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I think that (sustainable, sensical business endeavor, professional) racing requires appropriate race courses, and this gets at a conflict really central to mtb. Singletrack trails are like the heart of mtb participation and a huge portion of mtb’s relationship with land and other land users. We leave very little trace, we cut down very few trees, we happily go along with the pretense that a piece of legislation can define a bicycle with a motor as not a motor vehicle (watch me pull a rabbit out of my class 1 hat!), we don’t like paying at the trailhead. This ain’t...

That would be sick. He deserves to be on a team like that.

Maybe not 🤷🏼‍♂️

Same here, and for those who don't know about it they also have a (somewhat infrequent) really good podcast too: https://www.sleepercollective.com/podcast

I'm really hoping one of the guys at Faction is known as Frank The Bonder.

neko testing some alternative manufacturing, gonna be interesting to see the advantages without the marketing talk

hahaha cheers man. Jedi's are dope. I appreciate that comparison.

I had to rewatch the prehop into the Mushroom drop, too. In a half lid. GNARLY

Sam Hill is one of the greatest this sport has ever seen, he has 2 of all time top 5 rides in DH racing (I'd argue Champery will forever be n1) but that mrs comment is typical keyboard warrior stuff, she is not there, didn't see or even ride the track and if pretty much all of the best riders in the world are stoked on the track then it must be a bloody good one and their opinion is only one that matters. They've said it really isnt as tech as Walles, but more full gas with big jumps...

At around 11 mins in the PB podcast Gwin says he hasn't actually ridden the bike yet because his elbow is still healing.

Good to see my Gwin rumour came true!

Pretty sure he’s just joking around

Another and slightly better pic with the idler.

so silly they don't run in fastest last. Top 20 drop in time, elite men Thredbo can have it's weather turn in the blink of an eye, so if a storm rolls in early or late it will wreck havoc. Also the wind there can be insane. Last year they started a third the way down pretty much. 1Jackson GOLDSTONE15:47:30 2Luke MEIER-SMITH15:48:00 3Troy BROSNAN15:48:30 4Kye AHERN15:49:00 5Jackson FREW15:49:30 6Laurie GREENLAND15:50:00 7Jackson CONNELLY15:50:30 8Josh K ARCUS15:51:00 9Joshua BUTTON15:51:30 10Amaury PIERRON15:52:00 11Oisin O'CALLAGHAN15:52:30 12Dylan MAPLES15:53:00 13Oliver ZWAR15:53:30 14Remy MEIER-SMITH15:54:00 15Connor FEARON15:54:30 16Kael FOALE15:55:00 17Will HYNES15:55:30 18Duke MILLINGTON15:56:00 19Jobe GENTLE15:56:30 20Tim EATON15:57:00

just starting to prep data/lists for vital fantasy world cup. after going through the lists, here are some random preliminary numbers 233 downhill riders registered on teams across all classes 48 women 185 men 25 aussies 19 canadians 37 french 44 brits 21 kiwis 30 #USDH rippers commencal has 5 diff teams with a total of 27 riders! - muc-off 6, les orres 6, ICstudio 7, schwalbe 3, Dorval Commencal 5