All

Congrats on the write up. Reminds me a bit of the original print articles on races that painted a picture of how things unfolded. As a former grassroots DH race organizer, I really appreciate the time, effort and dedication. Support your local race even if you're not a racer. Go for the good times, conversation and epic stories in the pits.

Asa Vermette is legit.

This is sick! But Janelle Soukup actually rides for BROS Syndicate, not Outlaw. But loved this! 🙌🏼

Telluride WC track will be #3 I have my money on All three having in common that they were once WC tracks. Love it! Way to bring back DH to the Rockies!

I know 3-4 other guys in my local area with GX AXS and we all have the same issue. Two of them have sent them back to SRAM only to be told its in perfect working order and functions as intended. Perhaps we need to start a GX AXS Support group thread hahaha

Bike is screaming for a 160 mm airshaft

Just wanted to chime in as well that I think Shimano has patented the adjustable clutch.

As far as I have gathered, there is a patent for adjustable clutches, and SRAM can not implement a clutch that is possible to tighten (aka take up the slack) without violating that patent. Type 2 was possible to tighten, Type 2.1 implemented a mechanism to block that, which people were able to circumvent with some drills etc, and now Type 3 is just "sealed". That is sad.

Schwalbe "Dirt Reynolds" will be released pretty soon I guess, a german dealer already sells a 29x2.4 SuperTrail Soft one on ebay: https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/neu-schwalbe-dirt-reynolds-…

how was that not natural? aside from some jumps and bridges, it looked very natural for that mountain (aka rough, bomb-holed and unpredictable)

Greg has a POV on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ce-eejqDWXP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Are we sure about Denk and the Enduro/Demo/Kenevo layout? He's fairly well known to be Mr. Single Pivot. Since he started working with Specialized, the Stumpjumper and Epic went single pivot (understandable for the Epic for weight reasons, but still), he was with Cannondale before that where he also introduced the pull shock and before that he worked with Scott, that also used single pivots and often pullshocks. Soon after the Denk collaboration (and after the FSR patent expired) Scott went all in on the Horst link...

Peter Denk was also responsible for the wild Scott designs of the late 90s and early 00s. He's quite a wild engineer. I still dream of owning an Intoxica.

For a couple of years, Specialized has outsourced the suspension development to a German company called Denk Engineering. Denk came up with the suspension platform of the current Enduro, Demo and Kenevo SL.

Nobody talking about this sorcery yet?

RE prototyping, it's hit or miss if they have it internally. It's more likely they have a CNC or two to facilitate that, for prototypes it's as good or even better. If you need something printed, you go external as it doesn't make sense to have a printer in house, if it's not used more or less 24/7 - there's maintenance, buying the materials and then there's personnel you need to run the machine, who needs to be up to date with new developments, etc. On the other hand there are loads of companies around the world offering 3D printing...

That would be like North Korea helping the USA develop ballistic missiles

Seatstay looks to be carbon, very very similar to current Enduro. There’s a bit of space between the 27.5 wheel and seatstay bridge which on the 29er Enduro is much closer. Possible they used that part for this mule. The forward part of the chainstay where it drops down and assumed shock position give off Norco vibes. I’m also enjoying the unintentional shade from spy shots of a carbon-tubed / metal lug frame in front of the Atherton pits.