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Rocky Mountain does too. with the Altitude and Instinct (link and shock).

My bike came with Alloy RaceFace 35s and the difference going to the OneUp carbon was insane, so much less feedback through the hands.

pit bits 1 gallery from vds - https://www.vitalmtb.com/pit-bits-1-2023-val-di-sole-world-cup-downhill

I'd guess the rapidly decreasing anti-squat throughout the entire travel would play a role in that unpredictable feeling (it decreases force at the wheel and causes the pedaling behavior to vary drastically depending on the position in the travel), but that's been an inherent trait of Mondraker's Zero suspension design for its entire existence, so barring any drastic changes I'd expect that to carry over to some extent.

If my vest had sleeves, it would be my jacket.... So no 130 trail bike with a 63 HA stock

pit bits 1 gallery - https://www.vitalmtb.com/pit-bits-1-2023-val-di-sole-world-cup-downhill

From looks of things it should breakdown enough to force some alternate lines from some guys and potentially make some lines that would otherwise be slow competitive. But it shouldn’t be leogang 2020 bad. But I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

Reece Wilson is gonna give it a go!

But only in texts. This is gold!

this needs to become a thing, Dak updates from the race.

Dak updates

1.2" of rain on Friday. On a track that has a bunch of freshly backfilled dirt? That could get bad, really bad. I hope they compacted the dirt!

(old?) Camo Maven on regular stealth levers. Mineral oil ones have been shown, so it's odd he was openly talking about it. We saw tons of Vivids pre season, but no single one in EWS or DH since?

Funny. I actually have a suspicion for a lot of us a mullet bike is going to be faster going up. Its something I will likely test for the youtubes in an XC/Trail/"backcountry" application. Here is the hypothesis... *A lighter wheel goes uphill faster than a heavier wheel with the same power applied *All things equal (tire, rim, etc) - a 27.5" wheel is lighter than a 29" wheel. *The benefits of a 29" wheel (for most mortals) are not applicable in most climbing situations on a MTB (Inertia is higher at speed, rolls over chunk better) Before anyone says...

But if you just grab a taller gear, wouldn't that have a net zero effect on time difference, since you'd be traveling at the same speed and cadence?