling stuff. Thank you, mountain bike people.

Updates from Neko's story (lmk if I should stop posting these, don't want to clog the thread if y'all are on top of the latest)

ENVE chimed in on the PB comments w/ this "Our wheelbuilders are building up fresh wheels for the team, which should ship out tomorrow. Spares are coming the team's way as well. Let's get the boys back to the races!"

There's no shame in struggling with the pronunciation of Welsh place names. I lived there for a few years and regularly got laughed at for my attempts. The Welsh do make formidable scrabble players though.

get to work.

Just a thought: I am the WC commentator for my country. Broadcast has been done today, on Monday, on something like a live replay. I am actually on my way back to my home town, from the main studio. I prepared for 10+30 riders for the finals, with info on bikes, team changes and what not. I think I ended up doing 5+10 at best. Broadcast was sandwiched between snooker and Giro. I am honestly curious what the viewership is on DH compared to snooker and Giro. I don't know what was on when these events were live, but it's...