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Wonder who denied my warranty claim for the broken rocker link? The overlords...or the former overlords turned new overlords? They're one of only a few companies still making a full 27.5" 150mm bike so I kinda need 'em to get their act together.

Bad idea to have elite racers descending blind through tight quarters in remote places low on blood sugar, dehydrated and near black out. Sure...in road and XC, you have similar responsibility to ride within yourself on descents. But nobody is lining the climbs of Finale to cheer on a looped out and cramping mid-pack pro. They'll be going bonkers for them on the rock slabs though. Cut Offs are there to ensure riders keep the race moving along. Not to see if their VO2 max is on par with Kate Courtney. The descents are the show.

Blenki has a POV up from after the rain. Looks like it could be incredible tomorrow after it soaks in a bit, hopefully Sunday is fair racing for all.

I was born in Poland, but I grew up in California....spent 40 years there. Now I'm back in Poland...as luck would have it....in Bielsko-Biała. For the past 3 years I've been riding most of the trails that'll be used at the event. Prior to that, my resume includes mostly Skegg's Point and Braille in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a run down Mt. Lemmon outside of Tuscon, and some Tapia Canyon (Castaic, California). I'm old and mostly ride motorcycles with MTB stuff peppered in here and there. Nevertheless, I think I have some unique credibility here. So if you will endulge...

As another Polish American here, this guy could be your linguistics teacher, right on! This whole week is going to be hilarious listening to all the riders try to pronounce... anything.

DH racing is so sick.

I'll bite, but what's the price point?

Good to see Rachel speaking out.

No updates as far as I know. Note that for the first race of the season, the top-20 men and top 10 women from last year's standings are protected.

I'm not talking shit about how the brakes work, I have no idea how they work and if they just copied trickstuff they probably are great. But seeing as they look like they just copied trickstuff, come straight from China, a country known for blatant IP infringement with no local enforcement, it seems kind of shitty to promote them.

Rockshox did it before Fox were even on the scene in 2001! Thats the issue with the scene these days everyones to young to remember haha

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I’ll get you the Chinese crap. You send me your Maximas

Mtb is a dangerous sport. If the pay is good and decently guaranteed it seems like a no brainer for rider. And for a guy as talented and well known as Jackson it seems like a no brainer for a brand.

Sea Otter Dual Slalom: Cool to see Blenki still has plenty in the tank, crazy to think he can hang with the best in DH, Enduro and DS. Race tapes: after the podcast they said their favourite episode was Loic vs Loris, it was a nice episode which also served as a 2023 race series recap so I didn't bother watching other episodes. I also learned that Loris didn't tell Loic he was leaving the team, so maybe things were not quite as rosy between them as the episode makes out. DH is the coolest thing ever, we don't need...