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@shaley: I fully agree with pretty much all of what you said excluding the part about downhill and Luca not qualifying last weekend. I was bummed to see he didn't qualify and was hoping he was about to go on a tear like sometimes happens, but I like the qualifying format that they have now. It makes race to race more interesting, especially when it's paired with the fantasy league. That brings up another thing that is probably contributing to the fall off in eye balls. The fantasy league for enduro also helped you feel more attached to the riders. It would be great to see that come back again, even if the prizes were just trail forks memberships. As for the sport desperately needing somebody who actually understands it and can do something like an inside the tape for it, I hear Katy Winton needs a gig. She raced it at the highest levels and also has an engaging personality. They could have a giant doing downhill coverage and a hobbit doing enduro!

Enduro as it used to exist was far and away my favorite format. Since the UCI took it over the venues have become stagnant and substantially less wild. The racing that used to happen in South America comes to mind. Those venues were rough and remote and beautiful. The UCI took it over and it is basically just a Euro continental series on the same trails year after year. That started happening as the post covid hangover that companies somehow failed to forecast started and support for riders began dropping off. Most of the big name racers and personalities have been forced out of the sport. Katie Winton and Bex Barona were great fun to watch and got dropped by their sponsors. Melamed, Rude, the Masters, Maes, and a whole list of other riders have switched to downhill or couldn't afford to keep racing. As all of this has happened, the coverage quality has fallen off and become less immersive. Basically when you ask why people have lost interest in enduro you can just picture someone gesturing vaguely at everything but the format it self.

Has it declined in popularity, or has it declined in support and suffered from decisions that make it harder to follow? I love the format, but the support has dropped off a cliff since UCI took it over and the coverage has mostly followed the trend as the premier riders have been forced to move away from it.

@stiingya: If you have to ask it is too much for you.

There was a lady riding with the guy in the cape in the actual launch video from Surly.

It could be the barb. I've had good luck with the Jag hydraulic lines, but it is super important that the hose barb is the correct one for the brake. I just ended up using the oem hose barbs at the lever end to make sure the flow rate was correct. I assumed the one that I was using probably had a lower flow rate that caused the slightly spongy feeling.

I desperately need one of those Easter Island heads for my back yard.

Their gravel bikes ride incredibly and the ones with the suspension fork look a little weird. This would have to be a world changing ride quality to make up for what it looks like though. Their curly bar bikes are everywhere where I live. I've never seen one of the mountain bikes in person.

You should be changing your underwear more often than every few years.

Damn it! I found Craik for this round on my own earlier today and now you guys went and blew up my spot!