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The IXS Trigger FF has a brow pad that extends out towards the front of the helmet, this does a good job of absorbing the sweat on your brow and taking it forward so it drips in front of your face and not on your face.

I just can't get behind this thought.

I can buy a second hand fork from almost any semi-recent bike and it'll fit in my bike. If I try and do the same on a dirt bike I'm fabricating something to make it fit (or I'm buying the fork, front brake, front wheel and still hoping that I can make it fit somehow). Dave mentioned this in the article and I agree that just cause it's bad in dirtbike land doesn't mean it has to be bad in mtb land but I'm saying it's not that bad in mtb land.

Yes things have changed over time, I also don't really appreciate the incremental improvement that's not really an improvement (2% stiffer bb interface?) but it's really not that bad with standards. A threaded bb fits a threaded bb, hub standards are still standards even if there is 8 of them, a tapered fork is a tapered fork for the most part. Some care is required when selecting parts but at least I can find what standard is used and ask for that part and be pretty confident that it'll fit.

$200+ for glasses that still fog up for 75+% of the time while riding (climbing)?

I bought a set of Ryders Thorn anti-fogs maybe 4 years ago (with the transition yellow lenses) and ride everywhere in every weather with them and have no issues. Dank north shore? wet Squamish rides? Hot alpine days with no shade and lots of sweat wearing a full face? No worries anywhere. Give them a wash in hot water every now and then to keep the sweat buildup under control and they're good to go.

Steve answered on PB that they'd need 2 air hoses and that doing that would make it bigger, heavier and possibly more likely to get damaged

The P-23 looks a bit more towards the DH end of the full face spectrum, I think if I rode bikepark more or raced enduro it'd be on the list to look at for sure, it's good to have options! I have their Sam Hill pads and have nothing but good things to say about the ergonomics of those, some smart designers at 7idp for sure.

I'm a fan of the new breed of lightweight vented full faces for aggressive trail riding.
I picked up an IXS Trigger FF and have been riding all my rides in it, from short lunch laps to 50km+ big days and it's great, sure it might be a touch hotter than a half-shell but the protection and confidence it gives when moving fast in the trees is excellent!

I think this is my biggest concern with e-bikes (maybe not the bikes themselves but the changes they bring with them).

In my local area the trail society is looking at making a lot of trails one-way. As an XC rider that enjoys quite technical climbs I'm worried that they will ban travel up some of the better climbs due to them being predominantly ridden in the other direction as an intermediate descent. I'm not talking about riding up something like Expresso (which I fully agree should be one-way), more like riding up something like Leppard.

I tried this the other day, turns out you can't buy SRAM Guide lever bodies on their own, have to buy the whole thing including lever and piston etc when you crash and warp the handlebar mounting surface. Bearing kits, lever blades and all the bits you put in the body can be ordered separately though.

There may also be more weight needed to reinforce the pivot located in the middle of the seat tube. Most pivots seem to be located around the bb area or high up near the seat tube/top tube intersection.

Fun video but I'm not sure that description matches all that well. Sure it was a sick edit, but those trails mostly looked like the kind of trails I'd where want a DJ hardtail and not a full gnar trail bike?

Focusing on the bike, I'm excited to swing a leg over one and see how it goes.