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Plus, if they have built up a big enough following on YouTube, the checks from that can be decent.. Remember, when the Diamondback deal ended for Seth, he didn't try to get another bike sponsorship.. But, he's figured out ways to get money out of this..

Bigger tires generate more grip via a bigger contact patch, and bigger tires also have a mellower impact angle on sharp things. Also, as many have observed, by having your front and rear axle at different heights, you've changed your "endo angle" on the front of the bike to make it more stable, while keeping the "wheelie angle" on the back of the bike lower and more dynamic for body english in turns and on jumps. The best of both worlds.

A while back I proposed some magazine editors do a test to compare an aluminum-frame-with-carbon-wheels vs a carbon-frame-with-aluminum-wheels. I think they made some progress but changed jobs before concluding/writing/publishing.

The UK is part of Europe no matter what those Islanders say 🤣

another thought i had..... having a discount from that program could possibly be used to give the sponsors a way to more directly quantify the amount of sales they are getting via their sponsorship via that program

Zipp, Enve and Forge&Bond make carbon rims in USA. Boyd are working on it. There may be others

Nobl rims are made China so price is going up for US customers regardless of them opening a sales office in the US.

OnlyMotion has launched a Kickstarter campaign for their electronic conversion kit for mechanical droppers. More info - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onlymotion/worlds-first-electronic… I know this concept was discussed a few pages ago. I appreciate the effort to create something that doesn't exist. I also don't mind the extra cable at my cockpit for a mechanical dropper. I guess if you really want electronic/wireless without having to run the new gen of wireless droppers that look terrible with the battery at the collar, this is for you haha

Now LIVE on Kickstarter !!!

Fresh rubber from the big-S, details and our first ride impressions here: https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/first-ride-specialized-butcher-and-el….

Not sure how well the transmission derailleurs plays with the last gen eagle casettes. But a X0 or XX casette is right at 380 grams, an XX SL is 346 grams, so about 200 grams lighter than the SX casette linked earlier, but the SL one is VERY expensive, even at discount. Im actually considering going fully battery free on my Enduro and "downgrading" to one of these derailleurs when they come out