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electric chainsaws? ok i'll show myself out.

I'm going to sound super liberal (I'm not) but it's seems like there are better environmentally friendly noise makers.

Orbea Wild (top build, lots of $$$ as counterpoint) is 46 pounds with full class leading power, full sized motor and 600ish wh battery. Given its success in the EEWS (or EEWC, or whatever its called now) I would say its "burly enough for heavy duty riding". I had this argument on the other site before getting my account suspended. Budget low power, or "SL" ebikes, seems to be a losing category business wise. They weigh too much for the assist provided. I feel like around 42 pounds is the tipping point (unrelated, thats what my DH bike weighed back...

I bought some 160 mirandas a few yrs ago and have been thinking 150/155 now. Those cranks youre testing look pretty sweet. It'd be good to hear your feedback on those after your test. Get the deets on them

no reason to waste 2025 rumors in the 2024 thread, so here is the 2025 Team Rumors thread. Have at it! https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2025-team-rumors

Alpine lifts have to shutdown when there is lightning, in Canada I believe it is within 50km of the mountain. That means everyone on the hill have to be driven down, riders, spectators, mechanics, mountain staff ect.... That's not a UCI or Warner Bros decision, it's out of their hands.

at least it didn't say "industry disrupting"

How I loathe chat Gpt

Put them in a hat, pull one for the win, then give everyone else a volume reducer as a token gesture.

Jason playing 4d chess to steal our picks. Guy has no chill. Def wonder what's goin on with Loris. If he's goin thru his 'own shit' or if the vibes are off with no Kade/Reece to bounce off of on track and shit. I understand he's known as a keep to himself guy but... Sometimes introverts need to siphon some energy from the extroverts without even showing it. And on that topic, really missing Reece this season Uhhh Daprela is still 'cnyn' team on the fantasy? Did something change orrr? If not, I'd rip that name off him. 'privateer'...

Why do you think the second berm was skipped? My tin foil hat says they are doing everything to keep runs under 3 minutes which is a bummer.

So they had a gravel trap on the test track for this very reason, I was able to test on paved road and gravel, worked equally well in both situations. I had to do a few runs on the gravel as I didn't trust the ABS, once I had the confidence to brake really hard it was faultless. Obviously flat ground is not representative of real world trail use, so would be keen to use it in anger on some proper trails.

Got to see the new Schwalbe Assegai/Kryptotal type tyre at Eurobike today on a random bike that it probably should not have been on. Knobs look bigger generally to me, though I could not check side by side with the Maxxis/Conti equivalent. Looks like it should be a good addition to the Schwalbe range.

let's try this again. pit bits feature - https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/pit-bits-les-gets-world-cup-downhill