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FullSend Added a comment about feature Transition Repeater Review
3/8/2022 5:50am
RIP Transition. Another formerly cool brand goes casual and succumbs to the E-Bike fallacy. And according to the review, the bike is not even that good. Also: What the fuck are those prices.
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FullSend Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/6/2022 10:25am Looks like a Scott Gambler. Which isn't terribly surprising, considering who designed it...
FullSend Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/6/2022 8:31am I honestly just hope they didn't go Mullet-only with the Supreme, like they did with the Meta SX. That was such a dumb move. Kinda disqualified the Meta SX from my list of new bike candidates for this year. Like, come on Commencal. It's 2022. Let the rider choose the wheels size they want. Others can do it, some even...
Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/6/2022 8:21am
They went a bit Bold... Or Scott. (shaft driven linkage and all)
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Team_tons_of_pusy Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/6/2022 8:21am
No more ENVE it would appear. Makes sense to me that they are opting for a different wheel manufacturer after the front wheel failure in West Virgina.
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Dickscruttock Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/6/2022 8:18am
I think gwin likely blames the VPP for his lack of results in recent years where as its actually down to the fact he is getting older and slower. Oh and his poor choice of sponsor in certain areas. VPP never slowed down the Syndicate did it.
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Eoin Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/6/2022 8:16am
I was told there would be some new bikes?
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Dickscruttock Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/6/2022 8:15am
Are Intense even relevant anymore? People still cannot buy the Tracer that they debuted 7 months ago. As a brand they should be let die. If Intense were an animal they would be put down.
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nskerb Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/6/2022 8:11am
It would make sense to have a new AL downhill bike from transition. They are over the WC circuit. Why not just make a new DH bike that’s a little more free-ridey and cheaper for the consumer.
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FullSend Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/6/2022 8:08am That ship has sailed years ago. Now Commencal, RAAW, LAST, Propain, Privateer, etc have taken over that market.
Brian_Peterson Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/6/2022 8:05am
DVO isn't part of Tenneco... When Tenneco bought Marzocchi, they didn't even want the MTB portion of the company.. Suntour tried to buy the MTB side, but Marzocchi wouldn't break up the company.
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FullSend Added a comment about feature Battle of the BODs
2/26/2022 2:14pm
Has to be the Ransom. The Ransom is literally the strongest enduro bike frame you can buy from any major manufacturer, so it takes to this rather nicely.
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nollak Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/8/2022 6:04am
Looks like a Acto5
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Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/8/2022 6:02am
Has Intense moved past their "2015" geometries at all?
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lewzz10 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/8/2022 6:02am
That's a bit unfair on Canyon, they make much better bikes than Intense do
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Philip_Rossetti Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/8/2022 6:02am
These days Intense is basically an expensive canyon…
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FullSend Added a reply to Specialized and Outside (Pinkbike, Beta etc) Share Same Investment Company
1/20/2022 2:13am -The managers of Zone5 are Specialized employees. -Their headquarter is in a Specialized building. -Zone5 owns 25% of Outside. -PB's sister publication CyclingTips is actually disclaiming the connection. They do however claim that "Zone 5 Ventures has no influence on our editorial coverage at CyclingTips", but that is exactly what they would say, isn't it?
chacou Liked a reply to forum topic Specialized and Outside (Pinkbike, Beta etc) Share Same Investment Company
1/20/2022 2:03am
The managing partners at Zone5 are both employees at Spec, appears to simply be Spec's venture arm. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/zone-5-ventures The privacy policy link on the Zone 5 website even simply links out to Spec's privacy policy Also looks like they're 1:4 of the investors in Outside Media, https://www.crunchbase.com/search/principal.investors/field/funding_rou…
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FullSend Added a reply to Specialized and Outside (Pinkbike, Beta etc) Share Same Investment Company
1/20/2022 2:00am I've been saying this since Outside acquired Pinkbike. I'm actually the person who originally posted this connection under the Pinkbike review of the Stumpjumper Evo. So yeah, Specialized effectively now pays the Pinkbike editors wages, which certainly explains a lot of things. Pinkbike and Beta MTB have been extremely positive and enthusiastic about a lot of Specialized products lately. They've...
Masjo Liked a reply to forum topic Specialized and Outside (Pinkbike, Beta etc) Share Same Investment Company
1/20/2022 1:59am
I believe this whole thing was covered by CyclingTips on a podcast of theirs last year. If I recall, the members of Zone5 are Specialized employees who have invested in their own company and others including Outside. CT didn't have any inside info about what was going on and did not know about it until someone else pointed it out to them. They have been adding a by-line in all of their Specialized/Rpval reviews now that state they are not influenced by Zone5. From their Diverge review: "[i]Disclosure: One of the investors in Outside Inc. — the parent company of...
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