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2026 World Cup calendar revealed WHOOP UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD SERIES 2026 CALENDAR UNVEILED Round 1 / May 1-3: Race of South Korea, South Korea (UCI Cross-country and Downhill World Cups) Round 2 / May 22-24: Nové Město Na Moravě, Czechia (UCI Cross-country World Cup) Round 3 / May 28-31: Loudenvielle-Peyragudes, France (UCI Downhill and UCI Enduro World Cups) Round 4 / June 11-14: Saalfelden-Leogang Salzburgerland, Austria (UCI Cross-country, UCI Downhill and UCI Enduro World Cups) Round 5 / June 19-21: Lenzerheide, Switzerland (UCI Cross-country and Downhill World Cups) Round 6 / June 26-28: Val di Fassa - Trentino, Italy...

I can't help but wonder how much of the TMD is a placebo effect.. The Pink Bike article that left 2 riders not being able to tell a difference was interesting.. Factor in the mud fest they're dealing with this weekend combined with the wide variation off hits they see, what do you tune it for? I think James Stewart summed it up best.. Racers are mental midgets. If they believe it's faster, it will be.. We've all heard Jordi talk about how simply wiping down a shock made it feel way better to some riders..

Really? I feel like this was a pretty long and drawn out prototype process. Pretty surprised they've been sleeping on the Enduro this long. Six years since the last update. They probably don't want to launch a bike in this market if they can't charge $13k.

team rumors.

just got pit bits in from rick. transmission DH derailleur and cassette, and more new demo pics below.

I don't think China cares about that. I'm hoping Joe Breeden does though and stops running their bullshit on their race bikes. Is that chainring design a copy aswell?

Lewis doing Lewis things.

I think you have over thought it and the bk sport thing. I'm pretty sure it was just a merch opportunity off the back of his YouTube channel success and popularity. From the conversations going on in other threads on this site and others it seems like that may be on the decline so I doubt he could count on that. I know for one I wouldn't walk about with a t-shirt with his name on it.

Not sure how that's going to work. I broke a lot of those old knucklebox Diamondbacks (almost every single one) because all of the shock force is channeled through the center of the downtube at a 90 degree angle where the link mounts. Tubes are great in tension and a little bit less great in axial compression (along their length), but really really bad when you put a welded stress riser in the middle of a tube and push perpendicular to it. They rode great though, because they had a nice rampy leverage curve at a time when most trail...

Like a ~2010 Diamondback.

Well at least it's not just a diaper hiding a standard horst link setup. Can't quite figure out how the rocker link drives the shock.

2026 team rumors thread is official - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2026-team-rumors

Some cool parts on Greg Minnaar Norco. Stills from @LoamWolf IG video

this is a couple days old, USA Worlds team rosters below USA Cycling Announces Cross-Country Marathon, Downhill, Enduro, and E-MTB Teams for the 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Sixty-one riders round out the American roster for the Mountain Bike World Championships in Valais, Switzerland BENTONVILLE, Ark. – August 14, 2025 – The historic 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships will take on Valais, Switzerland , from August 30 to September 14. For the first time ever, eight mountain bike disciplines will come together at a single World Championship venue. Earlier this week, USA Cycling unveiled its Cross-Country Mountain Bike...

Steep, tight, and techy...seems like someone with your same last name's kinda course!

Finally! A proper electronic DH rear derailleur. I've been wondering when we'd be able to pay $1500 to ruin three derailleurs on the same rock in one race weekend. Can't come fast enough.

Here’s me if they discontinue the original DHF