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Your questions answered! Thanks everyone who asked a question. We did our best to get them all answered, and Specialized was pretty transparent in their response. And oh yeah, the bike rips 🤤 Enjoy!

I always interpreted that as a Trojan horse for headset cable routing

After 5 years of riding and living with Dominions on a daily basis I wouldn’t change a thing. Have to give Hayes credit for not following the lemmings and routing the hose next to the bar ‘because it looks cleaner but rattles’ like the two S’s

New brake lever in the aon pits

Love that Shimano is making their own Transmission-style derailleur mount. I look forward to standing on someone's Saint derailleur in the near future. If anyone can get their hands on Dak, Ethan, or Benoit's Scott, please stand on their new Saint derailleur for me and let me know what you think. Devil's advocate: I haven't noticed any excess chainslap or noise with the new XTR Di2 derailleur on my mid-travel bike (admittedly I haven't tried it yet on my long travel smasher), and most people who do find the new XTR derailleur too loud seem to find that the shorter...

pit bits lenzerheide world cup https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/pit-bits-lenzerheide-world-cup-dh

I'm really happy to see Men's Junior Nathan DeVaux starting 5th tomorrow after going 4th in timed training. I had never heard of him until I recently watched the short documentary Dyfi Groms about the young mountain bikers and their families in the Dyfi Valley community. If you haven't seen it, you'll have to trust me it's a half-hour or so well spent. It's free to watch on Youtube:

This is a really cool product to see. Would have killed for something like this as a kid.

Vital RAW from Lawlor. Jackson almost didn't come back to earth.

Narrow miss here during practice. WB/UCI needs to figure out marshalling, this should never be a possibility.

Orbea’s Wild has long been a benchmark in the long travel eMTB category. We’ve spent ample time on many of the Wild models throughout the past few years. In 2022, we were along for the ride when Wild relaunched as an enduro race eMTB. In 2025, we spent a season aboard the Bosch Generation 5-equipped model . Each version set a new standard—a stiff frame, potent power, and uncompromising geometry capable of technical climbs and descents. The Wild’s reputation has been solidified with numerous media awards and an entry in the UCI DH World Cup, sans motor. Fast forward...

Course preview with Boost Bro:

Video pit bits from Lawlor

Yeti showing bikeshops new sixfinity bikes. 2 models and damn, they look good

Since the last enduro release...

Looks like Burgtec have done those custom MX dropouts for Kolb - it would be awesome if something that allows for UDH comes out further down the line

Entire drivetrain industry scared that they already made the best mechanical components years ago and there is little room for improvement. Sandbagging the weight and material preserves the tier structure.

That I've lived long enough for bar ends to come back into fashion! What a time to be alive!!! At least they have improved how they look I guess?

Looks like Luca went with #10 as his career number