TEAMROBOT
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about photo original_vds17_MG_9186.JPG
8/29/2017 7:58am
Gwin was also running the harder dual compound up front over the super soft 40a Aquila. I think that sort of compound is useful on super slick flat surfaces like slab rock and roots, but I would guess is damn squirmy on hardpack and under big g-forces.
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about photo original_vds17_MG_9191.JPG
8/29/2017 7:55am
It's a mini shock, not a full 3 incher. Would be equivalent to a 425 on a 3 inch stroke.
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about photo 220mm Rotors for The Intense 29er
8/26/2017 3:58pm
WANT
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about news story RESULTS: Aaron Gwin and Tracey Hannah Qualify Fastest in Val di Sole
8/25/2017 7:48pm
https://mpora.com/videos/I0U06SK0Z#Lx7bhk4YgeDqkSIJ.97 Minnaar won this one, Gwin in third. Looked pretty wet there. Also Maribor that year was a pisser and Minnaar took the win. I think both those boys do just fine when it rains.
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about feature Greg Minnaar Speaks on Breaking His Bike Then Qualifying 2nd an Hour Later at Val di Sole
8/25/2017 7:38pm
The guy is a machine. Also HUGE props to Sven and Vital with the scoop in real time. We're absolutely spoiled with the coverage we get.
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about video ROWDY, ROUGH & RUTHLESS - Vital RAW Val di Sole Day 2
8/25/2017 9:32am
Based on the speeds they're going- or not going- it must really, really, really slippery and rough. Looks hard.
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TEAMROBOT Added a reply to Loris Vergier has a 27.5 and 29er Santa Cruz V10 at Val di Sole
8/23/2017 7:26pm The fact that he even brought the bike means he's head tripping. He'll race the little wheels. Confidence is your equipment is more important than the actual performance of said equipment.
TEAMROBOT Added a comment about video Fairclough, Vink, Jameson and Volokhov Ride Fast and Pull Up
8/21/2017 6:26pm
Hucking Shale Master is no joke.
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I spent a year on Enve wheels, and broke a bunch of them, but what surprised me most was how bad the wheels handled. When I put them on, yes, I immediately noticed they were stiffer and more confidence inspiring in high g-force berms, but I thought the wheels handled like dogshit on flat or bumpy turns. They were too stiff, and they bounced around a lot in anything less than a locked-in mega berm. I didn't fully realize this until I broke another rear wheel and went BACK to aluminum, and it was like night and day on flat...
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TEAMROBOT Added a reply to Prototype Polygon DH Bike at Whistler?
8/10/2017 2:28pm Sometimes I feel so bad for Mick Hannah and the shit he has to ride on. The guy won a World Cup on a Cannondale Judge. "This is the most public yet of my many humiliations."
TEAMROBOT Added a reply to 2017 World Championship Teams
8/2/2017 5:18am Bummer for Brendan Fairclough. That Brit team is real tough to get on.
TEAMROBOT Added a comment about news story FINAL RESULTS & Vital RAW - Enduro World Series Aspen
8/1/2017 5:20am
DAVE CAMP
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about feature Richie Rude's Racing a 29er at the Aspen EWS
7/27/2017 9:15am
I was wrong. Maxxis website says the 29" DH tires weigh less than the 27.5" due to wire beads. This is not the heaviest enduro tire set up of all time. I learn something new every day.
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about feature Richie Rude's Racing a 29er at the Aspen EWS
7/27/2017 4:46am
29" DH casing tires with Cushcore: heaviest enduro tire setup of all time?
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about video ROCK-SMASHING DH! Vital RAW - Lenzerheide World Cup
7/6/2017 1:45pm
These are so much better than any other DH media out there. It's like being at the race. I know the six minute version is "more boring" than the shorter, more intense Vital RAW of the past, but getting to see rider after rider trying the same section gives a much more accurate representation of what downhill racing is. It's methodical, it's repetitive, it's intellectual, and yeah, it's kind of boring when you're watching trackside. Hell, it's actually kind of boring when you're racing. A lot of the time is spent sitting and waiting, or talking, or hiking. DOWNHILL FOREVER
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unskilled Liked a comment about video Why Loic Bruni Won't Race his Prototype Specialized 29er at Fort William
6/1/2017 7:38pm
I am just going to go out there on a limb and say i hate that the term "playful" is an attribute bikes are measured by.
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about video Lourdes Slomo Sickness | Qualification Day Practice
4/30/2017 7:28pm
I want all my instantaneous, free trackside content to look like the product of months of production work. Is that so much to ask?
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about feature Vital MTB's The Inside Line Podcast - Episode 8, Jose Gonzalez, Director of Suspension Development, Trek Bicycles
4/22/2017 2:57pm
Woo, most people don't live in Truckee or Reno, so they actually have to drive their asses to the ski resort and often times pay for lodging and food in the process. Plus 99% of people get ski passes, which are expensive as shit. Yeah, maybe I'll grant that backcountry skiing is cheaper than being some asshole who wanders off the street and pays full pop for an MTB at a shop, but that's apples to oranges. Folks who ski backcountry exclusively are uber uber advanced skiers, and the equivalent to that guy in mountain biking absolutely, positively does not...
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about video Slay the Brown Serpent
4/22/2017 1:52pm
This was really good.
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about photo original_BT_20170421_untitled_shoot_003.jpg
4/22/2017 1:34pm
Based on literally everything I know about suspension, a shock that doesn't sag (and thus has no negative travel) sounds awful. I'm really, really curious about your thoughts after test riding this shock. Please don't pull punches this time though *cough* *cough* Marin *cough* *cough*
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