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I think the thing that really killed off Pole was their bikes are really ugly, if you are in business to sell things its best to give the consumer what they want. If I'm going to spend that much money on a boutique and unique bike it can't look like someones science project from the 90s. Kona is sad to see. It seemed they had a lack of capital that lead to a lack of reinvestment in design and updates after the push to develop the Process line. I would argue the Process 111 is one of the most influential...

I´m still amazed that my Forestal Syrion hit´s above all the competitiors. It´s a 170mm Enduro blaster, as light as the Levo SL has the power of the midpack Fazua and with 350Wh not the least battery capacity. With the exception of the not so light Moterra SL it´s the lowest priced with comparable components (not going to say cheap at 9,7 grand). What´s crazy is, it´s been on the market for 2 years now, and the competition hasn´t caught up. It´s a niché brand though.

For some reason that hand looks familiar to me.

Elite Women's Results

Junior World Champ Erice van Leuven has picked up a Monster ride.

Tell me you weren’t alive in the 90’s without telling me you weren’t alive in the 90’s.

They said the same about Iron Horse.

https://bikes.com/pages/the-wait-is-almost-over The pic at the bottom looks familiar...

danny hart's vital raw. looks pretty comfy on the bike

Can we finally do away with orange lowers on these new fox forks? One of the worst things to happen to mountain biking.

A centimeter is a huge difference in reach IMO. If the next generation of my favorite bike grew by 10 mm, I would probably hate the change.

I don't really care about in-frame storage and if my local bike shop carried Yeti but not Spesh (which is actually the case), I would happily stick with supporting my LBS over getting a SWAT box.

Are you aware of the existence of Antarctica?

Robert from The Loam Wolf here. I was the one who broke the Scalpel, and I’m not surprised I did - overshot the landing of a large jump for an XC bike, landing in the pocket between the landing and the flat ground after it. Huge bottom out. I corrected Kaz at Pinkbike’s quote - he had flatteringly guessed me to be 190lbs, whereas I am 220lbs. Nothing fishy. I wholeheartedly believe the Scalpel is fit for purpose and that it was my fault! Was having far too much fun and got carried away.

Yeti: you just aren’t that guy. Stop it.

not a fan of the new font

Anther look at the new TRP Levers.

First, it's not "xenophobic" to try to avoid buying MIC goods if the issue is philosophical and political. China is our enemy, Xi is an authoritarian communist who commits genocide. It was a horrible mistake to partner with China and offshore our manufacturing to them in the first place. Second, Taiwan and China are not the same country despite what Xi thinks. There's a MASSIVE difference between the two and if you won't buy Taiwanese goods then that may have an underlying xenophobic reason. Last, Lewis is a direct rip off of another company's IP. Not everyone is ok with...

I don't think it's xenophobia as much as it is that they appear to be a straight rip-off off of Trickstuff. Will be interesting to see if DT Swiss feels the same way (and does something about it).

Not interested in shimano motor.