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I'm not a biker so would've never found this - saw the info on Kyle's Insta. I was moved to tears hearing both your heartbreaking stories. Spomer, I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. Your father sounded like a remarkable man. Kyle - I can't thank you enough for shining the light on vaccine injuries and speaking up when you had so much to lose. I've started HBOT and have had amazing results thus far. I'm happily back to rock climbing, hiking, cooking, etc., again. Incredible. You are a compassionate warrior. Bless your heart.

This, a hundred percent. I'd like to know more about Magnus Manson running his Dreadnaught in Lourdes with 180mm of rear travel. Has anyone actually confirmed that the Cascade link for the Druid also works on the enduro sled to up the travel?

Gents, Wonder if you’re interested in moving this pissing match to another thread, I couldn’t care less about your thoughts on which you believe is easier or harder to ride. Keep your feelings somewhere else please. I am interested in more info on that updated Boxxxer I keep seeing…you know, new tech and such Also, the updated Zeb, buttercups and all that, when will we see those forks on bikes? Got a 22 Spire coming, and it would be cool if it was the the newest and greatest gadget

Not a lawyer, but once you pay money for an item, the manufacturer loses the rights to what you do with that item. Scratch the logo out...put your own logo on it...throw it in an old drum and light it on fire. You paid for it, you do what you like. Where you can get in trouble is if you start infringing on trademarks. A solid example...Deadmau5 and the Purrari. Ferrari couldn't do anything about him painting it up like an ice cream cone, but they had a potential case with him creating his own fake Ferrari logos. https://www.stites.com/resources/trademarkology/deadmau5-gets-in-tradem… So...If...

I guess I'm not arguing that it would or wouldn't cause a lawsuit. But do you think KHS paid trek some type of royalty or whatever to slap their brand over session frames a few years ago? More or less the same thing. Same with all the times Intense or Giant frames were ran by everybody back in the day right? The thing I was thinking is that if they had a glued on or ironed on patch I think it would definitely not get noticed.

Re-branding a tire with another brands hot-patch sounds like a quick way to get sued and generate a TON of negative publicity for the re-branded tire...

Those tires honestly do look pretty sweet. I was trying very hard to get the wild enduro's but the front sticky was out of stock everywhere and I'm stupid and want to be matchy matchyfront to back. I looked at the specilized tires but after weeks of internal struggle I ended up with DHR/DHF again. I forget how damn good that combo is until I get a fresh set and think how dumb I would be to want to stray from that. This is all a completely useless point to what I'm getting at though. I have been surprised that...

Was thinking the same thing, if Spesh really has a competitive race tire that seems like a big deal (and just anecdotally some of my faster, shreddier friends have been riding the new T9 AND T7 trail and enduro tires and have been impressed).

Someone ditched the Sharpie for the actual tyres they’re meant to have? Isn’t this the biggest MTB news story of the century so far?

all correct I think. My new bike is 1336mm wheelbase It's a whole 106mm longer than my last bike. The new one is way less fatiguing, you simply stand up over the bottom bracket and look where you want to go. Fore and aft stability is ridiculous. Yes, it's a boat in tight switchbacks, you just have to throw it in a bit more aggressive. For me as an intermediate rider its been fantastic. For a pro, I don't think there is a huge gain. Particularly in EWS.

Just by looking at yesterday's photos from Lourdes, it does look like Loic and Finn finally ditched their old reliable sharpied DHR II's and went for the new Cannibals.

Ohlins Electronic DH fork on Bruni's bike?

rad, thanks roots rider! also plenty of bike sleuthing to be done in the lourdes slowmo vid from today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJsM-jJQrqc

@sspomer @bigbird https://www.pinkbike.com/news/bike-check-finn-iles-custom-specialized-d… I played around on linkage a bit to see the differences in the link. In last years bike check, linked, they comment on it being more progressive. While this is true, it's done in a slightly different way than you'd normally see. Generally, when the comment of "more progressive" is made, the starting leverage rate is higher, and the ending leverage rate is generally the same, or slightly lower. This is the case with most of Cascade's linkages. This requires a higher spring rate to actually make more force at the end of travel. So, in the...

Nah, not really, I mentioned right after the first pics came out that making it like this would make all the sense in the world... Looks chonky but it might be possible to make the link slimmer and lighter (in the thickness department) this way than the way it was originally.

Chonkers

That didn't take long... Re reach, X fore-aft movement on a longer reach bike (which usually means a longer wheelbase bike as well) will give you less of an effect on either the front or rear wheel. So that means you can be sloppier with your inputs and of course more precise with them on a shorter reach frame. With a longer reach (longer wheelbase) you also get additional stability at higher speeds, which makes it more comfortable mentally, enabling 'lesser' riders to go faster. The negative is of course the tighter stuff, where long bikes ARE cumbersome (riding a...