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Thanks for the sumup iceman. I had to stop watching after Adolfs crash and turned the broadcast off. For me I think that was the last time I watched it. At some point soneone will push it over the edge.

Coming off a Spire with a 180mm Cascade link and a 190mm Fox 40, my Supreme V5 still crushes it.

I disagree. I don't think after months and months of testing we would have uncovered more about the bikes that would offset the extra time/cost we'd have put in. To be clear, this was not a scientific test. Also, I'm not sure what kinda budget you think we got over here but it does not include months of testing in a bike park. The goal was to put down a timed run on a familiar track after we had each bike setup and feeling comfortable to see how times compared against how we felt on the bikes. And to help...

TRIGGER WARNING: OFF TOPIC I mean this actually isn't a bad idea for high-end bikes for parts like tires, pedals, saddles, grips, etc. At the beginner level who cares, but hard to think of anything more personal on a bike than the saddle shape.

Last year I rode all season on a Mazza Race upfront which is probably around 1.4kg and while that looks like a beast, the amount of grip it offered, I never ever told myself at the end of the trail "I wish I had a lighter tires"... all I said was "damn, that was fast" while constantly beating my times and having more fun by simply going faster. Im all for nerding the things out, but sometimes those 200grams or so that might feel like a big difference are not what one should be focusing on.

Okay, thanks. But what about the position of his arms in the left side of the photo. Clearly making the shape of the letter S? Now that might be worth considering. If I could only think of some word that starts with S....

We need a deep dive analysis between these and Cast components.

Tried lots of Shimano brakes, all the same issues. The wandering bite point is the biggest one for me. When temps drop below freezing, if you pull the lever twice in quick succession, it'll grab at a different point. My experience is every set of Shimano brakes I've ever gotten on does this, but the people who don't experience it use a different braking technique than those that do. If you are on/off quickly a lot, then you'll notice it, if you tend to make longer single pull drags or have longer gaps between braking, you won't notice it. I've...

I'd pay money to see Oisin on a Nukeproof. I'd also like to think the YT enduro boys would follow. MoiMoiTV would be great for rejuvenating the brand!

Not to mention Jack Moir, whose popularity seems to be almost single-handedly keeping EDR alive and who can still win races. I think silly season might have just got a lot sillier.

Issues: self adjusting bite point (eventually lead me to buying different brakes), pad rattles, easy to crack pistons Likes: easy bleed, lever feel, every shop has parts

In my mind shimano brakes are synonymous with “brakes that might suddenly decide to bite 5-10mm closer to the handlebar” I have 8120’s on my Sentinel and they’re being replaced with GR4’s once I pick them up from the LBS tonight.

New dropper lever?

Race Face Send out a complete if you break one of their complete wheels. I've been running RF for awhile which is arc30's, turbine and the new ERA's. they've been great.

Let's be real though, lots of high end sales involve carbon wheels, and lots of people go after them thinking carbon wheels will make them better but they still ride blue flow trails and the wheel are being extremely under ridden, as well as road bikes. The amount of people smashing carbon rims multiple times vs the number of people that they'll last forever due to their riding level, is hugely Sku's to the rich blue trail riders that are more likely to have a blown up freehub body than a damaged rim. I've been pounding on a set of...

Hey, we don’t kink shame here (pre-gen 6 Knolly rider here)

Nah. It’s significantly worse than Stan’s.