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Totally. It's frustrating because if someone has an issue with the tires, they don't blame the PM at the bike brand, they blame the tires.

"Designed to push the limits of what's possible on the roughest terrain..." Spec'd with EXO casings 🙃

friends don't let friends buy muc-off products

Not sure if this has been posted but got a picture of the bottom of the Brosnan's Boxxer at the US Open. I assume this is what's on the Zebb too.

Now that's a proper spy shot.

Dak goes all in on explaining his race run. He might need to do another version that is more so 'explain it to a 5 year old' for me because I could never process the amount of data these racers do. Really highlights how racers need to just know, not think about, but know where every rock is that could put them off line. Because one bad rock strike and that could be your tire done...

Not very original, i'll give him 76/100

any and all relationship drama and discussions can be started in a new thread in the OFF THE BIKE forum area, NOT The Hub - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/VitalMTB/Off-the-Bike,3 - any topics like that started in The Hub will be nuked. any more relationship drama and discussion in this thread will be deleted.

Haha I ordered some GR4's. If my Mrs asks me about it I'm totally blaming all you guys for talking about them 😂

We knocked out another B practice podcast this week, and had a few rumor topics come to light: 1. Dak signed a two year deal with Mondraker that ends this year. He was SUPER tight lipped about what the future holds. 2. Cami is retiring, Richie is EDR World Champ, Tyler Waite will be in Elites next year. I'm curious what Richie decides to race, and who they add to the team alongside Tyler (assuming he stays with them) 3. Max and Till Alran will be in Elites next year. Can anyone confirm how many Elite riders you can have...

Shout out to Fabien Cousine, Ben Walker (New World Disorder fame) aka @buckoW & all the track builders there & the Morgins tracks. Never forget the walking digger & what these folks REALLY accomplished in that region!!!

Just listening to the OTB podcast . Rumor from them is that the YT truck got repossessed and the team won't have the funds to make the north American rounds . Pretty rubbish situation all round .

This Stumpjumper video you posted came at a funny time, because I just got a real deal digital scale for weighing bikes (shoutout to Feedback Sports, who's a Vital sponsor) and weighed my bike recently, and it was almost exact same weight as yours. My bike weighed in at 40.9 pounds, which surprised me, but at the same time it's my favorite bike and probably the best riding trail bike I've ever had. Carbon frame, but alloy everything else, Sidekick rear hub, Podium fork, coil shock, Maven brakes, DH tires, rear Cushcore, and a 29" spare tube in the downtube...

So how many people's remaining budget figure ends with $900? 🤣

Martin Maes also is a good bet. When he won in La Bresse is similar pig shit conditions. @brash I hear ya. All though a lot of people say riding well on dust is just like riding in mud. I wouldn't know im from the PNW. But also Adelaide also has a bunch of clay as well, right? Which makes for the worst, slickest mud in my opinion. So he might be used to it as well.

A vote for Ronan and Oisin having a good weekend if the weather stays terrible.

A normal length stem on the Aon/Gamux team bike is the real story.

team rumors.

My latest mulling over the barbell effect and how it might apply to bikes. In essence, in this post I play with the idea that we're seeing a hollowing out of the middle, both with respect to company size and product pricing. // Substack // Blog EDIT: I've given @sspomer permission to post any of my stuff in full here so you don't have to click through to anything. Plus, I'm totally cool with him editing it (which I very likely need). If you all want me to aim at anything specifically for next week just let me know!