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Mat_Slow_Rider Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

3/27/2026 8:11am
Unfortunately I'm an idiot, so I'll answer your question even if it is sarcastic. I found a known value that's easy to measure, the rear brake rotor. I set it to 203mm (as mentioned in a bike check from my memory) 16.2cm = 6.377 inch, rounded up however the app used rounds things and also not a perfect angle. Closest match for phone size would be a Iphone 16/17 pro max at 16.3 cm or a google pixel 9/10 at 6.3 inches. I'm going to go with the iphone 16/17 pro max. I should touch grass. I'm also either going...
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

3/26/2026 6:10pm
screengrab of gracey's bike from pro downhill in NC today
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Sram truly is the apple of cycling, only not as good as apple is in tech. Everyone else makes 203mm/8 inch rotors, but we're going to make 200mm because we can and because we're different. Honestly it's only really an issue because the is mount also died on frames and forks in favor of direct post mount.

Evil96 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

3/26/2026 5:59pm
that's a dumb thing to ask tho, as most brands make 203mm, sram/rock shox themselves were the ones with the Totem sporting a nice pm 203, making 183 and 203 rotors
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Eae903 Added a reply to Shock Suggestions?

3/25/2026 10:02am
For aftermarket stuff, getting one with a wide range of adjustment is really important, since you can't always get a matched tuned. What shock are you coming from?

jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

3/23/2026 10:21am
Good question and I've heard this for years. I can't find a great source, but Whistler was publicly traded until 2016 and did disclose revenue by quarter (duh) back then. In 2016 they were doing ~$70M in "ticket sales, retail and rental, food and ski school ops" revenue through the warm weather quarters against a total of ~$230M. So no, its very unlikely they were matching revenue. Profitability was even worse, with EBITDA margin around break even for these months, but I hardly did a deep dive. One other fun fact, I believe they count bike tickets under "other visits"...
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I think so, I was able to get the new Scott Gambler in the 10 level build, so carbon front triangle and aluminum rear, in an XL. It weighs the same as my size L aluminum Norco Sight, 39ish lbs, and even though the Scott has a 20+mm longer rear end and reach, because the front triangle is lighter I...

63expert Liked a reply to forum topic Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment

3/4/2026 2:58pm
You know they work great!! They slowed Loic down enough that Jackson went flying by, unable to stop with his barely functional Shimano prototypes!!!
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Evil96 Liked a reply to forum topic Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment

3/4/2026 2:52pm
Nothing
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cmaac Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

3/2/2026 10:11pm
A Vital MTB Tech Rumors contributors and enjoyers meetup would be a secret society event I would be fired up to show up to. Somewhere like Whistler in the summer or an apres sea otter. It could be fully unofficial to uninvolve the legal teams of the vital overlords. We could make a partiful and t shirts. All would be merry. Core lords could flex. I would go.
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jonkranked Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

3/2/2026 9:03am
IIRC the WP valved forks / shocks were supposed to be OEM only for the gasgas ebikes, but when that business got dropped, DVO had inventory to unload.
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If I remember they're only on gas gas ebikes, I've seen a couple come through my shop, and from a surface level it they feel pretty good. You can find those ebikes for cheap too, X0 transmission builds for like 4k because no body really bought them, if the drivetrain, suspension, other components are worth it to you, it's honestly...