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Agree, and (at least in my memory) every separation from a brand has been, if not not acrimonious, very sudden-seeming and w/out any of the "thanks for the support, time for new things" acknowledgments that usually accompany them. Might just be a personal style thing (and I'm happy to be corrected if I'm wrong) but people notice stuff that like that.

All the best to Zink, but doesn't that post sound like he's just throwing shade at all the brands he's worked with in the past? As if they were not "what he was looking for". Or am I reading into this too much? Someone like Gwin would thank the brand they last worked with and move on...

FYI, OneUp at 20 mm rise is just about exactly as stiff as a 35 mm Turbine R in aluminium is under a static load.

person with most downvotes gets a week-long visit by bizutch (who is not eligible b/c he def wins).

teamrobot set a record for forum thumbs up, so here's a preview of what's to come (unlisted, only for the special people in this forum topic) regarding taking out pawls and testing ochain.

Telemetry systems are banned under the UCI rules. i wish news articles would call it the proper name data acquisition NOT telemetry! telemetry broadcasts to a third party location, ie you sat at home at a computer this is banned recording data that is collected on the bike is not

Would y'all want to see a 15-minute VitalMTB video with back-to-back testing on a section of brutal rocky chunder with different pedal kickback theories to see if the Ochain really works as advertised?

Anybody posted this yet? Saw the serial number of one of those fox live valve shocks and entered it on the ridefox site as a joke

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They're this years o-chain.

Why would a track with very different characters in different parts of it be mediocre?

I would think just to balance it. My rear wheel with an insert has a fair imbalance. My front feels smooth, but notice that when in a stand it will have a certain (heavy) spot that will always spin to the bottom.

Tahnee to Mavic slipped under my radar. Has this been anounced before?

Anybody notice how short Reece Wilson's stem is this weekend? Looks like a 20mm stem or maybe shorter. I don't remember seeing anybody fast running a stem that short since Bulldog on the OG Mondraker/Cesar Rojo "Forward Geometry" program in 2012. https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cjj6KOMyU/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=e76…

Here's another thought on Amaury's steel oval-shaped chainstay. The obvious conclusion is that they're chasing a particular amount of flex that they couldn't get out of aluminum, but here's another idea: What if they already had the level of flex they wanted out of the old bike, but they were breaking aluminum chainstays left and right? It makes sense that the chainstay would be the weak point in a flexy rear end, because it's the direct line from the bottom bracket (aka where most of the rider's mass is transmitted to the rest of the chassis) to the rear axle...

Is aero derailleur cages being worth their money a proven thing? Larger pulley wheels are sold under the claim that they save power through less chain articulation (which is true, but likely very negligible...). With all the turbulence behind the rider you could likely have a bolt sticking out the derailleur by a few cm and not notice it drag wise.

I can’t believe the fox skinsuit is causing so much drama when the Troy Lee “baggies” look like this

Good job the track isn’t mega high speed where covering lumpy bits of your bike in plastic would give you an aero advantage

Do you actually think Loic is the person who decided the shock should be covered? I remember a post on here around the end of last season where someone described what he saw when the cover was removed. I think they said there was a small motor that adjusted the shock preload.