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Jason_Schroeder Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors

2/15/2025 10:46pm
All the sponsorship posts from AON/Reece & Sleeper.co have been so dialed. Sure, they're trying to hype up their sponsors and 'sell' people on why they are choosing to run X product. But the short insta vids have been insightful without feeling forced. Shit, for a second I thought I might need some Rev Grips 😂 (disclaimer: I haven't ridden them, and probably should to form a worthwhile opinion. I'm sure they provide some advantages).
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

2/6/2025 9:49am
light on tech but high on fun (and putting here b/c half of you never go to the homepage : ) our dirt jump bike test sesh - https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/6-dirt-jumpers-tested-and-compared-vi…
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veefour Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

2/4/2025 1:13pm
I'm guessing the audio cutting out on BK's video as he hits that drop is no mistake.
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monarchmason Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

1/30/2025 9:01pm
I feel a lot of people that would complain about the gearbox efficiency making a perceivable difference to their enduro or all mountain ride would be the same people with overbuilt wheels, fox 38, cushycores, and downhill casing tires for multiple blues a maybe a black diamond trail for their saturday ride. Then finish it off with pounding back 4 IPAs and some cake later that day.
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jroy924 Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors

1/28/2025 10:27pm
From UCI website
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dolface Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors

1/27/2025 2:50pm
Whoooooosh! 🤣
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dantecusolito Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors

1/16/2025 10:09am
Trek announced: Lachie, Sacha Earnest, Ollie Davis, Matt Walker UK, Christian Hauser, Ella Svegby
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amaranth Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors

1/14/2025 12:10pm
I think this kinda sums it up - 1. If you're in a top 15 team, you can race. (regardless if you meet other reqs) 2. If you're top 50 for elites or top 100 for juniors, you can race. (regardless if you meet other reqs) 3. If you are the current World/Conti/National Champ, you can race. (regardless if you meet other reqs) 4. If you didn't make any of those, then you either hope to be on a). One of the 5 season wildcard teams b). One of the 8 chosen wildcard teams for that round or c). Your...
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Fantaman Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

1/9/2025 11:32am
Any one noticed how the rear shock is mounted on that Atherton bike? the reservoir is now mounted more sideways.
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Danny Hart's GT Fury caught a lot of attention this past World Cup season as it had some notable structural frame modifications to increase compliance. Dale, Danny's mechanic, is a veteran frame engineer and had some great ideas on how to fine tune Danny's bike to work best for his style and to eke out the literal hundreths of a second needed to win races. If you haven't seen these mods, check out this quick section of Vital's PIT BITS video here. Let's dig into each modification. This will be extra fun because I was fortunate enough to be the...
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chriskief Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors

1/5/2025 9:39am
We have entered the part of silly season where people float (and debate!) wild speculation that a 42 year old Dan Atherton returns to downhill (last result was 57th at Crankworx in 2018) on a new rubber band bike to chase a $100k podium. Perhaps we need an award for most ridiculous rumor every year. 🤣🤣🤣
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Robstyle Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors

1/4/2025 11:28pm
Speaking of Atherton, I did spotto a certain young kiwi on a freshy so that rumor seems good 🤷
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors

11/29/2024 4:59pm
ALL WBD/WC DISCUSSIONS please post to the 2025 RACE TALK thread here - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2025-race-talk?page=9 this is team rumors.
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anotherbikerguy Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors

11/13/2024 4:17pm
IDK what the riddles mean, but good excuse to re-listen to this classic.
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TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

11/4/2024 10:14pm
Are brakes the crabs of tech rumours?
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ebruner Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

11/1/2024 6:23pm
if @TheSuspensionLabNZ is Dougal, I'm going to eat my helmet. There is no way the same thoughtful, approachable, nice, knowledgable person that posts here is the same knowledgable troll that posts elsewhere.
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

10/31/2024 3:28am
Hey biz thread subscribers, I met with Jeff about a month ago for an Inside Line to discuss the current state of things. It was a rad discussion. The podcast and its copy are below. Enjoy! I know I did. Thanks to Maxxis Tires | FOX | Jenson USA for supporting The Inside Line Today we're joined by Jeff Brines, a long-time mountain biker, Litter Mag and Vital MTB fan. He's also educated and versed in finance. He kicked off a forum thread on Vital MTB that asked " Will more companies be shutting down in the next 12-24 months?"...
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