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I follow a lot of these threads, almost no company responds directly with info. Except PUSH. Very much appreciated

Now have 2 sets of 6 month old T4 V4's that have horrendous amounts of wandering bite point, gets slightly better after a bleed but immediately returns after 200m of descending. No visible leaks and no pad contamination, very odd. At first, I was thinking either the diaphragm or master cylinder piston, but I'm almost wondering if it has something to do with seal rollback on the caliper pistons (ie not retracting fast enough), as it doesn't seem to be ingesting air. Has anyone else had similar problems?

It relates to 6-bar and 7-bar link suspensions, sixfinity and sevenfinity for example.

Greeting people with "what's up assholes?" in videos is not poor attitudes. Leave Unc alone, he's honest and he works hard to spread the good word of long rear centres.

Aston and Cahal have their quirks but calling them mediocre riders is complete BS. Both of those guys rip. Also 435 chainstay on a modern XL mtb is a joke IMO. Especially for a frame that costs $4k.

Nobody’s buying a modern trail or enduro bike with a 66° head tube angle anymore. We need to stop pretending geometry is just “personal preference.” As the sport evolves, we learn what works — and some setups are objectively outdated. 26" wheels are dead. Steep head tube angles are dead. The list goes on. Designing every frame size with the same 435mm chainstay is a cost-cutting move, plain and simple. Anyone who actually understands bike dynamics knows how critical chainstay length is to ride feel — and it makes zero sense for a size Small and a size XL to...

That's the piston from the Hover MC

wrong, you got hit hard by your government

I root for Dak more than anyone in the field. Not because he is American. I like his story. Getting into the sport later in life. Grinding as a privateer. Coming from a humble background and a part of the world far from any DH trails. And then, sort of like Benoit, just improving year after year to the point that he was one slippery turn from winning the rainbow stripes. Now after a massive injury he got back to 4th place on 1.5 legs. Insane. I like his style too, sneaky smooth and smart racecraft. At MSA I thought...

Two layers of Stans tape is a little generous for DT Swiss rims since they are typically bang-on with ETRTO spec. But otherwise nothing seems too off... For context, the kevlar bead cores used among all folding MTB tires gets plucked off a rack, and then gets folded into a casing execution (Gravity in this case). Then the blank gets impressed and vulcanized into the tread pattern mold of choice. Little chance for deviation among tread types with the same casing. Regardless I hope both have preformed well for ya. Schwalbe North America has a warranty policy if things are...

I have, it was excellent but didn't last long at all... mostly because the HR3 is only available in maxx gripp. For now, I am using the conti krypto rear dh soft for any application where I want dhr2 braking performance and side knob bite, but more penetration through dust/loose conditions and better wear. It pains me to run different tire mfg's front and rear, digs at my ocd for sure. That being said, DD hr3 maxx grip front, dh soft krypto rear in back is (*chefs kiss*) magical.

Exactly. I live in a place where there are no uplifts and having a DH bike with a motor and battery would be the greatest thing. A massive plus if you could just remove the battery (so it’s allowed on an airplane) and race it with the motor in it, wouldn’t have to buy weights that way hehe

I feel like you’re half right here. Mainly, I can’t believe we aren’t seeing more e-dh rigs.

Honestly it looked like Loic had been crying on the gondola ride down. This has to be so hard for him, and an incredibly difficult decision not to drop in. He waited until the last minute because I am certain he really didn’t know if he would or would not drop in. He saw what Jackson did and said to himself, I cannot match that or get close. I have complete respect for him and he should be able to take all the time he needs to decide, including in the start hut. As for not going to the overall...

With the current VPP system, they can’t get the anti-squat to where they want it, based on the V10 project. The shock can’t be moved forward enough b/c the motor gets in the way. If you look at the current Bronson/Hightower, that is why the shock is mounted further in the frame. They are moving the VPP towards Horst link numbers anyway, so I don’t see too many downsides of the Vala/Bullit moving to a Horst.

Saw this on Pinkbike today Gamux has a new Downhill bike for the AON Racing Team in Lenzerheide. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/spotted-gamux-dh-high-pivot-prototype.html

Unless you bend over and pull yourself far over the bars, use a setforward seatpost, etc. etc., using a longer reach bike is exactly the issue we are talking about balance. No, it will not move the balance forward, it will make the front/back balance even worse. You're not meaningfully moving the weight away from the rear if you keep the chainstay the same, but you are moving the front further away. Imbalance 101. It actually makes more sense to go with a smaller size to improve the balance.

From my experience, level 1 pads makes absolutely no sense, the difference in protection between level 1 and 2 is massive at least for pads I was crashing in or seen people crashing.