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How you don't reach out to the most successful US DH racer of all time, who is clearly still racing, and say "hey buddy you want in on this?" boggles the mind. Common sense sure is elusive in cycling organizations.

I'm sure the UCI will snap into action and create a 50 rider privateer "team" and get it submitted with plenty of time to spare.

I had a severe concussion as a teenager, and long rest lying in bed with no TV, music, books etc for a two weeks was my recovery. However ten years later I started to forget where I placed keys, phone etc. It wasn't gradual, it just started one day. Doctors said it was a result of that concussion and it's typical. Burnt once, twice shy I always try to limit the risk of this happening again. So I go for the best helmet that fits my head and train to be fit as possible to limit the number of crashes...

1991 Nishiki Manitoba 1992 Raliegh Instinct 1994 Diamondback Axis Ti 2000 Kona Stuff *** end of the xc years and onto the DH years *** 2001 Marin (can't remember, Team DH maybe??) 2003 Iron Horse SGS 2004 Giant VT 2005 Intense M3 2007 Sinister R9 2007 Jamis Xam 2008 Chumba F5 2008 Chumba XCL 2011 Giant Glory 2012 Giant Trance *** Start of the Enduro years *** 2013 Intense Carbine 275 2015 Intense Tracer 2017 Transition Carbon Patrol 2018 Transition Carbon Smuggler 2019 Transition Carbon Sentinel 2021 Intense Tazer e-bike (does this count?)

Hmmmmm. I can usually tell when I have a flat tire. Usually. OK, I'm not that clueless. But I do seriously doubt I'll be able to tell the difference in the flex characteristics of my fork. I won't be replacing my Lyrik with a Zeb. If I buy a new bike and it comes with a Zeb or a 38, however, I'll definitely welcome that component. Because, you know, it looks cool.

The benefit for coil to me is the "can have your cake and eat it too" mentality (besides weight) With an air spring (I'm talking typical single chamber, not runt or IRT) you can have lovely small bump but the midstroke support is just not there. Where I ride it's Steep and Ledgy, that mid stroke dive can be very un-nerving. Conversely, you can shoot for mid stroke support but small bump will suffer. When you get to my weight, I need 120psi in a 38 to acheive a level of support I'm after from the spring. The 38 when...

Not to get off to a tangent here, but since it's being floated out there a bunch in the most recent posts. I want to just say that I have had coil converted forks using push and vorsprung. I have also gone down the road of custom dampers in my previous forks. Those coil converted and custom damper forks were no better or worse then my zeb or 36 provided I am keeping up on lower leg services and am certain about bushing burnishing. I just want to throw some water onto the fire that the money would be best...

I've had a 38 since their release. My 2 cents. Summary: Unless you are 100kg (225lb) or on an ebike stay with what you have and mod the fork. I put my 38 on my ebike originally, this is where is makes the most sense. You actually notice the stiffness difference here and the added unsprung mass of the bike makes the fork work better than on a "non assisted" lighter machine. I swapped the 38 onto my Commencal Meta AM29, usually I run a 36 with Vorsprung Coil conversion and a tuned damper. The stiffness wasn't as noticeable and...

If you’re under 200 lbs, have cash burning a hole in your pocket, and don’t mind slapping a pound of weight on to your bike, you’re much better off doing a coil conversion than buying a zeb or 38

Switched from a 2020 Fox 36 Grip to a ZEB Ultimate on my 2020 Meta AM 29. There is definitely a difference in the feel, which I mainly attribute to a difference in feel from a Fox to a RS fork. I did have to add another token to the fork, so I am at 2 token on a 170mm fork. It is worth also noting the ZEB is 10mm longer Axle to Crown, so my bike is a little slacker, and you can tell in the climbing position that the seat tube is equally slacker. I prefer the better...

bingo. put a coil in there.

I went from a lyric to a zeb and the main thing I noticed was the extra weight up front.

To be fair; Neff knew she was hitting the drop and at the wrong speed. MVdP looked like he was pushing down into the non-existent ramp. But as the only guy not sending the drop, totally his fault.

Take yer lumps dude. I can't imagine how crushing it is to crash out on the first lap of an olympic race BUT it's his fault. Also Neff muscled it out so maybe its time to do some push ups?

So many dumb takes yesterday on social media about "roadies who can't ride REAL mtb" and the like. Clearly he just made a mistake, it happens...even to the best. I think it would be really rad if more towns and cities invested in awesome, dedicated XCO courses like this. I feel like we've seen a lot build pumptracks and mini bike parks at trailheads, so this seems like the next evolution of that. It would sure help XC become popular in the US again. While I enjoy the big, backcountry XC racing that's been the preferred flavor for last decade...

IMHO, the fact that no other riders made this mistake sure makes it seem like MVdP's fault. Disappointing, though. I wanted to see him battle Pidcock for the victory.

You know what? He is French, and he really didn’t understand aboutt it! He apologized the next day because someone told him it was a really bad move!! In France there’s no notion of the N word, and why should we have? It’s an American issue, not a international one. We don’t get it, some respect it because we’ve seen it on movies and comments, even so, we don’t get it. Because the USA isn’t the center of the universe, and in France , we never had laundry’s for “whites” only, or restaurants or dinners where black fellas were not...