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The dirt is good but the best thing I’ve seen all day was 2 girls probably 5 and 7 that were so excited to see Tahnee and Marine. They were talking about their favorite places to watch from and which lines the riders were taking. The future is bright.

That looks so fun! Chill day in the wet where you can go around all the jumps…empty mountain with pretty leaves…does NY have legal weed? And now that all I care about talking about poles…it looks like a lot of the tombstone tuffblock things have poles on to the inside of them—is that new? I seem to remember they themselves were the course markers, but if there’s a pole inside then they’re just too-close billboards, right?

+3 I have the Dakine bag and on a recent riding trip to Iceland, I was able to unpack and assemble my bike at least 20 minutes faster than my 2 buddies, both with EVOC bags. My Large Transition Spur with 2.4 tubeless tires was able to fit in the wheel sleeves with the tires deflated to about 5-10 PSI and some persuasion. I also didn't remove my rotors from the wheels and they were fine when I arrived at my destination.

Are you using the EVOC Pro bag (think its 305l or something like that)? I've got the old 280 and struggling to get my 29's with Speech Butcher 2.3's in - have to deflate the tyres and squeeze...

both fit our 2.5" 29" wheels, fully inflated. I'd recommend both for what it's worth

my wife uses a dakine bag and I've got an evoc. The evoc seems to be a bit more ridged / more secure, and the dakine is a bit easier to pack and unpack.

+2. Can i ask you why do you want to change from tube to tubeless? What are the advantages for you? I am reading an article about those tires here https://www.bikertricks.com/tubeless-bike-tires/ and trying to understand why the tires became so popular in one point. Maybe i am just not a picky rider, but i definitely don't need to change something which is already functioning well.

+1 for Dakine.

I have the Dakine bag and used it on a couple trips now and prefer it to the evoc bags I had borrowed off friends in the past. I find the wheels fit better, large frames fit without issues without having to get an 'XL' bag and it's significantly lighter so bike and bag (just) stay within most airlines limits for a regular piece of luggage without having to strip everything off the bike.

I've used many. like posted above don't totally deflate them leave 10-15 psi in them to keep the bead seated. same with suspension parts leave some air in them and slowly deflate them som CC and fox shocks had problems with seals rolling if deflated to fast. The Evoc bag is good about keep wheels away from cranks but some put the crank arms right against them. Seems like a great way for a baggage carrier to crack some carbon hoops.

I had to squeeze my wheels in a Thule bag this summer. With them deflated to about 10psi I was just able to get them in and had no issues with re-inflating the tires on the other end. The only concern would be if you have to deflate them enough that you break the bead when you're jamming them in the bag.

YEOW! Looks like the perfect arena for the final battles in the overall standings!

The rain tomorrow should make it perfect. Nice weather for the weekend as well. Can't wait to be there Sunday!!!

What is the deal with the air shock on this bike?

There’s just something about obvious AI images that riles people up. Danny got the same with his Whistler video, first couple comments…. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/video-danny-hart-tests-big-changes-to-the… Also, without Jeff, this thread is cooked.

I don't think there is an overlap between people doing the chasing and people wanting @jeff.brines to stay... But yeah, it won't be the same if you stop posting Jeff.

How many times can you guys chase this man away and expect him to come back

NO PLEASE STAY