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Fahie burner acc?

Thanks, I decided I'm going back to HD tubes with rim locks. I really do not see a point in spending the extra $ on mousses since the time expiration will come way before the hours expiration for me. I mainly ride offroad, but no racing. Hopefully no flats are in my future.

If they were going to replace or reassign Fahie they would have done it before Chase left in an attempt to keep him. Fahie is staying but it sounds like Oscar is going to get a larger role. Shuffling the deck chairs on the titanic type stuff.

Let's relax a bit on the "Prado is winning on a different bike". He only won a National because the brothers were sinking their own ship and he won 1 out of 6 motos in SMX and got the SMX Series overall thanks to weirdo points and points carried from SX/MX, not like "wow he's winning all those races now that he's on a different bike"

If this isn't a wake up call for Kawi to clean house at the management level, then I don't know what it'll take. If it was just Prado last year, you could probably make a decent argument that he was the problem, but when two of the top guys in the world leave early in back-to-back years, that's a team problem. Hell, an NFL team fired their defensive coordinator mid-game a few weeks ago, so Kawi can definitely make some off season changes.

Rigid/stubborn/bad management -> stunts development of bike -> new bike sucks as a result -> management finally changes their ways after struggling and allows big swings but it's too late and you can't polish that turd, top riders still hate the bike -> management is bitter because they're finally doing everything they can and still aren't getting the results/credit for changing -> they lash out and say things publicly that no boss should ever be saying about top talent.... and here we are. Not sure how you move forward from that without a clean slate. With new bike this year...

So far I dont really see your point? Both riders quit. Correct. And yes the team tried, and failed miserably. In german u would use the term "stets bemüht"

TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE THREE YEAR CONTRACT

^This The bolt tension difference between lubricated and dry pinch bolts isn't anywhere near enough to permanently damage clamps or fork tubes unless something else is really wrong. You should be fine; take everything apart, check it all individually, and put it back together.

No Country For Old Men. There's been a Lot of great roles from him - many with far bigger / flashier parts than that he played in NCFOM, but the quiet way he played a LEO that has been worn down by his years of service, was a hell of a thing.

Welcome to the Monkey House...

Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut

I feel like i'm repeating myself. I do not understand how Sexton lines up on a Kawasaki at A1 in a good head space if guys like Fahie are still in charge. Sure, if a split is impossible he might line up. But the results wont be back to normal, it will be a wasted season for both parties.

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My wrists both deteriorated. First it hurt to do push ups. It just got worse and worse. Finally i “tweeked” them bad in a Road Racing incident. Even when they “recovered” from the “tweek” it was painful to ride my MTB (Which I was doing most days - disaster!) I went to a physio - got X-rays, ultrasound scans, and finally MRIs. My GP told me the cartilage had worn away and there was nothing to do - offered pain killers Physio couldn't do anything - but recommended a wrist/hand specialist. Hand specialist couldn’t do anything - but recommended a...