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tech 4 V4 are actually more powerful than the maxima on the dyno, the maven feel very powerful because of the impressive initial bite, although power is nothing without control which Hope and Trickstuff seem to excel with

if it‘s so easy, why can‘t sram do it already in the factory?

oh well "perfect" it's nothing more than polishing a turd, still a turd remains let's be real

They'll be doing downhill, I'd imagine. Richie seems capable and motivated. He'll do well enough. Send Slawomir to all the stage races, Megavalanches, some EDRs, all the US stuff like Leadville or Downieville or Maah Daah Hey 100 (little shout out for a cool race up here in North Dakota) and all the wild stuff he's willing to do. He'll do great and get to advertise the entire Yeti line. Hire a filmer/editor to follow him around (super bonus for being a decent bike mechanic, too) and he's now a very loud part of the Yeti marketing arm. Hire a...

We make them because the bike companies request them. and actually when you start digging into it, we dopnt make a ton of bearings, just combos with bearings for different uses. and we usually have decent stock for our HS. feel free to reach out to us directly and we can usually sort a bearing that works (many are cross compatible). If you have more questions directly related to a HS feel free to DM me.

That 9-45t cassette from shimano is neat. I've wanted a tighter 12 speed option for a while other than stuff like e13 and garbaruk. I ran e13's 9t stuff for a while and on most bikes it worked well, some bike shapes didn't play nice with the 9t for the most part it worked out well. Shimano had that XTR 10-45t cassette but as far as I could tell it was vapourware; I've never managed to see one in real life. But 9-45t allegedly coming on a bike? XTR LINKGLIDE being 11 speed? This is crazy. it's like they listened...

I asked ChatGPT what Sesame Seed was talking about and to be okay with being brutally honest and distasteful if it wants. Enjoy: This comment seems to be a convoluted attempt at drawing parallels between professional bike racing and motorsports, particularly Formula 1, but it’s a jumbled mess of loose associations and misplaced terminology. Let’s break it down brutally: 1. Chain Drive Skepticism : The commenter kicks off with skepticism about recent changes to bike racing due to “chain drive,” but gives no real details or context for what exactly they are skeptical about. It feels like they are grasping...

Rumour of my demise have been exaggerated. We are safe. But we are forever changed. A water & wind event of near biblical proportions hit us & has taken far more lives than can be counted. Didn't know where to make my one post, but this will be it for a long time. No politician, no plan, no design could have stopped anything that happened here. A stream I could step across took the first home at the top of it. A friend lost 10 members of his family saving his wife and kids watching his parents & relatives swept...

I'm kind of surprised there isnt much for options regarding aftermarket DH crowns. Maybe theres just not enough people willing to buy them. They are all the rage in moto just for the cool factor mostly but people eat those things up. The raw looking machined crowns on the last 35mm boxxers looked so good. I'd be all over a set of of similar looking ones for 40's. I think ride engineering/luxxon/cascade or WRP would be all over that, maybe its just too cost prohibitive idk.

Do we have to get upset with sizing everytime!? Surely everyone here already knows what geometry numbers they prefer. So it's pointless worrying that your last bike was a M/L/XL. The clothing industry hasn't been able to standardise sizing so the bike industry doesn't stand a chance in that respect. That said it you're actually cool enough to be a proper Vital member you should be taking that size sticker off anyway!

Why does the Rail+ look like something old people would ride on the bike path next to a river on a sunny weekend day also can we please call Horst link bikes „crab link“ from now on it is fantastic

This might be the most unexciting bike I've seen in ages

"We know our e-bike customers don't care or even know what VPP is so here's a bike that says SANTA CRUZ on it." (Am I too cynical?)

Everyone -"SC are just so boring and generic these days" Santa Cruz-"Hold my protein meal replacement shake"

Oops Asa Cycles! A few things to be gleaned from the details: Bontrager Brevard - new Assegai/DHF clone? RIB(2.0)'ed for her pleasure. Curious they call it the Rail+. The + typically signifies the ebike version of a preexisting model. Is this new rail twice as much ebike as the previous one? Also, Damn it Trek, you're speccing deore on the lowest model, why the heck aren't you speccing deore linkglide??? It's THE E-MTB drivetrain!

Looks like BOS Suspension is back on track with its MTB range: https://www.vojomag.com/news/bos-suspension-revient-avec-une-nouvelle-g… -> Idylle DH fork / Idylle SC (now named Kyll) (39mm stachions anyone?) / Deville + a DJ fork (the USD Obsys should be back too -oh word I'm hoping for a SC version) -> Void / Syors / Stoy shocks as well -> aaaannd surprise surprise, a 2 or 4-pot braking system is in the works (using shimano pads)

orange bikes factory tour for some more "classic" production methods.