Bike Check: Specialized Enduro Racer Cecce Camoin's Enduro

 Let me help you out: “I got this for free” or “This is new so I’m trying it out because I got it for free” or “I like ____________ set up this way for my riding style.”

Hope that helps

 Are you new here? This ain't no bike check, it's a Specialized ad.

 Couldnt? or how much less could you care?

 @chriskneeland: ya, no fundamental errors so certainly not a pinkbike bike check.

 @thejake: I think you are missing the point. yeh, they are free bikes to the rides, but WHY are they running XO and not XX, why not the Stumpy Evo, or how many tokens are they using and why, whats the weight savings on a 180 v 220 rotor, and so on.

 @MountainJnky: Thank you; every time I read "I could care less" it triggers me.

 @pipomax: nope, professional troll.

 I'm not sure readers are entitled to info about the business, but you could try asking the PB authors to pull back the curtain a bit, and see if a bike check's photos were all sent from the team's marketing people or shot by a journalist and under what circumstances, to what extent the writing was original, paraphrased, or provided whole, who contacted the rider to get a quote about the bike, who chose the quote, etc. Is a bike check a press release about a particular rider's bike, or is it an interview that focuses on a rider's bike, or some hybrid of these? You can imagine that a rider who was really knowledgeable might have a lot to say, but a rider that's really disciplined might just say the marketing copy verbatim. It's not clear that there's consensus around what PB should or shouldn't call a bike check, but you could start building that consensus in the comments

 @greener1: does that to me as well and it's not even my primary language. f*ck sakes, put some effort into it.

 @kopaczus: I'll put some effort in. Just for you.

 @chriskneeland: This is a bike check my friend. relax

 @racecase:

WHY are they running XO and not XX: XO1 is supposed to be targeted towards enduro/trail, XX1 for XC. Mostly marketing.

why not the Stumpy Evo: Specialized wants to advertise their enduro racing bike in an enduro. More marketing

or how many tokens are they using and why: I would imagine that could change based on the course, so it doesn't really matter for the photo shoot. Also going to be very dependent on your riding style, valve tuning, and weight.

whats the weight savings on a 180 v 220 rotor: lmgtfy.app/?q=weight+difference+between+180+and+220+rotor

Hope that answers your questions.

 @JSTootell: I always find the suspension setup detail pointless anyway. Different riders, styles, weights, tracks, bikes... I mean really? Why is it helpful to know how many tokens anyone uses? Better to go out and learn how many tokens I want in my bike for my style on my tracks at my body weight.

 Will be especially helpful for the Fantasty League too of course. I do get where you are coming from, DH has always been the F1 of the MTB world, getting the most coverage and riders more recognisable past and present. EWS is still relatively new I guess and still breeding the legends to be remembered. There are also a HEAP of very talented DH riders that a lot of people wouldnt know their name or what bike they ride. Very very difficult to break into that "household name" category

 Difficult to do: take France for example, there must be something like 30 riders able to perform a top10 EWS one day, some are pro some are not... He is a young rider from Corsica who got the opportunity to join Specialized pro team. The average level is very dense in enduro you can't know every top 30 capable rider

 Agreed.

 Probably why 38 forks were invented

 That was my size at age 19. 3 decades of beer drinking and I have at least another 35lbs There is a goal for ya!

 @onemind123: That was my size in 7th grade. 2 decades and 90 pounds later...holy shit I'm fat

 @mbourget: happy. We are happy.

 @onemind123: I was about 125 at his age. Less than 5 years later I was 50 pounds heavier.

Now I am much closer to my age 19 weight than my age 22 weight.

 You'd better get colour matching forks for 1 kidney dollar.

 Might be someone doing vinyl wraps in your area for mountain bikes. There's a guy in my town that does amazing work, if I didn't already like what my frame looked like I'd 100% throw business his way.

 I love the paint.
It reminds me of the Deceuninck quickstep Venge, cdn-ctstaging.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Deceuninck-QuickStep-Specialized-Venge-2020-Pro-bike-Sam-Bennett-9.jpg

 @Peally: i sent my frame for painting 1 week ago but for a different color

 X01 was originally marketed to trail, XX1 to XC. That was when Eagle was launched.

 He’s 135 lmao

 @nvranka: I cant even fathom being that light. 5'9", 200lbs, and Im not even that chubby.

 @jaycubzz: I highly recommend it. Your bike will last forever.

 I’m 69kg on an s3 enduro. Megneg was no good for me on the enduro. I couldn’t ride it in a straight line. Went back to standard air can and problem solved.

 @jaycubzz: It's great, I'm 110lbs and I can't break anything. Apart from that shitty Suntour fork I had a while back...

 @jaycubzz: Not sure if that is the most American thing I have heard a Canadian say, or you are a body builder.

200 pounds is pretty big, unless you are ripping the gym up. I would know, I was there (5' 8"). Now I get upset when I crack 150.

 @JSTootell: Playing hockey for 20+ does amazing things to your body, especially when combined with cycling and gym I guess.

 The dropper in the pictures is not AXS, is the regular reverb. Hydraulic hose and no battery.

 No specialized tires on my fantast team. Thems the rules

 Butchers for the pictures, minions for the podiums.

 Supply issues.