PIT BITS - 2025 World Cup Downhill, Bielsko-Biala, Poland 22

World Cup DH is back and the bikes are dialed.

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5/14/2025 3:05pm

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OH BOY! The 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Downhill season is finally here and there is a LOT of new tech and anticipation as the teams roll into Poland. Tuned mass dampers, gearboxes, electro-gadgets and anything that dampens or silences is fair game. Rick Schubert checks in from the pits before the chaos ensues.

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30483 — Maxxis seems to have something new here. Whether it is a new compound or a casing, we don't know yet.

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30484.jpg?VersionId=Z0E9.tJ — Minion DHR II in testing.

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30486 — Scott's new Gambler.

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30492 — Ethan Craik is using the Rimpact chain damper.

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30494.jpg?VersionId=8T1.UfC0r4Yx — As well as a Rimpact TMD in the steer tube.

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30496.jpg?VersionId=ESsy — Custom linkages everywhere in the Scott pits.

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30499 — Ollie Davis' Trek Session after a long off-season of testing and tweaking.

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30500 — No Flight Attendant for Ollie

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30501 — That bling on the progression flipchip tho...

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30507 — KIQS system? Keep It Quiet, Stupid?

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30510 — Lachie getting electric with Flight Attendant

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30515.jpg?VersionId=gj72ToEpz4s4dEh.XbXJiBVbUMUOvd — Middle hole?

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30518 — Subtle changes can mean big gains on track.

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30520.jpg?VersionId=d5yKjZ 4Xj1i8JgUPFXUX6rdSm63bTj — Little pink houses for you and me.

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30628 — Vali's YT TUES

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30695.jpg?VersionId=.6K0QNWP2mp2bWQI

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30748 — Alugear chainrings on 3 of the 4 YT TUES bikes.

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30749.jpg?VersionId=utjsd — Kasper Wooley is running a TMD in the front. Unluckily he broke a finger and won't be able to line up this weekend.

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30752 — Oisin on the weight watcher's program.

20250513 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30761 — Most of the YT MOB riders were using the O-Chain system last year. This time around there weren't any to be seen, but all are running a DT Swiss hub

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30829 — RockShox with some interesting new light system on Vali's YT Tues

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30833.jpg?VersionId=5IbFY1wg3x1jfB8XWd8Ge76XnQEeFtx — Aon Racing pits.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30836 — Cycling through the Manitou boingers.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30846

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30848 0 — Carbon tubes added for stiffness.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30851 — Last weekend's EDR winner Hattie Harnden is going full DH from now on. Chase that 100k!

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30856 — Vali Roa Sanchez's Zerode for MS-Racing.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30858.jpg?VersionId=vlVlHpJSi8ObvchyP9Rn4 — Hope brakes and wheels for MS.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30860.jpg?VersionId=mbmG7X819DN1gda — TMD for VRS on MS.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30864 — SR Suntour squishiness.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30869 — Unior Sinter's brake bedding machine. Strap the bike on, spin up the wheel, squeeze the lever.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30870.jpg?VersionId=.0 — Henri Kiefer's fresh Sender. He was on a black one at Windrock and PDS #1.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30874 — Troy Brosnan's Sender.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30876 — Thankfully Troy is a professional, so he can handle this prototype. Let's not forget, he's the most recent World Cup DH winner.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30877.jpg?VersionId=tjA5wt2qunKbpudvpjfR — Marine's Sender.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30880 — Atherton awesomeness.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30895.jpg?VersionId=nhLlv5Yjv2cwV6m — Orbea's DH bike under the diaper. Hopefully it grows out of the diaper soon so we can see what's going on.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30896 — Maes powering up.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30906 — Pivot Phoenix in no-chainz mode.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30916 — Shiny.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR30920.jpg?VersionId=5J46q n5b3yeDmSJLQGix9U8khL — Pit bits photo from 2005 or 2025? If it Sain't broke, why fix it?

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR32338.jpg?VersionId=WXSe4ZEC98 — Is NDH a new derailleur hanger standard for tires?

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR32344 — e.thirteen Sidekick hub.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR32346.jpg?VersionId=34W47Nsu48UNDiZXZR — New wheels for the Syndicate.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR32355.jpg?VersionId=6wol9LXL7a0 uw. — We counted. 10 speeds. Syndicate pits.

20250514 UCI EDRDH WC BielskoBiala SR32358 — If you took off the logos and plopped this down on a cliffside in Laguna, you'd be looking at a $19 million dollar home. Commencal.

PLAY VITAL DH FANTASY

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