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I gave up on using sag as a reference on forks after I measured it 4 times in a row and got a different number every time. I suppose you could average a bunch of measurements but I still don't trust that sag is consistent enough to use as an indicator. I start at what the mfg recommends for my weight and then bracket from there. It also seems like the Zeb is really sensitive to air pressure, like a 3 psi difference is very noticeable so it's worth really spending time bracketing air pressure in fairly small increments in...

As a chronic over-thinker I’m pretty sure this is a bad thread for me! Just got a Fox 38 for my Spire and am now extremely stressed about number of tokens and HSC lol

That's prob one of the best recommendos I've seen a co make. If it goes against their financial interests and they say it anyway, that's not to be taken lightly. Kudos!

Incredible depth of knowledge here. I am a nerd and knew none of the track stuff, nor did I realize Nino was on 27.5" stuff for that long.

Here are the kinematics

Meta SX V5 are online. 170/165.

Huh. Frame seems to be identical to the Meta V5, just with a different set of links and a 170mm fork.

Bird does that with the aeris 9, a 180 mm link is just over 100 eur. Same shock though.

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.