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Crazy that the second gen wasn’t usb-c to begin with

The post itself is unchanged. They just changed the battery charger from micro-usb to usb-c. Good riddance. "B2 generation changed from Micro-USB charger to USB-C charger included. No change to the seatpost itself." Source (page 6) https://www.sram.com/globalassets/document-hierarchy/spare-parts/spare-…

Since it is my 40th birthday today, I may just order the that frame if it’s available tomorrow.

More Reya pics if anyone is interested. I reckon vital editors have them too, but they can’t post them. Source

When the gen 5 launched it was known almost immediately that the 100nm/750w update would be coming. So I think it was always designed around those numbers. I think the hardware is almoster certainly able to pump out more so I think it's smart of Bosch to sit back and see where the market goes and adjust accordingly. I do think they need to come out with new slim batteries at some point however. I think there's a large section of the market not keen on large downtubes and Avinox is giving them what they want (and more performance on...

Reya could be the perfect bike. #rearcenter

Hot take but I hope the Forbidden bike doesn’t have internal storage. I’ve never owned a bike with internal storage. Also never carry ANY tools with me (I don’t really go on huge rides) I probably have to walk back to the car once every couple of years. Bikes are pretty good these days. Im biased but I don’t get too turned on by internal storage. Anyways, would a XC/DC bike be the perfect candidate for internal storage or nah? The whole point is to be light. Seems like skipping it would mean a lighter bike, easier to manufacture, less...

Winner is whoever has the least amount of loctite on the main pivot bolt.

I hope Vital is doing a no holds barred Cascadia downcountry grudge match between the Spur v2 and Reya.

I'm here to defend (good) trail associations. I was the first Executive Director of Evergreen MTB Alliance in WA State in the early 00's and then on the exec committee of the board for another 10 years. We (both paid crews and volunteers) built tons of tech trails, and yeah a lot of flow trails and jump lines for the masses. I think a good balance between the styles. Behind the scenes we fought HARD to keep open the unsanctioned areas - areas I rode and may or may not have spent countless hours digging at That fight wasn't...

You’re treating wheel size in a vacuum and ignoring the physics of scaling an entire bike around a tall rider. Yes, shorter riders might miss out on some of the theoretical roll over benefits of larger wheels. But tall riders pay elsewhere: longer wheelbases, slower handling, compromised front-center to chainstay balance, and a higher center of mass. Those are all very real practical disadvantages. If we already accept that reach, and stack should scale to the rider, why should wheel size be the one dimension frozen in place? Proportional wheel sizing makes sense because wheel size is part of the...

I will put it plainly. Big people on little wheels -> frames can accommodate their size => no practical advantage Little people on big wheels -> frames cannot accommodate their size => practical disadvantage There is a fundamental physical advantage for bigger wheels relative to smaller ones in mildly bumpy terrain (XC like). Smaller riders cannot practically access this advantage. There is no disadvantage to small wheels if everyone is on the same wheel size. This is the issue. UCI has regulated road bikes (and others) for decades, sometimes just to keep the classic bicycle aesthetic. It’s funny that they...

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I agree with you it's how many sports are regulated, but I also hope that isn't where downhill & xc are headed yet. Imagine if we were all still on 26 wheels with a 410mm size L reach with quick release wheels because that was the regulation from 20 years ago. Obviously there is a line, but I hope the governing body doesn't draw that line too soon. I hope there's a more open ruleset, for now, because of the innovation happening in the sport, even though we may not all agree on some of it (headset routing for example)...

100% this. Think about how heavily regulated baseball bats, golf clubs, and tennis rackets are at the elite level. Do you remember when Tom Brady was accused of playing with under-inflated footballs? Almost every sport that relies on equipment has very strict rules about that equipment to create a more level playing field. There's no such thing as a truly level playing field, of course, but deliberately making it less level from the top-down is typically viewed as a negative in sports. And while arguing about rules seems off-topic here, I think it's extremely on-topic, because the regulatory landscape of...

Sounds more like tall riders are at a disadvantage riding wheels too small for them..

World ain’t fair. Get on with it.

Don't make @sspomer come yell at us again... Do we have a list of everything expected at Sea Otter this year?

what do you do to presta valves when you claim you "need to mess" with them? you open them, put the pump on, fill in air and close them again. what exactly is the problem there?