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Tomac X Lawwill🥰

Besides being one of the last racers to compete in cross-country and downhill on the same weekend, he’s the last one to podium both events... Won the 1991 XC World Championship, then took silver in DH. Ciocco, Italy

John Tomac is widely considered one of the greatest (American) mountain bike racers of all time. During the early years of international racing he won numerous DH and XC events. He went on to be the namesake and involved with Tomac bikes. The 204 DH frame in the photo was their flagship model. The bike company then ceased to exist (in the late 2000s?). I also believe he helped coach several (a lot?) of racers over the years including Aaron Gwin for a time. Finally, if you’re into motocross, he is the father of Eli Tomac. Basically, John Tomac was...

I’m not knocking on anyone at all. Lots of the top American talent is from very regular backgrounds and are products of network of contributors in and out of the industry. It’s also completely in a young man’s or woman’s right to chase a dream and live their best life traveling to races if they have the means to do so. But speaking France is smaller than Texas and has the wealth and population of the American west coast it’s not really surprising they produce more cycling pros than America does per capita.

I think usa’s primary issue remains accessibility outside of a few well devoloped communities. Cream will always rise to the top and it doesn’t distinguish on anything but results. but it doesn’t take a genius to see why France and Britain punch above their weight in terms of producing career processional riders. As well as a higher proportion of pro riders from working and lower middle class backgrounds. British Columbia probably produces the most (both in terms of pros per capita and creating pros from poorer economic backgrounds). And it purely comes down to bikes, places to ride, and therefore...

I’d give that 0%. They would have to throw a lot of cash that they don’t have to lure him to a team with no established infrastructure and would be a wildcard team.

I raise you Devinci, think it's just a coincidence that we're seeing rumors of a new Wilson?

If his contract is up I could see Norco making a push for him.

Been in Whistler all summer and I've seen like 5 people on Archibalds and a handful on G3's. When I look around, I see a lot of v10 / Supreme V5 / Demo / Session / random enduros or trail bikes. I don't think the gearbox revolution is here just yet.

Not sure how far you have to go back but I have talked about it. I’ve just put in a claim for my 4th M1 motor… to see if I can get one of the quieter ones. 😅 M2s is quiet as is Bosch G5… we’ve seen more Bosch warranties through our shop than Avinox in this last year.

First, it's true, I've never even ridden an Avinox bike. My ego has no need to be 'right' about the Bosch, but I did choose what I considered the best bike with a great motor system. I would have been fine with an Avinox as well. I think the current and likely the future TQ motors are the top product honestly. The M1 rattled, ate up too much battery (inefficiency was addressed with the M2), and yah the motor system was 1# lighter than the Bosch, but once you add the needed chain ring protection to the Avinox they are...

They have sold so many, 30,000 in 2025 supposedly. If they were as bad as the second and third generation Levo we would’ve heard by now. People love to complain about stuff breaking.

The M2S is a little bit better than a Bosch on virtually every aspect: weight, size, noise, efficiency, software, overall package (screen, controllers, lights), price of the bikes. But much more importantly, just look at the bikes, take any Bosch bike like the commencal, crestline, orbea, then compare their Avinox equivalent, they are just so much better looking. On top of that, a lot of brands have released sub-5k ebikes with the M2, some are even carbon. There is also the fact that they are releasing things much much faster than the other brands. This is coming from a happy...