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@andraperrella27: Of course Storm! Duh. ;)

Wells, Grotts, McElveen, Sturm and the list goes on.

Yessir!

Stoked for Asa, his family and the Durango MTB scene in general! But the riding is lame so don't bother checking it out and definitely don't move here. ;)

Totally agree Storm. Good vibes with Asa, that kid is always smiling! Stoked for his trajectory!!!

@jpat22: LOL. Not even close. And how RUDE! ;)

I just got back from my first ride on these and can say they feel pretty damn good! Power transfer seemed noticeably better in more of the pedal stroke during climbs (normally ride OneUPs or DMR Vaults.) I was even able to clean some uphill tech that had always defeated me in the past. Usually when the trail points downhill I struggle with keeping my feet planted on the pedals during some of the rowdier sections of trails, but I felt kinda glued to these pedals today! Is the price high? Yep. Are they worth it? Depends of course. I live in Durango, so I'm happy and stoked to support the locals. If I didn't have ties to Durango would I have bought them? Before riding them, probably not. After riding them, HELL YES!

1st Brandon Semenuk, 2nd Brage Vestavik, 3rd Andreu Lacondeguy

I went through almost 2 years of sciatica due to L4/5 bulge. I ended up coming across fixyourownback.com run by a chiropractor in Portland, Phillip Snell. I'm simplifying quite a bit but he points out that most of the time the injury is never really given enough time to heal and if you keep moving your lumbar spine in the wrong way it never will. So bending at the hips instead of the lumbar area will help the disk heal along with Mackenzie exercises and a TON of core work to stabilize the entire spine along with some more advanced options. After not riding for about 6 months and following his program my sciatica pain was more or less gone. Sadly I haven't been keeping up on the core work so I can feel the bulge once in a while if I am bending the lumbar spine as opposed to at the hips. Good luck and keep working at it. One of my doctors told me that everyone's back injury journey is different and we all have to learn what works best for ourselves. So this might not be your answer but I definitely recommend checking it out.