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iRider Added a reply to 2026 Red Bull Hardline Tasmania
2/7/2026 5:20am Any word on the Brook DNF? Crash? Injury? I thought I saw him in the background walking around during one of the post-seeding interviews.
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iRider Added a reply to 2026 Race Talk
2/7/2026 5:03am Her girlfriend is Mathilde Gremaud, a Swiss freeskier (defending Olympic champion). So it makes sense that she is present at the event.
iRider Added a reply to 2026 Team Rumors
1/18/2026 1:53am BK and Jenna in TLD lids, Roger in Leatt and Dylan in Bell in Roger Vs latest vlog. Personal helmet sponsors? They seem to use DHarco protection though as per BK's vlog.
iRider Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
1/14/2026 12:38am Do you know how scary a deep front wheel would be to ride with any kind of wind? At a Kamikakze style race with no jumps it probably would be OK, anything else I doubt it. Do you remember Camille Balanche's scary crash in Andorra off that drop/jump when she got caught by the wind? Andorra would be a race...
iRider Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
1/13/2026 2:13pm Do aero fairings on downhill bikes really make sense? Considering that on road bikes, 80-85% of aero drag comes from the rider. On the bike, a large part of the aero drag are the wheels, where we have large and knobby tires, so how effective deep rim aero wheels would be needs to be tested. Considering the issues with cross-wind...
iRider Added a reply to 2026 Predictions
1/1/2026 10:46am You guys know that light e-motos are already available, or? 😉
iRider Added a reply to 2026 Team Rumors
11/30/2025 5:34pm There will be a Pivot Factory Racing Team in 2026 and most of the sponsors seem to continue. Besides that, BK will be a Kawasaki UK ambassador. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA7aS7BaPyI
iRider Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/1/2025 12:29pm So barrier to entry for an actual e-dirt bike and not a glorified e-fiddy is ~10k. I think you should have a serious look at them when you are thinking that the Ultra Bee is not a proper dirt bike. 12.5 kW, 400+ Nm torque in a smaller and 80 pounds lighter chassis than a Stark. If you think they...
iRider Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
8/31/2025 10:21pm Not being a troll and agreeing on inflation, but if you look at e-motos like a Sur Ron Ultra Bee for $5200 (with half of that being the battery pack alone) you still wonder how the bike industry comes up with their prices.
iRider Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk
8/8/2025 8:15am I thought there is a mechanism build in the new rules accounting for injured riders?
Stiksandstones Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
7/25/2025 11:44am
Brines – thanks for those finance blogs, some solid reads in there. I’m subscribing. On Rapha (and bike apparel in general), saw someone in the thread say, “Walmart bought it, I’m out.” Bit unfair, no? It wasn’t Walmart—it’s the Walton grandsons. Say what you want, but they’re bike fans. And if we’re being honest, if any of us were billionaires, we’d probably scoop up some cool bike brands too. I think they’ve also got their hands in Allied and Wahoo? Honestly, not the worst portfolio if you’re trying to uplift cycling. Rapha’s got a new CEO too, and from what...
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iRider Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
7/25/2025 11:42am The stories about QC and warranty issues with Intense frames are as old as the brand. However, not many have stats on it, all rumors. I am not saying that this is not true, but maybe wildly exagerated. I own 40+ Intense frames and only one has slight tension when you assemble the swingarm and main frame (maybe 3-5 mm...
iRider Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
7/25/2025 7:44am Intense had an investment from the "moto community" in 2019. https://exhaust.racerxonline.com/2019/01/24/intense-cycles-usa-gets-int…
iRider Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
7/25/2025 7:43am Intense never used SAPA in Portland, OR. They had their own, in-house production line in CA. AFAIK did Santa Cruz and Turner use SAPA for a while.
iRider Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
7/25/2025 6:13am I wrote a lengthy post on another forum back in the day when they gave up all their US production and predicted that would get them in trouble. Previously the arguments for them were short turnaround times because of in-house production (early production 29ers, 27.5ers), constant evolution of "same model year" frames (small modifications between batches when they found a...
iRider Added a reply to E-MTBs That Are Also E-Motos - What's Going to Happen?
6/17/2025 4:47pm So how does this behaviour differ from e-motos poaching MTB trails? If e-bikes are not allowed and nobody obeys the rule, so why should e-moto users? It is a user and not a classification problem.
iRider Added a reply to E-MTBs That Are Also E-Motos - What's Going to Happen?
6/17/2025 4:42pm Why does your view on what should be allowed on the trails conveniently aligns with what you have decided for yourself to use? A hiker would argue that no bikes should be on the trails because they all destroy them. In reality, it depends on the area, the soil type and type of trail how much it is affected by...
iRider Added a reply to E-MTBs That Are Also E-Motos - What's Going to Happen?
6/15/2025 5:06am I hope that you are aware of the fact that a lot of the alpine roads and paths were open to offroad motorcycle use until not too long ago. A lot of the old military roads still are, e.g. in the Lake Garda region. The lighter ones of the emotos are 50 kg and their geometry is not as slack...
iRider Added a reply to E-MTBs That Are Also E-Motos - What's Going to Happen?
6/14/2025 12:31pm Check this channel out. They know what they are doing and some of the backcountry riding they do looks super fun. At least more fun than a pedelec ride. https://www.youtube.com/@ElectricCycleRider/videos
iRider Added a reply to E-MTBs That Are Also E-Motos - What's Going to Happen?
6/14/2025 12:28pm The Sur Ron Light Bee can be bought as 30 km/h mopped or 45 km/h in the EU and both require plates, insurance and a license. The first one can be operated from 15 YOA, the 45 km/h one from 18. Car license in most EU countries includes the license for the 45 km/h mopped. So, yeah, the rules are...