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I agree 1000%. I always give the example of In-N-Out vs. Jack in the Box. One of these companies offers very few choices, is always busy, and is exploding with business. The other company offers burgers, tacos, salads, breakfast sandwiches, pancakes, desserts, fried chicken, lattes, burritos, is always empty, and is closing locations. Companies should work hard to avoid being Jack in the Box. As Ron Swanson famously said, "Never half ass two things. Whole ass one thing." A brief thought about Cheesecake Factory and Maxxis: these are great examples of the other side of the coin, but it takes...

"i'll have an animal style crab link"

I think it would benefit any manufacturer AND the customer if the frame, battery and motor was compatible between specs. For example: pick a frame, 150mm or 180mm travel. Pick a battery size, 400, 600 or 800. Pick a motor, CX or SX. And out spits your bike. Like Build-a-Bear but for grown ups (?) Build-a-BIke... I have the concept ALL flushed out!

I try my best to avoid them.

Future Frameworks Development Team Announced The Future is bright. Frameworks Bicycles is proud to announce Future Frameworks: our UCI development team. We are excited to welcome Zanna Logar (USA) and Jack Mccreddie (CAN) as first year juniors, as well as Lucas DeDora (USA) and Benny de Vall (CAN), who are joining the team for their second season in the junior category. For 2025, UCI MTB World Series Teams can link a development team and bring up riders to compete in any World Cup race with a limit of 4 per category / 10 riders total. Through Frameworks Racing / 5DEV...

If I can add my 2 cents here. I don't think Sram paid Jack, or the team, anything. That whole YT deal is that they run whatever they want because they don't take money from any sponsors. Now I think that was changing because the industry is struggling and they probably saw how much money they were losing out on. My best guess is YT asked Sram to pay to support the team and they said no, so YT doubled down on the TRP/Fox association they had already been building. Vali would be the only one I could see saying...

That is one of the nicest versions of "don't be a d1ck" I have ever read, thank you for that. We're all here because we love this stuff and it takes no effort to assume good intentions and be kind.

Fun, silly bikes should ve celebrated, I really like the tone of that review

this is my bike, XL Range VLT, DH/DD tyres, 720wh battery. Park tool scale errors out at 28kg lol, so had to use some bathroom scales. 31kg She thicc, but it's pretty much a downhill bike spec and ride quality. Nothing breaks.

The old Eliminator is the tire I always wanted the Dissector to be - faster rolling than DHR2 or similar, decent all-arounder, good wear characteristics and good enough cornering traction for the compromises. I always rode it in 2.6 29" T7/9 gravity and never found it lacking in cornering prowess because it has the same side knobs as the old Butcher. If they beefed it up a bit, while still keeping the spirit of the old one, I'm very excited to try it.

We've obviously talked about this a lot, and I’m in a bit of a unique spot, having played the “CFO” role at a small, vertically integrated manufacturing company in the outdoor space. I don’t think I’m oversharing when I say it’s a labor of love. That’s not to say Intend isn’t profitable, but let’s be real: Kornelius could probably make a lot more money as a founder/design engineer in just about any other industry. I touched on this in the podcast I did a while back, but the IQ level in the bike industry is wild. You’ve got incredibly talented...

One quick note for everyone: The Sram/Rockshox Trailhead app (and their website's serial-number-based help) seems to be down. I mentioned it in the Tech Rumors thread but here's part of the email they sent me when I asked 'em about it: "SRAM is experiencing an IT issue that has impacted operational capabilities in certain departments. We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible and will provide regular updates as information allows. In the meantime, please be aware that none of these resources will recognize serial numbers. Suspension products saved in your RockShox Trailhead Garage may also not...

Super Deluxe and Vivid all have quite similar characteristics over the years, when just looking at dyno plots - they don't have wildly different tunes year to year like Fox does. The latest ones are a little lighter in low speed compression so will feel more responsive, which is a pretty common theme from most brands in the last couple of years. The C2 tunes allow you to add more LSC without being as harsh on small bumps as the C1 or earlier shocks did. eg the "hotdog" generation shocks have very low high speed damping and increasing LSC made...