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It’s always been 148. Heel clearance, rear wheel characteristics, etc.

I don't think they answered a few peoples questions. I feel like a lot of people asked about chainstay/stack sizing and are the team members running the next size up chainstays.

I agree with others that 35-50mm is a safe bet, and that the guy in the video you posted is a bit of a kook. I'm running a 60mm stem on my long travel bike, which is clearly "the wrong size," and it's fine. The reach length of the bike is a little shorter than I'd prefer, so I made it feel longer with the long stem. I've got a 40mm stem on my shorter travel bike (because it has a slightly longer reach length than I'd prefer), and it takes roughly zero feet for me to get used to...

Run whatever the fast guys run. Don't listen to some guy who sells stems.

Agreed unfortunately. If that fits the rule book. Side note/soapbox to complain about Rick’s commentary. He doesnt talk about the riders, he just podcasts random crap while people are riding. Rob, Elliot and Aaron talked about the riders, results elsewhere, history, and other random facts. It’s like they did research and Rick, not so much.

Race weekend isn't the same without the low-tempo Vital Slideshow sounds!

Thanks for the scrolling format. I love the nerdery, but always give up on having to swipe through.

please keep this format for all photo articles and ditch the slideshow ones, thx

NRG is still cool, but now that Lanctot owns them a lot of the spirit is gone. You are right about Orange though, I missed them when thinking about Canadian distributors. They're more bike nerd or shop kid cool than 2008 TLD pajamas at the bike park on a Morewood cool though.

Lama cycles, the last cool distributor in Canada is going on "Hiatus" for the time being as per the other site. Unfortunate as they were the only place to get nice DJ stuff in the country and was a huge supporter of DH in eastern Canada, although they were smaller than the big guys. Very sad to see them go.

All the office workers on the Vital forums are getting their scheudenfruede rocks off watching the influencers go back to desk jobs:

"Troy Brosnan, who edged Amaury Pierron to second" is a diabolical way to word that lol

I saw that it was QBP after my initial post… they are my least favourite vendor. Not all parts are available to all shops. This won’t be for me, it’ll be hard for a shop to not lose out on labour and time with this model. It’s a great direct to consumer play if anything. Who even owns a printer these days

Also, I'm sorry

As I say to everybody with a view like yours, come to Slovenia. We have a few climbs here where it's likely you'll be wishing for a 28t ring up front to replace the 30t on your bike to pair up with that wide range, 50+ tooth cassette out back. There are some people that can push insane gear ratios everywhere, but they are far an in between. There are different terrains around the world requiring different approaches. But overall, for most people, wide range cassettes are a benefit, not a negative. Having more options is great, but catering to...

Should this be renamed to "Tech Rumors and Innovation, until a brand asks for posts to be deleted"?