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ew, SRAM corporate makes their people use Teams? Actually, they deserve it for the 28.99 DUB "standard".

Looks like everything is 35% off at I9. I hope this isn't a sign of something bad.

Consolidation of ownership has been an issue in the ski industry since the 90’s. Vail and Alterra will both eventually start cracking up, and new broligarchs will pick up the pieces and re-shuffle them into new roll-ups. What we are seeing on the east coast is one hedge- funded family slowly buying up formerly independent resorts that have avoided mergers but have been desperately seeking operating capital. In the k-shaped economy the future of the ski industry, like the future of the bikepark industry is wealth management schemes. Keeping your resorts private and managing them for losses is just about...

Somehow, the orange looks even worse on the Podium

I thought they are breakaway so your head/neck doesn’t snap to the side in a crash.

Quite intrigued by this new peak design from POC. Reading between the lines I’d guess they’re going to offer options for different weather conditions and possibly aero? Also interested to know what kind of breakaway force is required.

Something with more travel from Significant Other? Should be sweet..

new thigh...

He's Canadian, that's a hockey puck.

A few snipes of tech rumors that I am going to steal from a few pinkbike's posts from today. I want to be respectful of their efforts/journalism, so I am providing a link to not be a douche, sorry @sspomer if that's not cool. Fox Live Valve neo x2, on seb's firebird from the 38 release article. This seems like a related, but different product to the neo adjacent version that was seen on the rallon rs release. This seems a lot more production ready and less of the bespoke, integrated system version that Orbea was leveraging. It makes me...

If they made a bonded enduro frame, I probably couldn't resist. It looks so clean.

Nowadays ski area general liability insurance is by no means a "one stop shop". They'll look at things like skier visits, claims history, terrain profile and what activities they offer outside of skiing. Hardly a flat underwriting process like yesteryear. Bike parks 100% drive an increase in premiums, and from what I understand, the increase is in proportion to the size of the park (so you build more, you pay more) and just like skiing, number of visits/injuries etc. BTW - Thanks to everyone for checking out my monster Vail post. I know its a touch tangential to bikes, hence...

Just read “Greedheads” on your Substack. Holy hell…

I just spun this up; gives you some idea where we might be.

I'm just gaga over my L 2023 Smuggler. I bought the frameset new, but now used ones are commonly available. It's just a very fast very capable trail bike, that I can still manage some Enduro lines on but also commonly do XC loops too. Mine weighs 28.3#s ready to ride but mostly has all the tricks except I have a heavier dropper, front tire, one insert and seat. I had a Spur V1 before it and I reused many of the parts for the Smuggler build, and the Smuggler is not only faster going down, but it's actually considerably...

Just added a new post to my substack for those interested. Here is the synopsis... The Bad (mostly covered here) • The factories in Taiwan are getting way fewer orders. • Canyon full year 2025: revenue down 7%, EBITDA down 34% • Knolly news (see above) - one thing I didn't mention is the mechanics here. Getting your LOC called sucks, and it extra sucks when your business has been contracting. I do wonder what the business actually looks like, how big the delta was (how much cash did they need) and if they were forecasting a profitable year. I...

dude, go outside and ride your bike!