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B Practice podcast from South Korea went up yesterday, YouTube vid is almost done uploading. Dak's travel home + driving to Mountain Creek delayed recording but we still love him. Sounds like he's playing a bit of catch up to find some comfort before the next major block of World Cups. https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/every-run-race-run-vitals-b-practice-…

People also just get bored of one thing. We've been riding enduro bikes for years now. I ride exactly the same trails as I used to on the fleet of enduro bikes I've had over the years, but now I do it on an optic built like an enduro bike (but with 140/125 travel). Same trails, different dynamics. lots of market lost to e-bikes obviously but for the rest, it'll come back around I think.

From the Yeti Instagram post earlier today.

"To what extent to you agree with the following statements? thermoplastic carbon mountain bikes fit well with the way i go out and come home in my daily life"

I thought those brakes were cable actuated when I first looked at the picture.. I used to own a 2010ish Giant STP with cable disk brakes, and that bike did stoppies easier than my enduro bike with Codes and about equal to my other bike with Saints. I don't even know why bike OEM's bother with lower spec hydro brakes from legacy companies after riding that bike, to be honest. That Chinesium Sender is tempting with a capital T!

Swedish slopestyle phenom Alma Wiggberg signs with Red Bull:

Cartert Bilawchuck is a 16-year old who made his own bike, it ended up looking incredibly polished - and rad ( it was a lock for Vital BOD of course too)! This deep dive edit is full of insights into the trials and tribulations behind pulling off such a project, I figure it should be of interest to the followers of this thread:

I love that it's Neko Mulally doing this. Nobody else would get out alive.

G-Out Project Pro DH Mountain Creek - https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/g-out-project-2026-pro-downhill-serie… and one of neko's 32 for the sake of triggering

Asa vs. Amaury South Korea race runs.

Remember folks we don't have to stand for this. We can report this inappropriate content. 😆

updated full bike pic

If it’s faster: it’s faster.

did they sleeve extended dropouts over a standard 40 casting? thats... adventurous.

ugh, not this again.

neko doing laps at mtn creek with a 32" front wheel and cialis-sized FOX 40. pic by luca cometti the sniper.

One of the guys that got us here: RIP Mert Lawwill 09/25/1940-05/06/2026 Mert Lawwill the mountain biker.