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Same question. I've always ridden a 160mm-ish heavy build for everything from long pedal days to full bikepark (currently an 18kg Madonna) but rode my town bike (2012 Honzo singlespeed with XC tyres) a bunch last spring before getting the big bike out of storage and realised I'm overbiked most of the time even in the French Alps outside of lift and shuttle season, so a 120-130mm lighter build is a likely addition next spring - I'll have a garage for the first time ever in a few months so have space to fill. A Smuggler or previous generation Optic are top of my want-list, Tallboy would suit too. Spur maybe, and I suppose the Chisel is a bit further to the XC end of the trail-XC spectrum. I'll still pedal up roads and 4x4 tracks a lot of the time as there's not a lot of good singletrack locally, and will want to ride it fairly hard on the way back down. Would a Smuggler/Optic be my sweet-spot or would something more to the XC side still serve me well?

Interlacing is not the issue, the source was just set to a low bitrate for some reason. Same thing on the live broadcasts on YouTube. Still watchable.

Not sure if anyone is aware but the highlight clips of each race of each World Cup are no longer distributed to national broadcasters' newsrooms. This is the mainstream media coverage that surely makes a big difference. Source: broadcast engineer for a major European news agency.

Doesn't work any more. Use this one instead: https://www.redbull.com/embed/rrn:content:event-profiles:b9bb100f-377c-4cba-9ec2-57a3538a8dd5:en-INT

Start here: https://www.redbull.com/int-en/live/uci-mountain-bike-world-championships-2021-xco-men-with-commentaries Then click on the live event. Don't click on "switch location".

I'm watching in Switzerland. You need to go to the main event page, click on an event that has already finished (eg. one of the XC races) and then go to the live event from that page, instead of just trying to play the live event. "I'm a broadcast engineer, don't ask me anything."

210mm eye-to-eye would put the BB back almost to the same position as stock 29/29. Rough calculation: 2mm lower than stock. 55mm stroke would give about 150mm travel. So she's made a shorter travel Patrol, kind of.

I have Specialized Cliplites in Lace and Boa and pretty much only wear the Boas these days. There are no downsides apart from (arguably) the aesthetics. True, they start losing tension after about 100 rides. But just go on Boa's website, fill out the form, get new dials for free in less than a week, replace, repeat.

FYI I just installed Tannus for the first time after previously being on CushCore Pro. I found it no easier or no more difficult than CushCore. Hopefully removal is easier than CushCore, which I always found to be the real pain in the ass. Not ridden it yet (new frame arrives today ...I hope) but if it offers me enough protection and saves 100g over CushCore I'll stick with it.