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100% rattling. Happened to me as well. The bummer is the swelling goes to the giblets & not the neck bone, so not even the missus could be bothered to see that mess. Like a toddlers sock w/ 2 racquetballs shoved in it.

I had a similar one... except it happened up above my waistline on my side from slamming down onto the top of a wooden wall ride. Do you know where all the blood flow and purpling eventually migrates to when you get that level of hematoma above your waistline? Yeah... I didn't either until I was in the bathroom and looked down to find my junk's coloration looking very similar to bizutch's photo. I was on the phone with a doctor friend immediately. Evidently it's totally normal... but really disconcerting.

Any chance he posted a pic of the hematoma? My right thigh is still bigger in a pair of slim pants a decade later from a WindRock slam.

fwiw, adam (the "money guy backer") was at the venue every day moving lumber, signs, cords, spray paint, dirt, tools, boxes etc. he was covered in dirt like all the crew, in addition to hosting riders for meals and gatherings at his home. he was anything but hands-off.

Keep in mind that’s revenue for all Maxxis products and we make waaaaaay more than just bike tires. In the grand scheme of things, bike makes up a small part of that revenue. Believe me, I’m always trying to get my hands on some of that auto marketing budget!

A water bottle *is* a range extender. And it gives you more range than any battery 😜

doesn't look too far off

I'd argue that seat tube/top tube juncture and the elbow where the chainstay meets the bb is entirely consistent with Yeti's design language, just reconceptualized around a different suspension design. The rocker link and seat stay bridge don't stray far from the current DH bike. It's been out a few years now so no secret anymore, but I saw an aluminum test mule for their ebike platform way back in 2017 that looked a lot like this. Given that pic is from 2023 it's anyone's guess if it's something they pursued any further after refining the DH bike. The fact...

Too much dirt. YT went in dry on all the athletes racing for the MOB, UK and US operations, and all the customers who paid for bikes and never got them. They can never make all that right.

Jimmy: " Why was a new entity created on July 11, when the insolvency didn’t happen till after? Why wasn’t it done in your name? Asking on behalf of honest hard working people." "I was a US employee for the last 3 years, as were many on here asking valid questions. The level of transparency around this topic over the last 6 months from global has been slim to none, outside of preaching “Business as usual” for us here in the states. I went to rampage to support YT’s global athletes, only to come home to the news of us...

Jimmy Astleford (@jimi_sendricks), former US Marketing Director for YT USA and an all around great guy, is going scorched earth in the comments of Markus's "AMA" video on the YT Industries instagram post.

The cable entry design at the headtube, lack of in frame storage, and the overcomplicated pivot/link situation at the bottom bracket, all lead me to suspect Yeti. I feel like Yeti needs something complicated like dw6 or switchfinity is to convince people they are buying the premium suspension option. Meanwhile, suspension designs from 30 years keep winning every DH world cup

That proto frame goes way back. I shot this photo of it in the early fall of 2023. Sorry for poor quality. The obvious heel rub and linkage swap-out (on your more current photo) shows it's seen a lot of hours. The guy riding it started working for a different bike company, so he may have offloaded this one to another industry friend. At the time, I was thinking it was maybe a Diamondback prototype that got canceled/never saw the light of day. He was fairly open with it; it was spotted at local Seattle area watering hole(s), etc.

People lose jobs, investors taking a bath, people ordering bikes that never arrive, riders without a team etc the audacity to call people keyboard warriors is wild lmao. YT literally FUCKED OVER countless people but sure, call us keyboard warriors.

I heard a rumor that YT Shenanigans was going to replace the YT Mob.

Three times. There was Gwin. Couple years later they cut Dak and Davey Boy at the end of the season, closed their race team, only to immediately start the mob. And now this.

I think keyboard warriors wanted to see YT burn after this to burn Markus. Twice have they burned riders at the top of the game. They burned customers. Why would we want to be oh yeah they are back? All the good karma that they had built up over the years?