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Your Thule back pack is on its way to you as I type.

If you don't have DSTV get your VPN's sorted. Love WC time, geo blocking and all. Track looks fun and perhaps not as gnarly as some but if it rains...

Looks like the best track of the year - a bit of DH and Enduro thrown in for good measure.

These are aluminium rims and handlebars, so no, not in this case.

Pity he didn't answer some of the questions eg bike weight and what his training week looks like - "it depends" isn't an answer. At least Thule got mentioned at least 3 times though 🙂

https://windscribe.com/ Free for up to 10 gigs per month is the one I have. Used only for worlds.

Oh dear - its a vpn for the DH and Tiz for the XCO in my case...Hate the Worlds 😉

Some hubs seem to have really poor internal tolerances which lead to failures. The failure I describe was after a few years on a Funn 142x12 hub so I wasn't too upset, but I had a trash Spesh rear hub that chewed bearings from the outset and was clearly made very poorly. My wife's really old DT star ratchet wheelset has never needed new bearings and they still feel quite acceptable.

Is the hub also only 1 month old? I had the bearing in a freehub fail and it only made the noise when actually pedaling. I was convinced it was the seat post until I realized it made the same horrible noise when standing or seated while pedaling.

For a bit of entertainment and proper trails try this

Looks like a lot of fun but quite costly and far to travel from CT.

I think it was a roid rage induced crash into Nino?

But does it come with a skin suit and an automatic weight reduction diet and exercise program to maximize the benefits??

Well along with my internally insulated bars I got some Nukeproof tyre inserts. So I am filling as much as possible with foam. Frame is a good idea actually - then after filling you pull oyut the cables and you have internal frame tubes for when they need replacement. Wow - uses are endless.

The commentary is terrible and the short recaps are pretty poor too. Such amazing tracks and proper DH trails but poor media. Supported by Spar - so weird. I bet its cheaper to do the Swiss version than our local one, even if you fly there and stay in an air bnb. Anyone done the maths?

You jest, I had considered trying just that. The stuff doesn't extend to the end of the bars but you can see the green foam if you shine a torch in. It looks just like that Sista foam shite.

How about SBS brake pads for a moto - R280. Easily 10 times the pad material as some MTB brakes, last many thousands of km but SRAM want R400 for theirs.

I think your answer lies on the Spank website - they even do it to some rims they sell. I can't feel the foam when riding 🙂

Could be but I've played a round a bit and sometimes wear some long stretchy gym/running pants over my cycling shorts in winter/rain. Keeps you clean and I think a bit warmer than without. You also get fleecy lycra longs with padding that are very cosy.

I raise you some foam filled Spank 800's

So he lied and the battery doesn't hit the tyre when the shock bottoms out?

That's actually not the reason for the hack.

Maybe watch the video - it explains all. He's short, as many riders are and even with his hack, the battery connector was knocked off on a hard hit.

I posted on another thread about the sales that are now on at CRC et al. I bought two Spank rims at R1k each less than the advertised price here (if they were available which they're not), plus some Nukeproof rim defender inserts for about R800 for two wheels at a lesser discount but still much cheaper than anything equivalent here. Bars were about R1k less than the price here and nothing available anyway. These prices were at an exchange rate of R20 or so to the pound. Crazy.