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Shoutout to the editing team for the smooth jackson/nina transition at 1:40

@phops: hello 2011 is that calling?

The problem with powerful ebikes is that trail design is now shifting to the point where some new features are essentially impossible without motorised assistance. In the SH, for example, doubles are being being made worse for analogue bikes and even appearing on uphill sections of trail which you simply cannot clear without electric assistance. No problems with ebikes but I really hope this doesn't continue to feed into trail design, where we're seeing everything more bikepark-y builds and less tech

you're gonna have to fight the XCO guys about this

Call me paranoid but I've never felt comfortable strapping metal tools to my body (via a backpack), or even carrying keys in my pockets when riding for fear of falling on them. I stopped carrying tools altogether for a time and became 'that' friend who would ask everyone for an allen key etc. I moved to the EDC when it came out and I'm still a big fan, but the topcap was always hard to preload correctly on certain frames. I got in-frame storage a few years back and I probably won't buy another (big) bike without it. I try to get out for 3-4 hour rides where I can and it means tools and emergency gel can live in the frame permanently, I can put my keys in the tool wrap without any issue and it means I can with a jacket without thinking whether I need to start cold before I overheat etc. I am actually considering running an EDC to move the tools out of the frame storage to open up more in-frame space for clothes as (as maybe I'm on the spectrum but) I can't stand being the wrong temperature when I'm riding

Locals and expats so quickly forget that dirtbag culture is what made Morzine such a desirable area and want to sanitise the area of everyone except rich families now their property values have jumped 500% in the last 20 years

what is going on with the wheelbase numbers across sizes? 1225 for S+M and 1224 for L but reach is increasing by size and hta remains constant????