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Ah. Semi recently I was looking at scientific papers about damping and almost all of them said dampening. More recently I somewhere saw that what the US English says is damping is actually dampening in UK English... https://www.google.com/search?q=define+dampening+&oe=utf-8 So you can wet the soil and prevent unwanted oscilations of the tyre at the same time!

And holographic bracelets to improve your chakra...

continue chainstay length discussions HERE as to not drown the tech rumors out https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/The-Internet-Was-Wrong-Short-… started in 2016, @jeff.brines ' "short chainstays suck" thread can live on.

Ahhhhhh sheeeet. Here we go again. Thanks Sim.

Setting aside concerns about the Genie shock being proprietary, it does seem like an interesting option. Being able to tune the progression of the first 70% and last 30% separately seems like it presents an interesting tuning option. Usually adding tokens or adjusting a third chamber on shocks also changes how soon in the stroke the progression begins.

Sx trail and process 167 were definitely 2 of the coolest bikes ever made.

no reason to waste 2025 rumors in the 2024 thread, so here is the 2025 Team Rumors thread. Have at it! https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2025-team-rumors

No way Loris is back on Trek. He is still top ten in the world, but he was an odds on favorite to win 2 years ago. He's not fading in talent, he's at a plateau. Loris was...or is...of the most beloved riders personality wise, the Dialed episodes of him are legendary. I think his personality is suffocated by the business operation that is Trek. Loris needs a team that is going to be able to build his confidence back up, look at what's going on at mondraker. Dak flying, Ronan maturing, Pinky coming into his own. A place where...

I see Zink talk pop up every two years or so and I always hold my tongue, but this time I just want to put my experience with him out there because I’d bet I’ve interacted with him more than 90% of the people on here. I second your experience. I grew up outside of Reno and have bought 3 frames from Zink and ridden/dug at the local trails a few times with him. He is a great guy. I’ve had in depth discussions with him about previous frame sponsors (first bike I bought from him was in 2011 and...

Steel bolts work pretty well.

Formula’s CTS system seems like a great solution.

In europe we have this a bit funky webshop called RCZ in luxemburg, which does firesale on bike parts they taken apart from few year old stock completes. The prices are pretty hilarious at times. I bought a zeb select for 259e, had it shipped straight from RCZ to m-suspensiontech in germany and for 400e I had zeb with custom built damper.

So maybe derail that thread instead of this one?

more leogang pit bits https://www.vitalmtb.com/pit-bits-2-leogang-world-cup-downhill loic's been on cable shifting through poland. assume same at leogang.

Look dude, I agree with a good portion of your points, but maybe don't go on the internet while drunk

While I think the whole people using Woke is way over used instead of growing your vocabulary to express actual emotion, I do agree over all with bizutch about the rest, the industry for the most part will cap someone whos still extremely useful for no reason to freshen things up for themselves marketing wise and then put out hot trash like headset routing to save money. I get it, its a business but its not a great look. Look at how YT tossed a ton of riders over the years, especially when they tossed Gwin end of a hot...

Weren’t you gonna take a break from posting stuff like this? glad to see Zink excited for his future. He deserved some consequences for his actions (dropped from shimano, hyper pulled out of a frame deal). But he seemed genuinely to be sorry and accept his faults and try to change for the better. I may very well end up with a set of his sig cranks on my dh bike. And sensus meaty paws are my favorite grips. Hope cam continues keeping it clean, shredding, and enjoying the good life with his family. His riding speaks for itself and...

Not sure "a little rougher around the edges" quite captures it: https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/2021-Mountain-Bike-Team-Rumor…

Zink starts his own frame brand, gets dropped mid season.* *it's a joke I wish him the best and hope it's something I would be interested in buying.