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I think that'll be a popular rig in many parts of the US in the MST timezone, as well as for a number of my fellow northern Midwest folx. Can't speak to the rest of the globe. But I agree, their non-mtb offerings have been pretty damn compelling since the OGs returned.

Radial Rock Razor, that would be cool! But there are better tires on the horizon Trying to determine this tire snapshot from just the side profile is actually pretty hard, especially since we do prototype testing with the Cannondale Factory Team. But i think the boring answer is the correct one in this case, and to me it looks like a Rick. Edit: Found another shot from the same photo shoot. It was a Race Pro Thunderburt... Back to tire school

Stoked!!

Phil Atwill is an AWESOME addition to hard league

Awwwww this warms the heart! 🫶 Pre-orders are live for our next batch!

One challenge with low volume apparel is amortizing the development cost. Soft goods sometimes cost more to develop than hard goods as it's a ton of labor making patterns, sewing up samples, testing, reworking the protos, repeat this several times, then have the factory make a few pre-production samples to make sure they interpreted your tech pack correctly. You also need to validate for durability (all brands do this, right? RIGHT?). It's as much voodoo as it is hard science, which means lots of back and forth. Yes, we give them CAD files for patterns, but it's still all hand...

worked at Arc'teryx for 17 years (and then onto 7mesh for 6) and can say that it doesn't cost $18 to make the shorts. Their margins aren't much different then any other technical apparel brand so not 10x. At least this time they've actually made product. Back in the day they brought on Richie Schley as an ambassador to help with an mtb program without allocating ant design resources etc and killed the program before getting started.

That’s some good mathing Robot! I was there a total of 13 years across two separate stints of 5 and 8 years. It’s a long fucking time to do anything! My wife landed her dream job which required a relocation to Nashville. I’m enjoying some time as a stay at home dog dad and slowly figuring out what’s next!

European retailer just leaked new Marin downcountry bike. Marin TAM XR - 2026 – Simple Bike Store Not the prettiest frame I've ever seen but with the rumored death of the Chisel I'd say there is space for an aluminum DC rig. 130mm front, 65 degree HTA. Release date looks like 4/17 according to the Marin website.

I actually left Maxxis in February 🥲 so I'm not tied into the day-to-day anymore. I would expect them fairly soon though as they were ordered months ago.

Sounds like my theory has already been proven by people smarter than myself.. Daniel at Neuhaus was saying a lot of the same.. He is feeling that standover will be a bigger issue, especially with suspension still being figured out. He did however bring up 750D as a way to go... Which measures out to roughly, wait for it.... 30.5...