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Probably not going to be featured under "Beautiful bicycles" on the Radavist.

Your mismatched grips are triggering me.

Can we get a separate thread for requesting separate threads so it doesn’t clog up this thread?

it’s not much yet, but so far they are able to offer the same controls with 2 different motor makers (shimano and tq). so if this plays out, they own the interface stack. let‘s wait to summer when they release their dji bike, if that will have the same controls. that and their ability to offer the bikes in custom colors are things no other big oem can do right now.

Fun Fact! I own one of her old top hats. It's an old leather one with the metal springs showing through in a couple of spots and a couple of old silk ties tied around it.

Orbea has a pretty good network of bike shops selling their bikes in my area, more than Trek/Specialized, similar to Scott. They seem really popular with riders who just wanna walk into a shop and get a good bike, rather than spending hours comparing geos to the millimetre as we like doing around here Every other XC kid has an Alma, Oiz is relatively common. Road is also a good market share. E-bikes are less common though.

Also the Ralon was one of the most innovative bikes of last year. They do some interesting stuff over there and I imagine how they’re organised has a big hand in that.

Or, gasp, someone frequents both sites. However, yes Carcinization marches on!

nothing? they are the only ones making their own controls and the only ones integrating an electric dropper that is powered by the ebike's battery. one could say they are the first company offering their own ebike UI. everyone else is on stock controllers

Report from Orbea's annual General Assembly: --------------------------------------------------------------- ORBEA CONSOLIDATES SALES AND PROFITABILITY IN 2025 IN A CONTEXT THAT REINFORCES ITS VALUE PROPOSITION The cooperative consolidates a model focused on balancing value for riders, profi tability for distribution partners and sustainability across the entire system It also launches an Impact Plan aligned with its purpose and values, going beyond regulatory requirements On May 9, Orbea held its annual General Assembly, highlighting a model built on profitable growth and the creation of long-term value. The cooperative strengthens its position thanks to strong commercial performance, protection of margins and a continuous commitment to...

I thought downhill was governed by what makes the sport look cool and not by what makes it faster, you can’t tell me that banning a skin suit due to the majority of male athletes being self conscious in the search of speed is any different to putting a massive stupid looking wheel on the front of a bike to make it look like a Penny farthing ? If 32” wheels are allowed then so should ski suits be allowed if it’s helping gain speed in a sport that can come down to thousands of a second missing qualifying! On...

Remember folks we don't have to stand for this. We can report this inappropriate content. 😆

Porsche have closed their Porsche eBike Performance business. Across the overall "strategic realignment", more than 500 people are losing their job - not great news. More details: https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2026/company/porsche-sharpens-focus-on-… Pertinent piece of the PR: Porsche eBike Performance Porsche eBike Performance GmbH was established to develop high‑performance e‑bike drive systems and market them worldwide. Due to fundamentally changed market conditions for e‑bike drive systems, the activities of the joint venture will be discontinued. This measure is in line with Porsche AG’s strategic focus on its core business. The closure of operations at the Ottobrunn and Zagreb sites affects around 360 employees. Wonder...

Excellent 👌 What a great way to display the sport. Some questions/wall of text if you have time; Do you have an opinion on viability of obtaining this kind of footage for EDR rounds and how it might be best used for promotion/racing packages? Do you see any obstacles with the speed of following male racers in top 10? Any other potential non-obvious constraints or challenges that might need to be overcome? How would you feel about EDR live podcast/radio style show, timing TBC, maybe started towards the last couple of stages. Guests chatting shit about racing shenanigans/stories/insider info in...

Anne Caroline Chausson Nico also had a combined 10 World Champs wins I believe

Race Cascadia thinking outside the box for race coverage.

Thank you all for the interest in our bikes and in our distribution / sales model. To give you a bit of context, we’re currently a team of 9 people at RAAW, based in Germany, and we ship worldwide directly from here. The US has actually grown into our biggest market after Germany, which is pretty wild considering that every RAAW in the US has been shipped individually from Germany. Our goal is, of course, to make the ordering process and ownership experience as easy as possible. Having stock in the US would be ideal, but that comes with a...

I knew it! What a shitty decision. Gotta believe this, as a brand new venue in Asia would’ve been one of the ones to DEFINITELY have boots on the ground. I’m doubly disappointed. Not only on the noticeable drop in quality it brought, but that they were shady with it. Spin it as some sort of pro move, that you’re holding it down in Digital Mountain Bike Studio Four or whatever. Or just say it. I could hear MBeaumont struggling with the location charade but RicMc was saying “here in Korea” …and they only had what?—three people there as mans...

Since Ronan is currently injured why not invite him to commentate using his ratboy impression. Hell invite ratboy too. Nobody would understand much but it would still be an improvement.