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Jeff, have you considered loading it up with AI features that don't add anything or alter the core functionality of the app but are present enough that you can pretend that they do for the purposes of raising capital? PS - Jeff, as someone who was in the corporate world for a while a couple years ago, whenever you use the word "agile" I physically shudder a little bit in my chair. You've done it twice now in the last few days.

We'll get a lot more information on Strava in the latter half of 2026 being they've already filed their S-1 to go public (confidentially), but their success doesn't shock me, network effects are powerful (and hard to beat). For those who don't know what an S-1 is, it serves a number of purposes, most importantly (for us) forcing disclosure about the company's financials. That means we'll finally get to look under the hood and understand how profitable the company really is. For fun, here is GoPro's S-1 and here is Fox Factory's S-1 (Vital MTB is cited!). What Strava decides...

The suffering is 75% of why i ride, emtb can't give me that. For practical reasons eebs are good.

luckily you can just buy the cheaper alloy levo 4 and then add the racks, saving you 7k each.

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Wtf is this

We first met Pau at Sea Otter in 2025, where he showed us the early prototype of the Rockintor protective vest. We're stoked to see him push through and make his vision a reality today: https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/introducing-rockintor-airvo….

30+ years ago bullet bros was trying to solve the same problems.

I've been riding XT Di2 for the past 5 months and that hasn't been my experience. Zero dropped chains and I just run an upper guide (always have). Shifts flawlessly. As far as chain slap noise it seems to be heavily dependent on the bike and what kind of chainstay protection it has, my HD6 is fine. Even the most vocal critics (Pinkbike tech editors) have noted that it varies from bike to bike. Not trying to convince anyone that they need to buy it, just relating my personal experience.

I’m also a big proponent of the external brake cable. But I also will happily just zip tie it to my down/top tube if you force me to make your bike uglier. Even if you include internal routing options I don’t see why you can’t include some tabs for external for those who want it. It can’t be that much of an additional cost.

Yesterday I spoke with a guy who rode a couple of EDRs and would always ride xtr mech since forever but he was on a sram. He said not only the chain slap was unbearable on the new di2 xtr but he would also drop chains pretty much daily, to the extend the top of his crank which cought the chain became all scratched... The shifting was absolutely amazing but the reliability is horrible and he also noticed shimano sponsored enduro pros would run full dh chain tensioners or STFUs just to keep the chain on, which is mindboggling how...

You are correct, thanks for making mention before I could catch up in this thread. On longer climbs I would take the chain off but most times I just wouldn't care to. The bigger problem was the chain length in my largest rear cog when using the lower guide, only a problem during climbing though. The system was great while descending. But I just run the ochain now instead of the lower guide because it's manages the chain whipping and is less faff.

The point about defence spending having a positive affect on the rest of the economy- in my lectures this was talked about using the concept of the multiplier effect. This is the idea that if someone, ie the state, spends £1 on something then it increases national GDP by some amount because that’s been spent at a local supplier, who then pays wages, their employees go to the local butcher, who buys from the local farmer, etc etc. The issue with defence spending is it has a comparatively poor multiplier effect vs other forms of government spending. If I spend...

"Is the state of manufacturing in the US really that bad that a company, backed by the most important VC firm achieving 30 million motors per year is an achievement?" I'm not in a great position to comment on the annual global production of drone motors, but I can tell you that yes, the state of manufacturing in the US is pretty bleak. By one measure, China's manufacturing sector accounts for roughly 26% of their GDP, Japan is at 25%, Germany is 18%, but in the US that share is only 9% of GDP and continuing to trend downward annually...

It’s a vertical shock alignment similar to the old Diamondback Knucklebox design (mentioned above) or a Propain. Nothing to patent. It’s just a Utah County based company thinking it needs overdo marketing as they’re prone to do. Utah is the land of perceived aesthetics.

I've always maintained that if you had to pay for your Gopro, I don't want to see your shit.

New cable XT and Deore drivetrains for Shimano on the new Orbea Oiz. Looks like they use the new clutch style like on the new DI2 derailleurs...

I used to be all about flip chips and adjustments but now I see them as a great way to lose half you season trying to find “the perfect setting” instead of just learning to ride the bike.