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Honestly, who knows at this point. The new ski lift installation, which was the reason for the bike park being closed last summer, did not happen. The timber harvest that was supposed to fund the lift installation, that closed the bike park last summer, did not happen The permit for the lift installation, that was supposed to be paid for by the timber harvest, that closed the bike park last summer, was denied due to zoning issues. And lastly; the lift that was already purchased and has sat on the ground for many months, which had it's permit denied, which...

thank you all who participated in this tech rumors thread! i'm going to lock it now, but we're carrying on with annual tech rumors - find the 2026 tech rumors thread here (starting on page 7 at the time of this post). YEW! https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/mtb-tech-rumors-and-innovation-long…

At some point, the purpose of a system is what it actually does

tech rumors forum update - you've spoken and have been heard we'll lock out this thread at the end of the year (no matter what, it's just too darn big now), and will carry on with yearly tech rumors threads that will be stickied for easy participation. the 2026 thread is already underway here (not yet stickied) i just want to thank everyone for their feedback and insight on what this piece of the vital community means.

Your post reminded me just how much I love "athletic cake icing". 😀😀😀

Thanks for all the love Vital! My goal is to continue a career that allows me to contribute to another 1000 pages of the tech rumour thread.

Have ridden carbon frames for a long time. Built up a Madonna. Trip bike for me, and on first big rowdy descent I'm getting this weird, intermittent, metallic, clanging sound. I kick things off with some good ole catastrophic, black-and-white, my-trip-is-ruined-thinking and then get down the specifics: fork damper probably has come loose; maybe it's the coil on my shock. I'm running heavy casing instead of inserts, so maybe my tire pressure is low and the rim dings are reverberating in the allow frame, etc., etc. Noise and theories come and go throughout the day. Finally realize that when my...

Even if he was paying me, I wouldn’t be touching him. But, in the words of Neko, “He just won’t take no for an answer.”

Me going between this thread and the OG Tech Rumors and Innovation thread...

Heck yeah, let's get MORE soil science, glaciology and and geomorphology in here! Who wants to nerd out on the Franciscan melange? Also:

Not tech rumors, but soil tech history! The difference between Oregon, WA and BC is all about ice. Kilometer+ thick ice sheets created glacial terrain features and exposed more bedrock from Washington State north. Oregon didn't get the sweet, sweet ice sheet remodeling. The maximum extent of the Puget Lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet was Tenino, which is between Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. In the Seattle area you have a lot of glacial till soils that the ice pushed around. Further north the ice scraped away soils and smoothed the bedrock, making terrain for amazing tech riding. This...

Long chainstays corner really well. They put weight on the front so you can drift/slide the backend around corners. Putting more weight on the front also allows you to use a taller front end. Large and XL bikes need 470-500mm chainstays to maintain that ideal 1.75 ratio-

Shoot, I thought Oregon had the gnarliest of trails...

Shimano has been on the “me too” cycle with mountain bike products for at least the last 10 years. It’s all just been reactions to what SRAM and others have been doing. Nominating them for any kind of award is just a hard no in my opinion.

I get longer, but how does one make a chainstay slacker?

I’m a fan, but it’s a rough back to back with Matt Jones and the Fleecemann, I gotta say. Oof!

For sure! I ride a quite unique overbuilt Tallboy myself so I definitely know what you mean. Sure is fun though!