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iceman2058 Liked a reply to forum topic DarkFest 2025
4/7/2025 7:42pm
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DontWorryImAPilot Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/7/2025 10:48am "Small businesses on a growth path are getting slaughtered" That's the intention. Eliminate marketplace competitors either through attrition or acquisition. The largest companies have learned lately that politically-assisted attrition with a side of insider knowledge is cheaper than acquisition so that's what the plan is. In this new order you have coming in, do you have new products or a...
Blake_Motley Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
4/4/2025 11:35pm
This guy unionizes
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DontWorryImAPilot Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk
4/4/2025 10:15pm If I were a betting man, it's because they thought that dropping something like that just before a race would leverage WBD/UCI into giving in. If you air a grievance too early they could have used it against the teams in selection of wildcard teams. If they waited until after those teams were announced but did it any earlier than...
PeteHaile Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/4/2025 4:05pm
Hi y'all, Longtime reader, though I rarely post. Some context I run a small non-bike company in Sheridan, WY. We make a ton in house, import a little, and outsource a bunch to other companies in the US. We do about 40% of our sales in Canada. These tariffs will put the brakes on the entire economy. My business is well positioned to make 100% of our product in the US, which would seemingly be a boon for us. But who is going to be able to buy it? Will our customers in Canada want to buy our products at...
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Rimpact Components Liked a reply to forum topic Rimpact Chain Damper
4/4/2025 8:50am
Hey all – thanks for the great discussion and thoughtful feedback, it’s been great to follow. Just to jump in with some info from our side: The Chain Damper was originally developed for aggressive DH and winch-and-plummet style Enduro riding—especially the kind we do here in the UK with steep climbs and even steeper descents. The standard spring setup is tuned to perform best when descending hard, where the damper really shines and this is why you'll see the unit on a number of WC bikes this season. That said, we totally get that not everyone rides the same terrain...
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DontWorryImAPilot Added a reply to Rimpact Chain Damper
4/3/2025 9:50pm I thought this video was super interesting. It's The Rimpact owner Matt Shearn talking about the Rimpact Chain Damper, what it's doing, and what it's not doing.
nermol Liked a reply to forum topic Rimpact Chain Damper
4/3/2025 8:41pm
I would recommend watching this video from last summer. https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/can-pedal-kickback-denier-see-light
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DontWorryImAPilot Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/3/2025 8:40pm 100% Housing security (and food security) creates healthy and productive societies. Every crime statistic goes down when people can afford a place to live. Want innovation today? Go ten years in the past and feed and nurture the brains and bodies of the newest thinkers. The second best time to plant a tree is today.
The Enginerd Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/3/2025 8:32pm
If orangeasaurus was really trying to fix the US debt problem, he wouldn’t let IRS agents get fired that have a 26x ROI on their salary when recovering taxes from the rich. I’ve said this before, but it’s relevant again. When the first Trump Taxes were added to foreign made aluminum, we were manufacturing bike frames in the US at GG. With the manufacturing already in operation, it absolutely hurt us, as the aluminum with “Made in the USA” printed on the bar stock went up 30% in price. These tax increases camouflaged with a different word do not help...
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piggy Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/3/2025 3:08pm
probably enforcing the existing tax code would be enough... but yeah, carried interest is complete BS, and loads of other shenanigans that should be obliterated.
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DontWorryImAPilot Added a reply to Tuned Mass Dampers and Mountain Bikes
4/2/2025 9:28am Want to hear from the Rimpact Founder about Tuned Mass Dampers?
DontWorryImAPilot Added a reply to Damper products that aren’t suspension
4/2/2025 9:29am Interested in Tuned Mass Dampers? Here's more info on that from the founder of Rimpact:
DontWorryImAPilot Added a comment about press release 26" Ain't Dead - Starling Cycles Launches the Dive
4/1/2025 1:43pm
Siiiiick! Glad to hear you've found a way to make it all work out!
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LePigPen Liked a comment about Press Release 26" Ain't Dead - Starling Cycles Launches the Dive
4/1/2025 1:42pm
And this is why I stopped posting on Vital lol Here's what I got up to today, anyway... https://www.reddit.com/r/mountainbiking/comments/1jp34sm/first_lil_test… Turning my Jeffsy MX into a dual 27. Send me $2500 I'll happily order the Dive. Although I really like the Beady Little Eye in dual 27 even more, tbh I could probly spend less money grabbing an old Kona Process and turning it into a slope project instead.
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Mwood Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
4/1/2025 12:47pm
mmmmmechanical drivetrain baby
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DontWorryImAPilot Added a comment about press release 26" Ain't Dead - Starling Cycles Launches the Dive
4/1/2025 8:58am
That Pig Pen dude that's around here better be one of the 10 to order or I'm going to talk shit every time he laments a 29" wheel.
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TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
3/27/2025 8:43pm
#ifyourenotmeasuringyoureguessing
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Tennessee National DH at Windrock
3/27/2025 12:24pm
just put up some pit bits from this morn https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/pit-bits-2025-tennessee-national
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DontWorryImAPilot Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/27/2025 11:58am I just added my fork and shock on the Trailhead app (which I couldn't do a few days ago). Also the Sram website support section recognized the serial number for my shock (which it also didn't do a few days ago nor last week). So, it looks like things are somewhat back to regular working order.