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butch is just mad because he's got exponentially more excuses than podiums.

Heading for the podium this weekend that.

My god, the class 3 thing is a nightmare locally. We're going through a major US forest service recreation plan "re-work" and eBike access is a huge sticking point. The local MTB advocacy group was for opening up class 1 access but not class 3 because no one reputable made them. Thus implying that class 1 was as far as mtb eBikes would go. But that argument is moot now. As for my two cents? I don't honestly care all that much personally, but the access can-o-worms in the US at least makes me want to puch everyone at specialized...

And yet entirely in keeping with the overall industry ethos. My biggest initial reservation on ebikes was around their potential implications for access. Rules vary a lot and in their quest for sales I can't recall any company providing any sort of guidance on potential "ethics". I recall one manufacturer taking a fleet of Ebikes on a dealer demo past a "no motors" sign in Whistler..... The implication that users will self police themselves is naive at best and disingenuous at worst...

If you want actual help I would personally recommend a suspension service centre

Bike brands moving to REI is almost never a positive sign for the strength of that brand.

The BucEee’s wage signs get shared pretty dang often by people I know in the bicycle industry. It’s shameful how little margin is available to pay employees in the retail end of the bike bussiness. anecdotally, The number of newer shops that I’ve seen pop up that are organized as loss-leading tax dodges for wealthy folks still isn’t moving the needle upwards for wages in most markets. It’s painful seeing bussiness survive based on the concept of losing the “appropriate” amount of money every year when there are bike shops across town where ownership actually needs margin dollars to feed...

Id put 6 of your watery american beers on you not being able to notice the difference between a 25mm or 30mm wide rim in a blind test. Ill provide all thats required, you just need to show up and prove me wrong to win your 6-pack (my comment is meant as sarcasm, I mean no offence, other than to try and add a little levity) As a reminder to all of us, What the pros do, and use, has little to no bearing on what works in the real world of owner maintained, and hack ridden bikes at half...

Hold on, we are discussing if a 2mm difference in rim width is better or worse?

Word from a lot of media is that the next 30~ days are going to be busy on this thread. Happy spring/sea otter season to all those who celebrate the relentless innovation we all don't really need!

there's a huge myth to the influencer/content creation story that always seems to be ignored. the myth is that "you too can have it all" because all you need is a selfie stick, gopro and social media. "there are no 'gate keepers' any longer like back in the olden days" is a line i often hear. i'd wager passing through the gates (held by billion-dollar companies that control the algorithm) to success is infinitely more difficult now than it ever was in 1987, 1996, 2003 or 2011. it's no different than an actor from a small midwest town going to...

TEAMROBOT ain’t yo daddy. TEAMROBOT is your robot overlord. TEAMROBOT will not abide by your passive aggression. TEAMROBOT will direct you to the appropriate forum thread. May we all thank TEAMROBOT for his continued patience.

https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/e-bike-talk-not-tech-rumor-derailme…

More like short cage opt on for transmission crap derailleurs.

The quote on that last pic 🤮 "more fun" gtfo "sustainable future" gtfo Me-only-bikes are eleventy-billion times more sustainable than eeebs. Focus on that.

Who else thinks this needs to be a thing???!!! 😂 Apparently you can make them from discarded 34 stanchions. Get on it machinists, I need some!

This is the most mountain bike industry product ever. We are adding a tiny servo on the bottom of the dropper that limits insertion and also you have to charge it and pay $300 for it? For what to get ride of 2 feet of cable? Will the remote and electronics in the post be reliable? Maybe, will they be as reliable as a $2 shifter cable? No.

That is just a video of another youtube hack hiding behind a mask and showing nothing but pictures that we have all already seen.

More people should smoke weed in this industry. People would be less stuck up and probably calmer