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Excuse my French, but could we fucking please stop calling bikes "analog", "acoustic", or -the worst I've heard- "bio"? Bikes are bikes. Ebikes are something else. Now get off my fucking lawn you punks!

Am I the only one who thinks the fact that we've seen some big name not make the show this year makes things pretty exciting?

Incoherent. We have. More independent media than ever. Better insight from vlogs and socials than ever. A live broadcast. Insanely fast young racers, more new tracks than ever and 9-10 races per season not including Worlds. And yet. It's a "bad direction"?

I've even heard rumors that Red Bull doesn't actually make helmets either

Yeah they don't seem too worried about a cease and desist letter, huh?

A properly supported Angel on a winning bike is someone who has been able cross the line in the green in the past. Angels had some rough luck over the years with weird team dynamics, teams folding, and injury. I'd love to see 2-3 seasons of that guy healthy and supported.

Angel gets a paycheck, gets to keep racing, and I would imagine helps with developing the next Aventon ebike. What's the problem?

this is all so stupid. the industry did it with road bikes, gravel bikes, etc. "SALES ARE HUUUUUUGE!" Yeah, because people didn't have them, then bought them, and then they last for many many years and you don't need another one. Most people who don't have ebikes are going to buy them. Most cyclists have other bikes, and based on my own experience with my Bronson, I used it for 7 years before replacing it, and it was replaced with a lightly used Nomad. Which partners with my Blur I bought used and is 4 years old now, a 3...

Hoping the vital pit bits is Spec doing proto hillbilly radial. That and the cannibal in radial would rip, but radial hillbilly is first on my wish list.

Wtf is this

A fitting name as that sounds like they're just releasing the same bike over and over.

I have to admit, I do not love the side profile of some of the 32" bikes that are coming out. They end up looking like XS bikes with cramped triangles and kinked bottom/top tubes. Hopefully more progressive geo will enable these things to look like something other than a 2010-2012 era niner.

https://www.gw-mfg.com/products/udh/UDH-DM

Here's something neat, came on a DH Rallon. UDH direct mount Shimano saint derailleur. Not sure if orbea is the one making this or Shimano but interesting to see.

I made custom crowns for some dorados a few years ago doing the same thing

As I noted a few posts back, GoPro disclosed they are now a "going concern". I dug into what exactly happened and posted it to my substack for those interestd. The short version won't surprise anyone in this forum... -DJI kicked their ass from the top -Smart phones kicked their ass from the bottom -They never really were a technology company, more of a lifestyle company masquerading as a technology company -There was some arrogance, especially when it came to their tangle up with DJI in 2013 (which you guys will hear on VitalMTB pod soon) -They became memetic as...

The next radial?