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Seems it expired two years ago which was just before the fox gravel fork came out. I wonder if we start to see more going forward? https://patents.google.com/patent/US6607185B2/en

Went down in his last practice run. EdBull spotted him from the gondola.

coach relayed that pinkerton had a big crash in practice. he's ok, but played it smart/safe and didn't race. gutted for him.

UCI clarified why the number of Women Junior qualifiers for finals was increased from 15 to 30: "Following a number of requests by National Federations to the UCI following the release of the entry list for the Women Junior Downhill which showed an unprecedented increase in the number of riders, we are happy to confirm that the number who will qualify for the final has been increased from 15 to 30."

Rachel raced quali. A minute back, but still completely amazing to try. Tough AF

Also, here's a Dak update after the first day of practice:

That would be really fun to play with. Bb cups, chainstay flip chip for short and long, headset adjustable cups. But what % of buyers would actually try different settings?

At least they drew it from there and not those miserable dual arch Magura forks.

So what’s so state-of-the-art that they kept it under wraps for so much time?

They are not using the same frame, it's not even close. I don't think it's ground breaking, others are doing it, but it's certainly not what I expected and a huge departure from the current model and the rest of the line as a whole. No idea on the embargo date yet.

Can confirm, currently looking for a 1000lb spring for my RM-7 restoration project!

Well we can all calm down because measuring off that photo by scaling from the wheel rims indicates that it's a 205mm shock.

older bikes often had very high spring rates, then we learnt that having spring and damper forces closer together is much better performance wise The real problem with 55mm stroke shocks on enduro bikes is the lack of damping force, ive got a GT Force with a 55mm shock and its the one problem with it, spring force is fine.

Deez kids jus don’t kno. pretty sure my 2001 RM7 came stock with a 900 pound spring. 2.25 stroke Vanilla RC for 7 inches of travel.

could be worse. santa cruz gen 2 super 8 with riders running 800, 900 and even 1000 pounds springs https://products.mtbr.com/product/older-categories-bikes/2002-full-susp…

Because when you use a short stroke shock on a long travel bike, you need very high spring rates (either from a coil or air shock) for typical sag. When I put a Cascade link on my Levo (55mm stroke), it went up from 150mm travel to 162mm, and required me to go up 75# in spring rate on my coil shock to get the same sag. I don't recall what my air pressure was before, but with an air shock I'm now at 215 psi for a 170 lb rider. If I was a typical fatass ebike rider, I'd...