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Don't forget there's a gap of nearly 2 months between races in the middle of the summer.

First guess is that looks like a commencal.

I wonder where this leaves Dante.

That front brake line....

More like I finally have the option of a downhill bike so I want to see what all the hype is about. I am plenty happy with Enduro and from what I've heard internally, contrary to rumours, Enduro isn't going anywhere. But just wait till you see my latest bike, new year new me.

Just ...spent all our money on some old folks?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trail-eaffect/id1610369551?i=1000… Some behind the scenes information helping reestablish US DH Racing. Sean Leader with Southern Gravity is killing it. Ambassador to our sport and community. Really rad what he’s doing for US DH Racing.

Mostly onboard except for big ass riding glasses! The bigger the better, in fact make them so big they work with my full face please! (Especially as I need corrective lenses) What's in for 2024 and forever: 1) Vital raw, copied by every other outlet, but the original is still head a shoulders above the rest. 2)Vital b team podcast so long as you get Dak to continue

What's still not in: inexpensive hard compound Dh rear casings for ebikes!

7 stops, all with XC, DH, DS, Observed Trials and eventually short track XC replaced trials. Until 1998 we also crowned our National Series Champions as our National Champions. Going to a single day national championship really killed the vibe. NORBA existed as it’s own entity until 1995 when it was merged with the pro and amateur road racing governing bodies. Until 2001 there was a person who worked at NORBA offices at USAC who’s job it was to run the national series. Destroying mountain bike racing in America was an inside job.

She's 65, pretty sure she is enjoying retirement in SoCal with the other sun baked grandmas dressing like they think they are still 18.

Ride 4/9 and the adjustable chainstays are the whole reason I ride their bikes. Being able to dial in the geometry and progression level to what suits you best is mint in my opinion.

i put this in the racing talk forum too, but hooray for #USDH! https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/monster-energy-pro-downhill…

As a reference you could say this week is the pinnacle of cyclocross. Pretty much a solid week and half of racing. Spectators pay to attend the race unlike DH and the organizers want to the best riders there so the racers get appearance fees. The top riders like Pidcock, Van Aert and MVP get between 15 -20k euro per race. The race I watched the other day I noticed it was all non industry banners lining the barriers.

"where's the money going" makes no sense. WDBsports didnt make a special platform for streaming MTB races They put the broadcast in with gcn/Eurosport or whatever you had here in the US. You couldn't expect them to give them away for free. Their other customers subscribing for road cycling etc. would not be stoked. Subscription for 6-9 months or even a year was less than some people pay for an MTB tyre. The argument that the money is not going back to MTB because the riders ain't getting it is silly. WDBsports are now covering all areas of organisation that...