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StephenTheSquirrel Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 1:25am
100% this. Don't conflate a slower rate of adoption with where things will inevitably end up
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AgrAde Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 1:25am
Name a more annoying sound than an American complaining about ebikes. Honestly, we've all heard your opinions before. We know you have them. I don't really like or want an ebike either but there are 12,000,000 whingy comments online about how you're too pure or too dedicated or too fit or too angry at unskilled riders and you're mad about it. We don't need any more. Talk about the market or discontinuation of normal bikes, sure, but complaining about being passed on a climb track or peoples ass cracks is tiring af at this point. You've been yelling about it...
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 1:24am
Fair point
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Big Dos Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 1:24am
Charlie no
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sethimus Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 1:18am
because the numbers are wrong, it was 52.5% ebikes and 47.3% bicycles that were sold in 2025 in germany. in the mtb segment, it was 793500 emtb to 52500 mtb. source: https://www.ziv-zweirad.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Marktdaten-Fahrra…
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sethimus Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 1:17am
you're just late to the party, that's all I'm just back from 2 weeks in finale ligure, i'd say on each shuttle at least half of the bikes on the trailer had a motor
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Karabuka Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 1:17am
If anyone doesnt understand this bike I dont blame him, neither did I. But after spending few days in a Sud Tyrol town, through which runs a long distance cycle path that connects Northern Italy and Germany my perception changed big time: I only used said cycle path to link different trails for few km at the time but I'd encounter hundreds of elder people riding such bikes. It was eye opening and I realized there exist bike markets I had no idea about...
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RadAxSmirch Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
6/10/2026 3:24pm
This is why European venues have the upper hand through local government subsidising tourism projects. Nobody knew about Loudenvielle 15 years ago, then they put the gondola linking the pretty village by the lake to the ski resort up above and developed a trail network mainly below the snow line. This takes years and a sustained effort to make destinations tourist honeypots.
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dwhere Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
6/10/2026 3:23pm
MTB tourism for a hill that doesn’t allow MTB.
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fartsack Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
6/10/2026 3:22pm
How organizers still approach elite sports events as standalone products instead of marketing assets still blows my mind. In most cases, a World Cup weekend will never generate positive revenue if you only look at the direct cashflow during the event itself. The picture changes once you factor in media coverage, long term tourism, bike sales, brand image, destination marketing and overall communication value. A World Cup should be part of a bigger strategy and not treated as a one weekend business case. If a region has no long term MTB vision, no plans to grow the scene, infrastructure or...
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
6/9/2026 11:35pm
all things Leogang World Cup can be discussed here - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2026-leogang-world-cup-downhill
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Brian_Peterson Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
6/8/2026 9:21am
Between her and Asa that is a good investment in the future..
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owl-x Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
6/7/2026 2:11pm
Ghoul it is!
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DServy Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
6/7/2026 1:57am
Were you screaming from the rafters for the juniors to be the last one down on the hill last year or have you always been a hypocrite? I, for one, like watching bikes going down hill. I'm not particularly picky about much else.
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owl-x Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
6/6/2026 7:54pm
It cannot be overstated how huge the women getting top billing in Leogang is. I just watched Vali’s YouTube from Loudenvielle and they’ve absolutely nailed it. I hope she can stay happy and overcome what must be insane pressure to be the last rider to drop on the day. Holy shit!
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Uncle Cliffy Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
6/6/2026 7:54pm
What are you blathering about?
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Geronimo1989 Liked a bike check Stanton Switchback FS Ti Pinion Prototype
6/6/2026 12:22pm
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jessemelamed Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/6/2026 9:56am
You are correct, thanks for making mention before I could catch up in this thread. On longer climbs I would take the chain off but most times I just wouldn't care to. The bigger problem was the chain length in my largest rear cog when using the lower guide, only a problem during climbing though. The system was great while descending. But I just run the ochain now instead of the lower guide because it's manages the chain whipping and is less faff.
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Blake_Motley Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/5/2026 10:06pm
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AndehM Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/5/2026 10:04pm
Note that Orson Scott Card (who wrote Ender's Game, about using child soldiers to fight aliens) turned out to be one of these neo fascists like the Dilbert guy. You can bet that the guys for that VC are all about deregulation...
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