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bizutch Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
6/5/2026 3:57pm
When I did my scaphoid/navicular, you learn there are a lot of guys who just ride on busted wrist injuries that get better at first than worse, then ok, then worse, then disintegrate before they can ever get a surgery to stop it at "OK".
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w4s Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
6/5/2026 3:57pm
I dislocated the lunate bone in my left wrist 20+ years ago, It's a horrible injury that I still deal with. Hoping Bruni's surgery is succesful and he's able to come back, wrists are gnarly because of all the working pieces in it.
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lawn dart Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
6/5/2026 3:57pm
What an absolute gentleman to congratulate Luca on the win!
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Krispy Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
6/5/2026 3:57pm
Soldier Hollow nearby Deer Valley is hosting the UCI XC World Cup the same weekend as the US Open/Pro Downhill finals at Deer Valley. They are about 20 min drive apart from each other. Now..if perhaps someday Deer Valley hosted an event on the newly expanded Mayflower area they would be 10 minutes apart.
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic NEW BIKE - Norco Torrent DH Bike Details & Discussion
6/4/2026 10:26am
I miss external cable routing so much. Remember swapping rear brakes at a race in five minutes or less? Thank you, Norco. Hopefully others will follow.
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LookinForIt Liked a reply to forum topic NEW BIKE - Norco Torrent DH Bike Details & Discussion
6/4/2026 10:26am
External cable routing! heck yeah
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bizutch Liked a reply to forum topic NEW BIKE - Norco Torrent DH Bike Details & Discussion
6/4/2026 10:26am
At one point this was the top of the line carbon build in The Demo Center at Whistler. I rode 4 top end bikes in 3 days & they all told me...ride the Norco day 3. You'll be stoked. It was the MOST fun day I've had on a DH bike & that was like...10 years ago? Would love to play on one again. I'd immediately swap the rear for a coil & some sticky rubber. That's all. Wonder if Norco is doing full dad cam package sponsorships? 🙃
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Ryan Burney Liked a forum topic NEW BIKE - Norco Torrent DH Bike Details & Discussion
6/4/2026 10:25am
What stands out most about the new Norco Torrent DH is what it isn't . It isn't trying to be the most technically complex bike on the mountain. It isn't loaded with adjustability features. It isn't for people who spend more time clicking settings than riding. The launch video says it all: dad cams, donuts in parking lots, laughing with your buddies on jump lines. This is the spirit of mountain biking for so many people. Highlights 200mm of travel front and rear Mixed wheels only Full aluminum frame Horst link “Virtual Pivot Suspension” layout External cable routing Replaceable shuttle...
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Jason_Schroeder Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/4/2026 10:23am
I feel like I can hear the derailleur just by looking at it 🙊
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Blake_Motley Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/4/2026 10:23am
Man I’m shocked at the discussion this thing is generating. This bike looks GREAT
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maximumradness Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/4/2026 10:22am
Torrent is clean. Bottle rocket is adjustable freeride. Quake is a capable race geo. (Iirc) Different bikes for different folks . I freeride and park my race bikes - and xc ride my enduro bike. But the world does seem to want FUN 27.5 park bikes and the racers do seem to want FAST DH WEAPONS. Why can’t we have both? The marketing isn’t even for us. There are literally armies of 15 year old boys AND GIRLS! Getting really into modern freeride, just riding down shit and off shit and being park rats in jnco jeans where I live...
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FrontRangeFriend Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/4/2026 10:22am
I used to be all about flip chips and adjustments but now I see them as a great way to lose half you season trying to find “the perfect setting” instead of just learning to ride the bike.
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maximumradness Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/4/2026 10:21am
If you don’t like the torrent DH, the bottle rocket and the Marin quake you might not have kids who are regularly sending their carcasses— emulating Everything they see on YouTube— I do have kids. They don’t quite send yet…. but my fellow parents that have high school aged kids that send ( like what the fuck!! These “kids” are sending seriously raw lines, maybe not heavy af but the youth are currently charging hard everywhere and always ) are always pleased to see much cheaper, and aluminum frames that aren’t going to break the demographic for these “ not...
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Buckets Up Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/4/2026 10:21am
Most geometry adjustments are flaw not a feature to some people. I have ridden enough bikes over the years that I can adjust to a few mm or a degree here or there quickly. What I want is the simplest, easiest, most reliable frame. Adding in flip chips and adjustable headset cups just adds more places for tolerance stack-up to fail and creaks (or worse) to show up. Based on the shear volume of warranty experiences I’ve had to deal with, no thanks. I’d probably pay the extra ~$400 for the Norco over a Transition to NOT have flip chips.
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saskskier Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/4/2026 10:21am
The Torrent isn't for bike nerds. It's for people that set it and forget it and spend their day lapping A-Line and Dirt Merchant. And for that purpose, the Torrent sounds like a perfect bike. Simple, reliable (hopefully) and affordable.
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Yoda Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/4/2026 10:21am
From the downtime podcast, apparently when Loic crashed he was wearing an alpinestars airbag system. The tech MX system is on the market already (Barcia was wearing it during is insane supercross crash ealier this year), but it would be fantastic to see mtb-focused versions as well.
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FlyingButtress Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/4/2026 10:20am
I will probably get flamed for this, and will offer the caveat that I have only been skimming this page, but I feel like these bikes are great propositions and are in my eyes cool bikes because they’re made to be cheap and practical workhorses for younger demographics that don’t have as much disposable income and want a playful park bike that they can maintain themselves. Maybe I’m just haven’t been following the thread well enough, but I don’t see why the ebike bit is necessary to explain the appeal. Not everyone can afford bougie boutique racing machines, or ebikes...
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bizutch Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
6/3/2026 3:46pm
Speaking of Luca...someone tell him Congats. Could not be happier for him! Has me blocked on IG. Whatever it was, I'm sure deserve it.
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amaranth Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/3/2026 1:10pm
Optic, DH Range, and Rerun here.
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