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@conoat: It's probably 180-190 mm travel so not too much less than a dual crown

@glasvagas Rogatkin might have had something to say about it

I'm part of a NICA team in New Jersey, Camden County MTB Crew. The attitude towards these teams in California is disgraceful. I started in 7th grade and now I"m a junior in high school. If we're comparing this to other high school sports I don't know how there is any argument against mountain biking. In football basketball, baseball etc. you're trying out and worried about making the team and what if you're not good enough for varsity, what are my friends going to think. How about everybody is on the team, everybody makes friends, nobody is excluded. The younger riders are learning from the older and more skilled riders. The older kids are happy to help teach the younger ones. Practices aren't every day and mandatory, there is no pressure to be good and win like other sports. Everyone is there to be happy and have fun on mountain bikes. This has been my experience with our NICA team. Our team adopted the sportsmanship and camaraderie (arguably better than most sports) without the toxic environment focused on success and winning. The races were never about who was the best and trying to be better than everybody else, the races were about meeting other kids with common interests from all over our state and getting to ride bikes together in cool places. These NICA teams are more healthy for children than normal sports especially in difficult times like we are gong through right now. I'm looking at it from a mental health aspect. Physical health, forget it, how many kids do you know that got a concussion from playing football? Nobody on my team has suffered a concussion in the last five years of riding bikes. Now that I think about it there has been almost no serious injuries, maybe two or three, over the years. Mountain biking should be one of the first choices for kids that want to get into jr high and high school sports.

pretty much

Nevegals, don't hold well with tubeless

One upvote=One prayer for the BMX that cased the jump with his entire body. hahaha