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I'm not 100% opposed to that idea, but I think it comes with a few caveats. A shorter final will make for a better media product, but overall worse for us hardcore fans. That would have to come with Youtube live Q2, so you can still have a chance to watch your favorite riders. And the tracks would have to be more difficult with impressive features if you're really trying to catch the barely interested TV viewer. Then you will need more non-endemic sponsors because Larry watching channel 23 doesn't give a shit about which suspension brand offers the most...

Hot take: we need less elites in finals (for men). I'd vote for 20 Elite Men, 15 (and eventually 20) Elite Women in Finals. Maybe not right this moment, but eventually. The current package is already a long watch, and they still don't capture entire runs of every rider. I think there is lot of potential with less racers to hone in on elevating each racers notoriety; potential to adjust the schedule to minimize track degradation and allow for safer speed increases throughout a weekend; and hopefully more money paid across the entire field. These changes feel very dependent on...

All we wanted was televised Q1/2 what is this nonsense

They were scheduling juniors for TV slots? It was already an afterthought. But seriously, this is bad unless they have legitimate plans to support feeder systems. Where do talented kids get to prove themselves and experience racing like what it will be at the big show?

I would never want a pros bike.

The twins splitting is something I've actually heard before. Surprising but if the offers are there, then why not eh? On another note, here are some photos of a few of the "park" features on the Korea track. Frank Pardal says he'll be doing a track preview Wednesday!

lol even worse. i had only meant against the apparent 'false accusation' or whatever. the initial incident. but ya surely theres nothing to threaten there since he clearly did SOMETHING wrong even if it wasnt as bad as many assume. i also feel like nobody in the pits is on his side? like nobody has had the feeling 'hes such a good guy i cant imagine its true so i still talk to him' or something. not that i know anything for sure. its telling nobody is tempted to touch that with a ten foot pole when hes clearly still...

I was on board with the 'lets not pass judgement with no information' thing with Daprela... Until he made that post where he was like 'the internet needs to stop bullying me because "everything has been handled" Or whatever he said. Like... He worded it VERY specifically to never actually say 'i didnt do anything wrong' lol. The only thing he spoke definitively about is how the internet has to be nicer to him. At that point, even if completely innocent, he comes off like a whiny, entitled brat. To my knowledge he never went on the defensive of saying...

I’m sorry, but Daprela doesn’t ‘deserve’ anything. Racing at a World Cup level is a privilege not a right. It’s beyond just being fast, you also need to have certain aspects of professionalism and be enjoyable to be around. Regardless of what actually happened in the ‘incident’, his continued behavior in the aftermath is uncouth and any team should be hesitant for that alone.

Another Dak fan, also not American.

Same. Big Dak guy, not American.

Finn Iles to Norco.

If Dak could go to Norco that would be my top choice personally. They seem to be as committed as any team could be.

Mondraker for the consistency. Norco with Greg or Crestline with Aaron? I think any of those would be fired up to have a healthy and fit Dak for 2026 and hopefully beyond.

I don't want Dak to go to Pivot

LOL, The current V10 is only two years old, and was engineered with many options examined. If they’d wanted the current V10 to look like a Nomad, it would. That looks way more like a Park/Freeride model than a DH rig.

Yup they will reduce your travel around a few of mm, and your ohlins bumper will compress most of the way down. Its stiffer than most but they are quite good, when they are too soft they don't absorb enough energy which gets transferred to your frame and thats really bad. So they are kind of supposed to prevent you reaching the very end of the travel because its impossible to stop it compressing at the very last fraction of a mm in a smooth way that wouldn't feel harsh. You really shouldn't and don't need to be using those...

Depending on the density, it can limit. But you are talking about 1-2mm maybe. I remember fluid Focus posting something I think where their bump still was almost flat.

He was on a trek ! Went on the lift with him . At the momet I tought he was already on that team