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"We know our e-bike customers don't care or even know what VPP is so here's a bike that says SANTA CRUZ on it." (Am I too cynical?)

I really don't want to do this to us... I really don't. But it's because forums are for old people now. Young people making shit income would probably be weirded out by this 'old format'. Because its not tiktok/reddit. Again, I hate to do this lol

If we are going to use electronics on our suspension can we use it for position sensitive or speed sensitive damping? Fox: "Best we can do is an automatic remote lockout"

Competitive Pokemon was not on my Vital bingo card for today lol

Hold up… You carry a spare derailleur when you ride?!? Are your trails on Mount Doom or something?

After thinking about it, I’m surprised that the World Cup (either XC or DH) don’t have a stop in Taiwan since that’s where the bike industry is based. Similar to the moto industry making sure that the SX and MX series start in SoCal.

Maybe, but the Taiwanese guy told Wyn he'd never ridden anything like the track in Andorra, in the end he was 34 seconds off the pace. Bottom line is there's no way you can tell me competition is as strong in Asia as it is in Europe, Australasia or North America.

Waaaaaaaaasup guuuuuuuuuuuuys, It's me Matt Jones and I'm going to be racing a World Cup Downhill race.......but with 24" wheels, it's going to be so lit, i'm feeling very demuure hahahahahah I'm amazing...... but wait for it.......I'm driving there in my Lamborghini.......I know craaaaazy right.Smash that like button and please for the love of god I've got 5 kids to feed now, buy my merch.

Loic wins, the "Gypsies" have been eradicated Gone are the days of a US, Kiwi, Australian young guns living by the skin of their teeth on Baguettes and hand me down tires in a sprinter Van. You've been replaced by influencer's, media profile and out of industry sponsorship. Hyperglobal meganet faketeeth racing reigns supreme. Middle aged men in Suit tops, Jeans and New balances have sealed your fate.

Transmission, it's weaknesses, and "solutions" for those weaknesses all seem kind of insane to me. Hey we have this little uvula looking thing on the back of frames which the derailleur attaches to. Usually, derailleurs aren't that expensive these days but just in case, it's meant to bend instead of allowing the derailleur to break. Because our frame is made of steel, we can usually just bend it back for free! How nice! Since we moved on to alloy/carbon, we had to make the hanger its own item. We went with aluminum alloy so it's stiff and light, but if...

Until the front fell off.

Thanks, I didn't pay attention to these details. I haven't had any contact to Tahnee or Tony or FMD personally, but I always admired her story and how their family supported the racing. It is quite something. On the other hand, I have met Rach more than once and I confirm what you say, and her brothers more than that and they must be some of the nicest people on the circuit, regardless of what PB commentators think of Gee's facial expressions. I actually vividly remember right now how I was in Livigno exactly 20 years ago, looking for a...

I hear everyone's points RE "dating and the broadcast". That said, its Sunday so you can watch (American) football pretty much the rest of the day in the US of A. It wouldn't be that out of the ordinary for the broadcast to briefly cut to a shot of the QB's wife/gf etc, especially if she's well known. Do I want to see this? No. It does nothing for me. I could care less. But I don't think "classless" is the right adjective. I'd go with "cringe".

Another great race well deserved wins all round. WBD decision to show Tahnee's reactions during Finn's run showed a real lack of class. Whether they are dating or not has no relevance, it's not a soap opera. They weren't interested in Gaetan's reaction when Myriam was on a winning run. Scraping the barrel, gossip magazine shit.

All I’m doing is read the criteria. This forum needs the ban broom brought out to sweep your rudeness away.

So as was sort of pointed out a bit earlier in this thread... Dak's interview confirms that the High Roller 3 (at least DH version) is on the new un-announced Maxxis casing that they've been developing for a while. I'm sure partially or wholly in response to Continental. Neko mentioned that Maxxis was working on casings for a while but they weren't going to be ready for the 2024 season so they went to Continental for the higher performance envelope of their tires. I'm assuming Maxxis is tooling up to get the DHR2 and Assegai ready to ship with this...

Did anybody really talk about Danny's run? Feel like it was the underrated run of the race and not seeing a lot of talk about it. Not sure if it was touched on a bit and then forgotten but man... 17th at third split then just throw on the afterburners and send it all the way to 4th. Nearly podium'd. Absolutely flying on that GT. After all these years. Feel like if he'd nabbed a medal, even bronze, the run would be a lot more talked about for what it was. Maybe ultimately overshadowed by Loris having a 'decent' run...