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I think history has proven to never buy a first gen e13 anything

Honestly, thank god... I couldn't care less about 32" wheels. Im closer to buying a 27.5" bike 32" one.

Curmudgeon moment incoming, my apologies: This is exactly the reason I don't give a shit about motocross or cars or a million other things. I 100% don't give a shit about numbers. "Oh, but this one can do 150nm of power!" Cool. I don't care. I don't ride a bike looking for the easiest way to do anything. Does it do 150nm of making my will to live stronger? Will it do a 30-second boost mode of shutting my brain off? Is it 1300W of power that'll die in a year and completely brick the bike for two months while...

Those glory day keystone margins have been eroding lately… post COVID there was a big shift where in the Canadian market softgoods were in the 30% -40% range. There was typically a margin incentive on prebooked orders but typically those were based on hitting growth numbers to claw a few more points out of it. Some of that is because in Canada we aren’t buying direct from the brand itself (distributor model for many direct in some cases) The largest impact was due to production costs on materials, labour and shipping all skyrocketed on the manufacture side. Brands wanting to...

Somehow, the orange looks even worse on the Podium

I just spun this up; gives you some idea where we might be.

It's also big enough and widespread enough that even if Lycra is no more and the company gets torn to shreds, the IP (both branding and tech) is valuable enough it'll end up somewhere in short order. I doubt we'll see much of an impact on the consumer end.

Considering it only has a spot for one water bottle it makes total sense for it to have internal storage. I don't do a single ride without 750ml of water in my frame storage. It's literally the ideal spot to add that type of weight for the bike's handling. It's very freeing to do a 3hr ride with no pack. Most other XC/DC bikes have a spot for a 2nd bottle so the weight is already there (in a worse spot) if you're on a big ride. It's wild to me how many people have gaslighted themselves into believing that...

that second slide is so gnarly! Holy shit.

here is one of many trail building / advocacy forum topics - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/I-dont-like-the-direction-of-… use it or start your own instead of talking trails in tech rumors.

I did not stay same on compound. Was always on a Maxxterra and HR3 is only maxxgrip. Casing stayed the same. Immediate thought, I noticed the increase in drag. I would say that immediate feeling was only the first couple minutes of riding and lasted about 2 rides. Never thought of it again and was never bothered again. Have been happy ever since. I have now been on it everywhere from Revelstoke, Whistler, and Squamish a bunch to now back home in the wide variety of terrain choice in SW CO. I think I am digging it so much that...

Yes. Swapped from Assegai/DHR2 combo to full HR3 and zero regrets. Spent a long go in Whistler and Squamish during that change and absolutely loved it. The pros far outweighed the cons. Performed better in everything that wasn't loose a lot better than I was expecting. Then the loose was another ballgame of awesome. I can expand more but want to simply state it was worth it to me. Will continue to now be my go to for all my riding.

The public has spoken, they prefer skinny downtubes over better handling. Even though many have documented that lowering the weight in this place is very noticeable and in a good way. My personal opinion is that Bosch should offer a skinny 800 (or more) battery to match what Avinox is doing as an option for the manufacturers. They can still offer the fat 800 if they prefer. I'm susceptible as well to the fashion statement. I wanted a 600w battery and I didn't want my bike to look pregnant and obviously be an e-bike. If the LTe had a narrow...