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Alex Morgan - way ahead of his time.

Best tech piece on Vital...ever?

Everyone geeks about race suspension, race engines, race bikes, race tune, race everything, and then expect the racers to be stock? Cmon. Respect to RR cause he's still a phenomenal rider.

A lot of you are worked up over some pretty minor stuff. This isn't some Lance type of situation, yet your emotions are comparable to that fiasco. Rude will continue to be at the top end of the results and this will prove not to be something that "taints" his past results. He's paid more than enough of a price professionally and mentally for a pretty minor mistake. Time to get over it and get back to seeing Rude smashing.

I’m more upset he threw John Hall under the bus. The man is an absolute perfectionist, and there is no way a 3 year old defective part was used on a brand new build. We all know it was a squeaky clean brand new crank provided by ethirteen. Broken parts are a part of racing, call it that and move on. You can’t control the media Aaron. We are curious fans, and comments like that just further distance you from the people support your career.

Yikes.Not sure I’m buying this crap. Tossing Hall under the bus too. Pretty lame. The crank broke. They’re crap. It’s been pretty well documented. Why would you have a pair of 3 year old cranks in your pits anyway?

Thought it was interesting he came down to "internet peasant land" (that's what I call it) to defend the product and ask Vital to pull the post. Part of me understands this. Part of me goes "cmon dude, that is overstepping a line you don't have control over". I understand he wants to be a good business partner for his sponsors. I understand he wants to put his best foot forward. But I'm not so sure I like him trying to pull strings to keep things hidden that really aren't that big of a deal. Reminds me of how he...

I don't see the Iron Sheik in any of those photos

What a punch in the face for all innovators that bought the fork when it launched...

I don't want to be a dick about it but it still costs twice as much as a grip 2 fox 36. I remember when hope decided to knock thousands of pounds off their hb160 they refunded the difference to customers who'd paid the initial rrp, surely anyone who bought the message is going to feel burned given it's only been in the market for a matter of months. If you use that $1000 voucher for their next fork will you get another when they knock a third of the price off within months? Customer service own goal. Trust, ironic...

Spoken like someone who's never tried to be competitive at an elite level enduro. The weekend is long and stressful AF. It takes an incredible amount of logistics AND fitness just to get your practice laps in, and then you've gotta worry about leaving enough in the tank to race well. It's certainly not what I'd call "relaxing," and these guys want to offer a care-free weekend where you're still finding out who ripped the descent fastest. Why does that insult your sense of bike-gaming so much? Look, this format will never be considered a test of pedaling fitness combined...

a couple questions 1. did red bull negotiate this as part of their contract with the uci? 2. is red bull paying for exclusivity on the podium or otherwise? some opinions i would think that the other teams and sponsors involved in the uci dh circuit most certainly would have needed to been aware of this exclusivity that red bull wants. i would presume that you cannot just come in after the fact and say oh by the way we want exclusive advertising rights for the podium. this seems like a pretty cut and dried contractual issue to me. if...

Without the sport would die??? That‘s bullshit Red Bull came when Downhill was big on Freecaster, Red Bull pays more money, that‘s all. With a lot of bad decisions in the past! Limited Content, one hour brake after the woman’s finals...no Red Bull isn‘t what the sport need. They‘re bring a lot good things of course, but not just good

63rd, if it's any consolation...