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rad8 Mandownmedia's article

May 30, 2026 at 12:29

May 30, 2026

Downhill Tech Randoms III: Loudenvielle DH World Cup 2026

That's the prototype tire? Why no shoulder channel? Instead, why not just relabel the DHR as DHF and then we're good...

rad8 edspratt's article

May 30, 2026 at 8:49

May 30, 2026

Results: Elite Q2 Qualifying at the Loudenvielle DH World Cup

@ebikederangementsyndrome: or at least have two different colours for the right and left sides

rad8 Dario-DiGiulio's article

May 29, 2026 at 7:28

May 29, 2026

Canyon Releases 2026 Torque AL, a 180mm Freeride Machine for Only 3999€

@mattg95: haha, missing the point. I'm tall so I want a long reach, but for my riding style I want short stays. I'm not just talking, I'm committed... The bike I'm on now: I bought two bikes and swapped the stays between medium and XL frames. I ride the XL and it's exactly the bike I want to ride (sold the medium to someone who was very happy about it). And I happen to be very pissed that I had to get two bikes just because of current ideas about size-specific stays, mostly determined by people who ride medium or relatively short reach large frames and so they don't know how the XL rides with long stays (yeah it plows but it is extremely difficult to get height on an actual j-hop style bunnyhop); so I'm definitely in the mood to say f@ck everyone here, I've tried all the geometries for the trails I ride, I know what I want, and I don't give two shits anymore

rad8 Dario-DiGiulio's article

May 28, 2026 at 18:21

May 28, 2026

Canyon Releases 2026 Torque AL, a 180mm Freeride Machine for Only 3999€

Yessss! Skip size-specific stays and just make them all adjustable. Dipshits can put long stays on their long bikes and those of us that like to bunny hop and manual and all that "freeride" shit from back in the day can ride long bikes with short stays

rad8 mikekazimer's article

Apr 7, 2026 at 9:17

Apr 7, 2026

First Ride: The 2027 RockShox Zeb and Lyrik Add Features, Weight

stoked on a more linear spring so that the rebound damping is consistent! I don't like the feeling when the spring overpowers the damping and then bucks, exactly when I don't want it too

rad8 mikekazimer's article

Dec 8, 2025 at 14:20

Dec 8, 2025

Review: 2026 Intense Spider - The Slalom Specialist

@GrahamHam: how is co-rotating VPP different from DW link or Maestro?

rad8 jessie-mmorgan's article

Nov 5, 2025 at 10:56

Nov 5, 2025

What’s the Most Compliant MTB Handlebar? [Updated With SQ Lab]

I have a brand new 2 inch rise bar with a 25.4 mm clamp diameter in my garage. I picked it up when low rise bars were starting to be all the rage and wanted to have a stash of normal rise bars. Seems that these are now the ideal bar... even more compliance than 31.8 (and yes, I did notice an increase in stiffness when I converted from 25.4 to 31.8).

rad8 mikekazimer's article

Oct 25, 2025 at 9:02

Oct 25, 2025

Winning Bike Check: Hayden Zablotny's Rocky Mountain Altitude

@cool3: I hear ya... Magic Mary front for cornering grip and DHF on the back for rolling speed

Selling

Oct 21, 2025 at 16:47

Oct 21, 2025

Zeb Ultimate 29

$550 CAD

Rockshox Zeb Ultimate in pretty good shape. 160 mm travel, boost axle, for a 29 inch wheel. Steerer tube is 6 inches long because it came off a size medium bike, pickup in Calgary in the NW near Market Mall

rad8 pinkbikeoriginals's article

Oct 10, 2025 at 14:20

Oct 10, 2025

Video: Comparing the Elite Men's 2025 World Cup DH Title Fight to Minnaar & Vouilloz's 2001 Battle

I think an apt comparison is Gee vs Stevie (Canadian eh)