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This came up in my youtube feed, but I haven't seen any official announcements yet. Squad Enduro in Squamish on 5/1/2027. Looks similar to the old Trophy of Nations enduro races or Enduro 2 (+1). I had promoted the idea of this being a good "new direction" for Enduro to go to make it more spectator/viewer friendly (mainly due to followcam).

Fresh episode for everyone where we chat with @Between The Tape (Mike Page) about his handlebar compliance article where he compared the compliance of 9 handlebars in the 'lab' and on the trail. It was a fun and interesting chat, and the TLDR is that your bars are probably fine, but your grips could maybe be better haha Enjoy!

I don't like coming here anymore

I have no real dog or insight on this whole thing, I just wanted to personally say I absolutely loathe the phrase "No friends on a powder day." Ski with your friends no matter what the conditions are and you'll have more fun. I think it's also pretty telling that the elite racers I've met have all been friendly if not friends with each other.

Maybe Kevin is retiring so he can sire a baby.

Dear Dougal, I know your favorite past time is to shit on the hard engineering work of people and then yell at them when they try to engage you in good faith arguments. I get that you are also trying to be helpful, and probably mean less malice than it comes across over the internet because, frankly, the internet is a shithole of everyone yelling at each other. But Vital has been a space that seems to have remained a refuge of reasonability despite everything else falling to click and rage bate. I am glad Vital is not the pinkbike...

Freshy B Practice for La Thuile and Andorra 🤘

What if we tried putting a small derailleur on the front cogs, may be just like 2-3 gears, then a 5-7 speed cassette on the rear with another smaller derailleur? Same ratios but better weight distribution?

Here you go @torw split1 s2 s3 s4 time Luca 35.267 1.32.847 2.40.788 3.05.123 3.27.637 Benoit 35.711 2.33.302 2.40.667 3.04.845 3.27.764 Asa 36.530 1.33.465 2.40.724 3.04.919 Asas split 4 was after he was off track, might have had a better time if not.

[Edit: Whoops. I was writing this and posted it just after someone else posted the info.] When Asa was on course, Martin Maes was in the Hot Seat. Below are Martin's times at each split, followed by how much Asa was "into the Green" at each split. [Asa's 4th split differential is open to question, because he had already run out of bounds just before reaching the 4th split timer. [The big Whoop sign he almost got choked by marks the spot where the 4th split timer is.] Martin ended up 9th, 2.050 seconds behind Luca Shaw. No one can...

Just buy a DH bike with steep seat tube angle and run a dropper post and full drivetrain. Then you have the best of both worlds! Frameworks for the win. And for those complaining it ruins drivetrains, this XX group (minus chain replacements) has been running strong since Jan. 2023.

Thanks a ton for all the questions today everyone. That was fun. With that, I'm signing off and jumping in the race van tomorrow morning to head to Mtn. Creek Bike Park for round 2 of the Pro Downhill Series. If you're in the area or around for the race feel free to stop by and say hi! Thank everyone!

Someone is streaming the elite races on YT. I wont share the link but you might find it if you search "First world cup DHI - Mona YongPyong"