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Jotegr Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/12/2026 3:07pm What you are seeing is not necessarily indicative of a poor ebike market but rather, given what we know about Trek and Specialized right now, perhaps indicative of misforecasting and grossly overordering on product on the assumption there would not be an outdoor goods market correction as bad as what we've seen. In other words, they just ordered too much...
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t.odd Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/12/2026 11:11am
point of order... *Netcompany INEOS
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 8:29pm
Thanks for the reminder ❤️
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ZAKBROWN! Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 8:29pm
Probably time to kill yourself… ❤️
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Jotegr Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/11/2026 3:53pm This reminds me, and this has probably already been covered on Tech rumours to some extent (at least the product), but something that I've not really seen before is happening in BC: a Chinese brand Seekrun is paying for a translator/marketing person, as well as designing engineer (who does not speak a lick of English) to travel around BC and...
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 3:01pm
Guys, I know you don't want to hear this... but the racks on that new Levo 4 X monstrosity are really cool. Those ugly Levo X racks move all of the cargo on the bike from unsprung mass to sprung mass. As forum dwellers, we should all be able to appreciate why that's going to ride better, even if the XX cranks, the paint job, and the S-works price point are all serious headscratchers. If you don't believe me, check out this writeup from Travis Engel at the Radavist on a similar front rack design that he bodged together on...
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matmattmatthew Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 3:01pm
Tech Rumors and innovation
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 3:00pm
There are no words for how disappointed younger me would have been with older me. Empathy and that whole "prefrontal cortex" thing have both been pretty wild.
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ex-ballz Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/11/2026 11:15am
They aren't stupid, but many top execs in the industries I worked in just don't care about long term. The "let's crush this quarter's numbers and land a massive bonus today because tomorrow, we may not be here" is the name of their game.
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Jotegr Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 11:10am Imagine showing 2013 Charlie this post.
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 11:10am
Fair point
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Big Dos Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 11:10am
Charlie no
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/11/2026 11:09am
I would answer this question but we're not allowed to talk about ch__n__ay _ength in the tech forum anymore.
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/10/2026 3:21pm
Great question. To your point, I think the cannibalism is worse than that, because instead of wanting multiple pedal bikes for different sorts of pedal days with granular differences between each model, one ebike is pretty much fine for everything. In the past, as a MTB pedaler, I would have loved to have at least three mountain bikes: a long travel enduro bike, a shorter travel trail bike, and maybe a hardtail or XC bike. Maybe more. If I wanted to give up on pedaling and get an ebike instead, I don't need two ebikes. For ebikers who want to...
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Jotegr Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/10/2026 12:04pm Posting this here because it seems more bikeonomics related than tech rumours related, but it's sort of in reply or brought about to the discussion going on over there. I'm curious about eMTBs's impact on the MTB "market cap", whether you want to measure that by industry dollars or total number of riders or some other metric ("rider cap?"). I...
Bobs_is_better_than_A-line Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/10/2026 11:27am
I think it is because we do not smoke cigarettes on our pedal to the mountaintop cafe while needing enough breath to complain about immigration
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kperras Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/10/2026 11:27am
I'm sure this is the case in many other pockets of N-A as well but there are some trends that point to a balancing of the market. A return to a more analog world with Gen Z, combined with economic pressures that don't mesh with selling a version of MTB that is significantly more expensive would be two topical ones. Meanwhile, on the topic of MTB Tech rumours, I predict that we will soon see 1 frame design used for both eMTB and MTB, as packaging for eMTB has recently gotten considerably smaller. This is a logical way for any...
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kperras Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/10/2026 10:31am
The German market isn't reflective of North America; and possibly other core MTB markets like Australia and New Zealand, however small they might be. The amount and quality of riding in North America, for example, fosters a completely different riding culture. Of course eMTB has a place here in North America, but we still have a large percentage or riders that want the analog experience. Squamish is a good example of a super core area for riders and, while eMTBs are seemingly everywhere there, my anecdotal perspective is that the split is still in favour of analog. My prediction is...
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jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/9/2026 12:21pm
Ha! I'll do my best to refrain from using it in the future. To be fair, I have run software teams for long enough the idea of "agile" was always around me. When talking about businesses, it is something I think about with respect to the David vs Goliath situations, but I can find other words!! Good call out.
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Splayleg Liked a comment about bike check Custom built Rocky Mountain Slayer 790 MSL
6/9/2026 11:50am
No putty tat no sale
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