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    Fatal Hit and Run at Eagle Rock Reservation

    If anyone lives in the West Orange area, please share this on your socials so we can get the guy.
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    Fatal Hit and Run at Eagle Rock Reservation

    A friend was killed in a hit and run in eagle rock reservation in west orange Wednesday afternoon. If anyone has any information please share with the police.
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    GCN - zero MTB content

    Can you talk about Tiz? I've heard the name but have no knowledge. Can you watch world cups there in the US? VPN needed?
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    2023 Racing Calendar

    MSA in the books. Good race at least for the men. Watching the women's race was frustrating because Rick and CG were completely forgetting crashes when thinking about time in each stage. So stupid. Nina and Vali the class of the field and it's not really competitive after them right now. For the...
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    2023 Racing Calendar

    Now who has THAT as their fantasy podium?
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    2023 Racing Calendar

    Dak wins the US Open in Vermont but the big story is this 15 yr old kid who came in 2nd ahead of minnaar and goldstone. What the hell? And it looks like this kid Asa Vermette was fastest through the first four splits? Crazy. Asa is on Neko's frameworks bike and team btw
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    Dave Castner RIP

    I'll give you an example of a Dave memory. We hadn't raced in a couple years and we chatted about riding. He said let's ride new years day 7am because this is Dave. We meet at Ringwood and it's a world of ice. We have no studded tires or even tubeless setups -- Dave as usual brought his rigid...
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    Dave Castner RIP

    Dave Castner, long time member of the group and old XC racer and Vernon area rider, passed away last month in a motorcycle accident. I saw a mention of it in someone's blog but I wanted to bring it to the surface because Dave was a hell of a guy. He was one of the funniest and most original...
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    Cross country bike good enough for most of NJ?

    I ride 150mm for almost everything and I like it better. Short travel bikes are twitchy and less fun for me. So if you can get a great deal on a 120mm xc bike then sure you'll probably love it since it's light years better than anything from a decade ago. But consider a 140/150mm trail bike and...
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    2023 Racing Calendar

    Honestly that's probably more a long the lines of what Enduro really is. A more regional and more accessible bike series. It's not really a world cup, right? Maybe we're just asking too much of it. Doesn't help it's not as TV friendly.
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    2023 Racing Calendar

    I will note that I don't really follow the Enduro racing series at all, even with it's somewhat alignment to the DH and XC world cups this year. Maybe I just haven't had it served up to me like red bull did for so many years with DH and XC. But apparently enduro may not happen next year?
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    Aluminum frame dent - how concerned should I be ?

    I would huck it like you stole it until you can't stand the look of it any longer.
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    2023 Racing Calendar

    I don't remember that though that seems very possible. I think Haley batten and Kate Courtney shared a podium a couple years ago, XCC or XCO. But anyway, yeah it's not often. So congrats to the american women XC riders who have the deepest competitive field of any American MTB group right now.
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    2023 Racing Calendar

    For the women's XCO race today, two Americans podiumed. When was the last time two Americans podiumed in any world cup race -- XCO, XCC, DH or Enduro, men or women?
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    2023 Racing Calendar

    I didn't know that frame was only 165mm. When I saw Anna race I thought her bike was too reactive and sure enough that now makes sense. Hopefully they can give her more travel soon.
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