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My guess is they’ll phase out the aluminum Reserve products to position Reserve as the premium product with a premium warranty. It would be a sneaky way to quietly stop offering a lifetime warranty/replacement on aluminum wheels too.

Is this an 75% e-bike thread and forum now? Time to say 75% goodbye? Asking for a friend.

Still so weird not seeing him on a Trek

Consider me whelmed

Except the haves were sent in addition to qualified riders and they were the haves because they earned the privilege thru results. It was good for fans. It was good for the broadcast. And ultimately it was fair because that’s the rules. Watch a redbull race from their last season and watch a race from this season and tell me which race day format is more entertaining. For me it was more racers, quicker pacing, and commentary that actually both informed me and captured the energy of what was happening at a very high level. Notice eso/wbd abandoned full runs...

It does. They have 9-45t cassettes already.

I fully agree with all these points. they’ve added significant steps (and costs) to the “one run to win it all” thing and they should show us. We should be seeing it.

Nah it’s dumb as hell. if they want to have qualifying be such a determining factor in the series they need to pony up and film it. It won’t happen cause all they have ever done is cut budget from production since the beginning. They also need to fix format like points for q2. And they should strongly consider protection for top riders even if they did film it. Dh is best as a one run winner takes all event anyways. Qualifying should only be to remove the folk who aren’t fast enough to get a good result on race...

From the highest or highs to the lowest of lows for Luca Shaw

Yeti’s new pits be like…

Legit had me checking today's date... I'm kinda speechless. I'll let the experts weigh in on this... Bombshell (also is that ai or just a very bored press writer... spearhead a comprehensive content offensive? Angel re-read that contract they MIGHT be sending you to the front lines idk brother)

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I think it's pretty short sighted to judge a World Cup MTB event purely on whether it turns a profit over the race weekend. Very few major sporting events pay for themselves through ticket sales alone. The real value is the tourism, media exposure and long term positioning of the destination. In the case of the Whiteface event, the article notes that ORDA spent around US$860,000 while recovering less than US$300,000 directly through ticket sales and parking. It also notes that the event generated an estimated regional economic impact of around US$11 million in 2025. ORDA itself lost money, but...