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Is "I heard it on the chairlift" the MTB equivalent of "I overheard some guys talking about it in a bar"?

The Law of Vital MTB - given sufficient time all treads turn into tech talk 😅

They're both going to giv'er. This isn't F1, the only way to own your destiny is to put down the best run possible, too many other bad things can happen. It's going to be insanely compelling and I can't wait to not look at social media for 2 days so you fucktards don't ruin the anticipation while I'm riding park at Sky Tavern. 🥰

A few notes on MSA. These are the Elite winners of the last 5 World Cup races at MSA: 2024: Brosnan / Cabirou 2023: Goldstone / Höll 2022: Iles / Höll 2018: Bruni / Atherton 2017: Gwin / Seagrave In the 2019 World Championships the winners were Bruni / Nicole. Various riders’ past results at MSA: Jackson Goldstone: Has won both races he’s entered at MSA, once as Elite and once as a Junior. He also finished first in the Semi-final in 2023. Loic Bruni: Has only 4 top 3 finishes in 10 WC races there. In 2023 he finished...

Did anybody discuss the silly Daprela statement already? I know it's a dead horse but I just thought it was a laughably bad statement and wanted others opinions on how it shakes out for his career (ie, are things going to get better or worse): " Statement The end of the season is approaching, and I’ve really enjoyed each of the World Cup rounds despite some minor physical issues. However, it’s high time the false rumors I’ve been subjected to for the past two years stop circulating in the cycling community. All of this is unfounded. I hope to be...

Trek pretty much started new this season so I would imagine they are all on 2 year contracts minimum. Not sure of Hauser’s situation as recall he wasn’t on the full Trek program at the start of the year. But since we are throwing out scenarios. OO replaces Matt Walker at Trek and Matt Walker replaces Matt Walker at Pivot.

I'm bookmarked straight to The Hub sorrynotsorry

For all you forum diehards who skip the homepage, here is some insight and our thoughts on Specialized first-gen proto downhill bike that went live today - https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/piece-bigger-puzzle-testing-specializ… It was a privilege to ride this bike and, as you'd expect, it was a damn fast. I'm eager to ride the production #2chainz bike, which I'd guess is coming early next year just based on the vague answers Spesh has given when pressed about it. Fingers crossed it won't cost an organ to buy one.

Does AON have the budget for someone like Vali? That doesn't seem likely..

Ok but, forum replies get off topic easily and fill up peoples inbox. This thread is about 2026 team rumors, not YT’s failings, there are plenty of other places for that. And really, you are upset your niche forum replies are not saved for posterity? No one will care in a year. Perfect example of getting off topic, look at us right now…. All this arguing about to be nuked by @sspomer and that would be fine.

i've deleted the non-relevant YT posts. start a new thread or take it to the bikeonomics (formerly known as companies shutting down in 12-24 months) to talk about the business/customer ramifications of YT's problems.

I know the UCI is a joke but imagine getting a fine for running to congratulate your brother!

Vali doing making a conscious effort to cover the YT logo with her hand in the interview.

You didn’t get this from me.

Gracey crashed in the second corner. The first left is a berm, then there’s the left she crashed in which is two 120 degree ruts with rocks in them

USDH with a strong showing for Q1!!

My guess is HBS MBAs with 26.2 bumper stickers on their brodozers.