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Tools / Water / Air / Tubes would have been a more interesting acronym. This is nothing more than trying to create a solution to a problem that hardly exists. Bottles on bikes and packs on backs have been real and valid options, and in the pack's case, a very versatile option.

so basically an enduro fanny-pack under a jersey?

No, thank you. I will ride witch pack. I hate to have something compresing around my legs or back. There is spine protection in my pack and I don't even want to think what happens if you fall from bike with water bottle and tools etc like this. Kill it before it lays eggs.

So 2 jerseys is not hotter than one jersey and a pack?

One word: Backpack.

With the right trail, a long travel hardtrail can be an absolute hoot. Don't have the knees, back out grace for it anymore, though!

Its crazy how the video can make fun of the changing fads in bar widths from mtbing websites while at the exact same time advocating the latest fad! It was also the only segment of cockpit setup that barely gave a reason why their recommendation made sense (and the one they gave was incorrect). Their only reason is that 740 to 780mm bars gives you enough leverage to keep the front wheel tracking through the rocks. Well don't the rocks you track through change between disciplines? With that logic an XC rider that doesn't encounter nearly as many rocks which...