Best rampage coverage was Dylan Stark youtube. Just dropped the finale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m2kqd9K-zc
BC BIKE RACE
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While every other rider at the 2025 Megavalanche took the gondola to the 3,300m glacier start line at Pic Blanc, Maƫl Feron pedaled there, overnight, and still finished 4th overall.
Starting from the valley floor, on the finish line, the Deviate rider climbed more than 2,700 vertical meters through the night, solo, hauling everything he needed to reach the top under his own power. No uplift. No support. Just legs, lights, and cramponsā¦
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Uppy downy!
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Are you happy now @BEEutiful_Wednesday_DDS ?!
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I vaguely remember a Warren Miller ski movie from the 80ās that had a segment about a cross-country ski race up and down a mountain. The guy who won taped popsicle sticks to his running shoes (because the rules said you had to be on skis) and was so much faster on the way up that the racers on real skis couldnāt catch him on the way down.
the juggling guy is big on instagram
That trick at about 0:31 is pretty sweet I must say.
I was really worried this might be the case after that crash
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/fundraiser-launched-for-adolf-silva-after-sustaining-a-serious-spinal-injury-from-rampage-finals-crash.html
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Some solo uppy downy
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I decided to throw away some more money on a digital sag gauge. In the 20 minutes I dorked around with it while the rice was cooking, the only revelation is that my Orbea Oiz TR that is billed as a 120 mm frame only has 100 mm of rear axle travel. Itās a little quicker to use than measuring the distance the O-ring moves and adding some pressure.
When I have some more time, Iāll run through the numbers on the Marino and see how much my tune changes.
Great dithering.
How did you measure rear axle travel?
Edit: What I mean is if that sag gauge is attached to a saddle or seat post that, depending on how the suspension moves, I could see how 100mm difference on the gauge translates to 120mm of vertical rear axle travel.
Yeah, I have the āvirtual fenderā clamped to the chairpole. The box itself has a magnetic doodad that sticks to the thru axle bolt hole.
To calibrate it, you dump all of the air out of the shock and then fully compress the bike. Once itās compressed, you zero the gauge. Then you lift the bike up to extend the shock and record the value. I did it a few times for repeatability, but it was 100 mm +/- 2.
When I do the Marino next, that should be another datapoint. 20 mm isnāt a big deal. Thatās just the first thing that jumped out at me. Though your drawing shows the axle travel vertical, too.
Thatās wild though, almost 20% difference is well outside manufacturing tolerances or whatever else they might try to claim! I was trying to figure out how maybe some quirk of geometry would allow them to call it 120 travel, measured at the BB or anywhere really but not sure how else they could get there with it being 100 to the virtual fender.
Wrong spec shock?
Iāve seen a few brands do 120 and 100 versions of the same frame with the same eye to eye on the shock but with different stroke.
Thatās something Iāve checked. But, that reminds me that the shop warrantied the linkage when I had it in for a bushing replacement. I bet the wrong part number for the linkage was used.
I stashed the old linkage in my parts bin. Iāll have to measure it against what is in the frame.
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Get me into a stiff, flat pedal shoe thatās not a 5.10 Freerider Pro. Need something with a bit more room for non-cycling socks and possibly inserts. BMX Proof Wafflecup, maybe?
lugz lear or clipper, they have a few styles of flat stiff but not miserable to walk in, cheap as hell.
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