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PSA NOT A UNION POLITICS THREAD

in my defense, as a YT owner, i never looked at YT branding and thought they were cool. honestly its quite blatantly try hard tool-ery. literally only bought it because the value checked out. people on reddit are talking about how 'people shouldnt buy YT in the US right now' because of this situation, which is valid, but im reminding them at these ridiculous unsustainable prices. its basically like buying a used bike. (quite literally) aside from being able to talk some poor shmuck down, these prices are nearly the price of used bikes of the same build kit. and...

No. What he does with his money is completely unrelated to the situation in the company he founded. This is of course assuming it was his and only his money and was earned without weakening the company in any way. If either of those happened it changes the situation. What we can agree is that egregious spending of the ceo in private does not look good when many actions of the company seem similar and the company is now in administration because of financial problems. So we can't confirm it didn't affect anything neither that it did, but I will...

Does he have the bike? I saw a thread on Reddit by a user that had ordered/paid for a Capra that has not been shipped yet.

Mooooooom they're talking about chainstay length in the tech romours thread again!

I'm of the opinion that you can't ride a plus tire aggressively and have it perform well, regardless of inserts. There's a balance between weight, the stability of the casing, the damping of the casing, and the pressure/contact patch. Plus tires are feeble, vague balloons with no stability and regardless of inserts they roll over far too much in corners and are terrifying on off-camber. Add pressure and they're bouncy/underdamped, unpredictable, and the grip goes to shit. If you make them burly enough to be stable then they're a boat anchor. Some inserts stop a tire completely folding over or...

June 7, 2032

It’s wild too because they already have a formula that works but they’re too dumb to realize it. EWS in its heyday had lots of attention and was selling bikes like crazy. The trick to making it relevant again? Don’t jam it into an already packed race weekend. I said it before I’ll say it again there is too much content to watch on a triple header weekend. Put it on the off weekends. Look how well the first EDR was received this year. It was the stand alone race on the weekend and everyone was stoked. They need a...

There wasn't room to include "..., planned obsolescence, and anti-consumer duopolistic practices that treat bike companies less like frame designers and more like component integrators."

We can rebrand it October 3 2025, when we will have the decisive answer as to whether more companies will be shutting down in the next 12-24 months from the time of original posting.

A few thoughts: On the Reserve warranty changes: This isn’t surprising and doesn’t suggest the company is failing. It’s more of a “this isn’t sustainable” moment. Is it a little shady to shift direction after a big splash on the original policy? Maybe. But Santa Cruz isn’t the first to do it, and I’d still choose Reserves over most rims out there (if I wanted carbon). I suspect this will evolve like Patagonia’s warranty. They’ll keep honoring it, but after enough claims, you’ll get the side eye or a bit of guilt. Up to you to decide what’s right or...

i asked about aluminum vs "real" molds for the yeti and was told they were real molds, not temporary. but, as noted in a few pit bits and things over the season, all the frame-specific component pieces are still just 3d printed at yeti. was also told production of this bike is the last thing on their minds right now, so...

Id like to believe they are using a cheaper mold, ie ones that are not designed to handle thousands of frames. I remember a video of some brand talking about the 3 different setups, 2 different molds, ones for more prototype style testing and other for big batches. 3rd being a mold that isnt IP owned by a brand but its infact owned by the factory... Theres usally a deal, after X amount of frames or years, the factory can use that mold for themselves(or similar, Cant remember the details fully)