Yep its gonna be loud haha. Mitt Wakka! Hell yeah
Mitch Rope-a-dope recently won the NAEC which is about as gnarly as US Enduro races get on a short travel bike as well.
Which bike? Habit? Is he still on Cannondale?
That thing looks sweet hey. Wish they sold a model with a similar spec to that
Looks like Moir followed a French line and paid the price. Spirit of enduro!
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Jack Moir on Instagram: "Leading the race coming into the last stage and then this happened. No tape any more, and lots of tyre marks going down the inside that looked like the main line. Looks like a lot of people kept going down this line, and I don’t blame them. You can’t remember every corner while fatigued when you’re racing 5 long stages, and when there is no tape you just follow what looks like the trail. Should I have just sent it through? Not sure what the solution to this is, but maybe more marshals are needed to fix tape in sections like this. Train so hard for shit like this to ruin a race ♂️."
11K likes, 207 comments - jackmoir_ on September 1, 2023: "Leading the race coming into the last stage and then this happened. No tape any more, and lots of tyre marks going down the inside that looked like the main line. Looks like a lot of people kept going down this line, and I don’t blame...
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ahh, that sucks! given the evident lack of marshals, the bystanders should have replaced the tape. alas
Why don't they have the same stupid posts and chicane things that are on the DH races?
Obviously can't put those everywhere and it won't stop people from blowing the corner or cutting it on purpose...
But yeah if they don't want people cutting the corner, stick a marshal there or volunteer to fix the tape.
Shitty situation for Jack, but props for not just continuing as if the corner didn't exist.
Obviously can't put those everywhere and it won't stop people from blowing the corner or cutting it on purpose...
But yeah if they don't want people cutting the corner, stick a marshal there or volunteer to fix the tape.
Shitty situation for Jack, but props for not just continuing as if the corner didn't exist.
Ibis Enduro Team Pulls Out of World Cup Racing - Pinkbike
So Chris Ball is about to find why people bitches so badly about UCI...
EDIT: Some comments are gold
So Chris Ball is about to find why people bitches so badly about UCI...
EDIT: Some comments are gold
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ibis still exists?
huh....
huh....
Yeah, I even still have one. Just put on new Ohlins and replaced all the Fox. It's better.
The "pork chop bag" in the frame is pretty sweet. I may look like a dork, but at least I don't have to run a backpack or fanny pack/assumtope (see what I did there?) or any other pack for that matter. It will hold a beer. But if you're going in that direction, I'd recommend a Camelbak.
That's the Devil's Back Bone in the background. Doesn't look like much in the pic, but it's good fun. Loveland, CO. No, not the ski area. Northern, CO.
Not really. Hence the new Ohlins. Would love me a new REEB. But....excuses, excuses, blah.
Devinci Global Racing also out...
Sort of. GT, Ibis, Devinci, Polygon and Rocky Mountain all apparently pulling the plug after this year. I’m sure more to follow.
Sheesh. I wonder... is this because ESO got too greedy. Or is it because Enduro is a participation sport more than a sport to watch...? Seems crazy how many are ditching it.
Will be strange to see… will there be racers outside of local participants without sponsored riders?
Is something else brewing?
seems crazy any sporting equipment manufacturer would continue to pour their own money into any sport so poorly covered/publicised.
Yeah, good question. For me, I buy a bike based on my wanted suspension/geometry, etc. Not really thinking "this bike will totally kill it on the enduro circuit". More of a fun factor, really. And hey, if I want to race, this bike could handle it.
But really, around my parts, the dudes killing it on the Strava machines are dirt roadies. Like 120mm bikes. They don't take the "fun lines". I don't really think about efficiency or shorter travel. Maybe I should? Nah, this is the DH forum.
Depends on where you are located I guess. For a while enduro bikes were the allrounder if you could only own one bike, but these days they are too heavy and cumbersome on flatter trails because their "racing genes" have ruined them.
Now that 120 mm bikes are also 15 kg monsters with 64° HA, this makes sense.Yeah, good question. For me, I buy a bike based on my wanted suspension/geometry, etc. Not really thinking "this bike will totally kill it on the enduro circuit". More of a fun factor, really. And hey, if I want to race, this bike could handle it.
But really, around my parts, the dudes killing it on the Strava machines are dirt roadies. Like 120mm bikes. They don't take the "fun lines". I don't really think about efficiency or shorter travel. Maybe I should? Nah, this is the DH forum.
So Enduro is not covered so no one will sponsor riders there which means going back to "we use DH to promote our bikes" marketing but now with a ton of weird bs regarding DH this is also less viable given 30 rider finals and a lot of smaller stuff. I don't remember a more damaging year to the sport than 2023.
Naaah. You still have those bikes they are your typical trailbikes in the 140-150mm travel area. They are lighter and less agressive if your all arounder bike needs to be lighter and more agile. Plenty of bikes there that are super fun and can work for everything. Hell if you are smooth you can even do big features on them.
I am not arguing against that. But it is not the "All Mountain/Trail bike Worldcup" but the "Enduro Worldcup", so the marketing fails here. Even some enduro racers use the "smaller" trail bikes of their sponsors, e.g. Canyon CLLCTV riders.
Here. It depends massively on what your local riding scene is and what sort of trails you have locally. I'm half an hour from the Tweed Valley (where EWS' have been held) and the EWS tracks are only a minute proportion of the Enduro style trails available to ride. The Enderpo race scene in Scotland is pretty big/healthy so there are similar areas all over with a lot of decent sized hills with trail building on the go. So yeah. all those guys ride heavy 150-170mm 29 Derp bikes.
plenty other folk still ride shorter travel lighter less slack bikes for trail centres and XC/endurance type riding tho.
HB cut the course in 1990
in a pisspot and goggles.
if you think about it... that was
THE DAY ENDERPO WAS BORN
They only are if you run DH tyres and inserts.
120mm forks are still a lot lighter than a zeb/38 so even with all other components equal (which they really shouldn't be) even a heavy overbuilt 120mm frame is gonna build into a 2kg lighter bike
Yeah, right, but Enduro bikes are 16-17 kg these days.
In other news, Sepp Kuss has pretty much won La Vuelta a Espana.
The first American in 10 years and the second ever.
Road racing seems healthy and stuffed full of cash. Gravel racing is pretty huge at the moment, maybe all the dentists will trade their Yetis in for skinny tire bikes.
Fox is ready.
The first American in 10 years and the second ever.
Road racing seems healthy and stuffed full of cash. Gravel racing is pretty huge at the moment, maybe all the dentists will trade their Yetis in for skinny tire bikes.
Fox is ready.
rumors have been floating for a while about various enduro teams folding. possibly more to come.
NEW STANDARD TIME!!!!!
Has anyone reinvented spokes recently?
you could sell them to sethimus