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The best mtb-travel-freeride video I’ve ever seen. So well done. It makes you want to blow a bunch of cash & check that place out. Does anyone know if any of those trails were the EWS tracks?

Look at those lugs almost as minimal wall thickness as a tig welded alloy joint. To quote RC “Chris Cocalis is the millimeter man”

Interesting handle bar, metal shims under the controls clamps to stop pinching of the carbon smart.

Watching the Red bull coverage they caught Pidcock saying “it was locked the whole race” did Pidcock ride full rigid the whole race he certainly is beyond next level.

What size is the fwd swing arm pivot?

Pinch bolts

Red bull made modern televised MTB racing work, a lot harder than road racing coverage to do.

Guys going to need strong parts

Please make rebuildable derailer

https://www.tomsoutdoors.com.au/blogs/films/ride This is a very serious issue that is only going to get worse. Cheap bikes often allow less affluent people to get into cycling but when basic stem bolts snap it’s just dangerous, years ago I worked in a UK bike store a major brand was selling kids bikes where instead of hub bearings it had axles that rotated on a washers what kind of evil person designs & approves that? We all have had the people that say how much? I could buy a cheap car or Moto for that ! To which you say yes but it wouldn’t be a good one. Mechanics can upgrade bolts etc but wierd non standard axles etc will kill a repair & the chance to encourage a person to upgrade down the track. A certain “high end” S manufacturer makes components that have a very light action but explode derailers too quickly. So yes it’s not just the cheap stuff.