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He had that mule last year, too, didn’t he? (judged events don’t belong in mountain biking)

One step at a time. First we need journalists in the industry that understand how bikes actually function, and understand their own biases. Most are a fucking joke (looking at you, everyone at pinkbike except Kaz).

I'll also add, there's so much dogma in the bike industry, you can't do X because it has such bad Y...etc. We're not totally impervious to this thinking, but with this project we made it a point to actually test these assertions and sort fact from fiction. An example, from the start I felt we had to do a 20mm axle because everyone says so, it was Darren that commented how much it sucks to get a new fork and then realize your wheel doesn't work with it. So we tested and found the diameter has much less influence compared...

I am in the engineering department at Push, and we're all big fans of the Vital community! - Matt I guess I should prefaced that manufacturing comment, before I get the "my buddy owns a casting shop and ..." 😂 So for starters there aren't many magnesium casting suppliers in the US (probably because of safety issues 🔥) but funny enough there is one just down the street from us. The problem with most US manufacturers is size, difficulty, volume, and capacity all have to align before they are interested in any new work. In my experience this is fundamentally...

I think one of the things that's most difficult for consumers, and even inside the bike industry pro-sumers to understand is how difficult and expensive the tolerances are for mountain biking products. This is likely the other big factor in the cost gap and perception gap between moto parts and full vehicle costs (other than the other large one that is economics of scale). Any time you are specifying a tolerances that is tighter then +/- 1mm, things start costing way more, and the amount of suppliers that are capable/willing of taking that on plummet. Beyond that, the amount of...

Fox. Creates larger air chamber. Fills it with grease. Benefits negated.

Here we are thinking that Shimano is releasing the new Saint cranks soon. But what they are actually going to sell us is a “Saint” sticker to slap on a crank of our choice for $300. Modern Problems. Modern Solutions.

How many times are people people going to post this? It’s not Kashima. Lol

Everyone designing bikes can rest easy knowing AI hasn’t caught on yet. The closer you look the more your head hurts.

Stop reading this for a day, and now it’s seafood rumors and innovation.

What a time to be alive

I'm honestly shocked the Pivot was the lightest DH bike they weighed by nearly 3lbs. Shame on Mondraker for denying the scale! That Haibike looks like an AliExpress Unno.

Unpopular opinion:

the varying weights of crabs may shock you. world cup DH bike weights.

god I love the f*ck out of the forum.

This is obviously an abomination, the worst thing my eyes have beheld since the RedAlp. But you gotta hand it to Haibike, they know their customer and they know where their bread gets buttered. They're the Skechers of the bike world.