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some mega squishes and unique setups in g-out project from pro DH series https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/g-out-project-2026-monster-pro-downhi…

Back at it again with my horrendous image measurements, this time something actually bicycle related. I took the shock eye to eye of 225mm and zoomed in super close to align it to the centre of the shock bolts and scaled the image until the measurement was exactly 225. I drew a line to the middle of the shimano crank spindle and the middle of the rear thru-axle (also zoomed in until my eyes were bleeding to estimate the centre as best as possible). I then measured the horizontal distance between the two points (used construction lines to make this...

mitch ropelato on dunlop tires at rock creek (from g-out gallery that'll launch in the morning

fuck sake just spat coffee all over my monitor lmao

We could use our powers for good... Here's a full spreadsheet of every WC DH athlete and what phone they use

crazy what a little bit of undiagnosed autism can do

Going from this instagram post - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUWtTSCko0O/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link… I'd say its a desert titanium iPhone 16 Pro Max. I'd agree its a Pro Max and not a standard Pro given the percentage of the rear that the camera bump takes up (see https://img-prd-pim.poorvika.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=500,height=500,qua…) Also appears to be using an Apple clear case given the MagSafe ring.

Okay detectives. Who can get a positive ID on the lip pillows Remi is packing?

Vital forum detective level just hit a new high...

I’ve actually noticed the same thing before too. Maybe the tighter kits just make it visible easier, but it’s funny seeing pro atheletes competing at the highest level with a giant phone crammed into their tiny pocket.

Unfortunately I'm an idiot, so I'll answer your question even if it is sarcastic. I found a known value that's easy to measure, the rear brake rotor. I set it to 203mm (as mentioned in a bike check from my memory) 16.2cm = 6.377 inch, rounded up however the app used rounds things and also not a perfect angle. Closest match for phone size would be a Iphone 16/17 pro max at 16.3 cm or a google pixel 9/10 at 6.3 inches. I'm going to go with the iphone 16/17 pro max. I should touch grass. I'm also either going...

Just visited my parent’s house and I’m going home with some early 2000’s MountainBike Action copies. Looking forward to the 2005 buyers guide and early day gearbox ideas. Print is fun.

Paragon Machine Works is gone. Very sad for the custom-built crowd, including all the thousands of people out there who are running their sliding dropouts. Those parts aren't going to come easy! I personally have two bikes using PMW parts, although one of them is currently getting it's rear triangle redone. Perhaps I'll be asking for them to change from sliding dropouts to standard based on this announcement? Link to Radavist article I had a really good chat with a friend of mine over dinner last night who is pretty involved in the industry. Knolly is not the only company...

Thumbs up for the magazine. I miss print.

screengrab of gracey's bike from pro downhill in NC today

New FOX 38 is live! Here are all the details and some initial thoughts - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2027-fox-38-fork-tech-info-impressi… TLDR - The 38 gets the same revamp that FOX already gave its 36 and 40 models—new Glidecore air spring, revised Grip X2 damper, new generative-designed lowers with more pushing overlap, less torsional stiffness and more fore-and-aft stiffness; relocated bypass channels in the lowers, new bleeder valves, and new fender/mounting points. Also new 5cc volume spacers which is fun for tinkering, and PM200 rotor instead of PM180 like before. Bye bye brake adaptors. All the changes focus around improving the fork's ground feel and...

Norco and spesh in a silent competition to see who can take the longest to release their DH bike to the public

Grew up in Colorado, started skiing when I was five in the sixties, mountain biking in the early 80's. Was on board with lift served mtb in the late 80's when my home mountain, Winter Park, started up loading bikes to ride xc trails. Always enjoyed off piste, back/slack country skiing long before it became a thing. Didn't ski much for a couple decades, but have been doing a week the past couple years. Doing way more lift served mtb since the 2000's. Still love ski resorts summer and winter. It has certainly been interesting to watch things change, improve...

Not sure how it's done in North America or even other places in Europe, but at least here in Slovenia ski resorts aren't the owners of the land under the groomed slopes. So this is a major problem making bike parks, agreeing on land access. Grooming snow on a meadow is a whole different ballpark than making dirt canals in said meadow, doubly so when cows graze there in the summer. As for ski resorts vs. bike park, skiing on-piste and riding bikes in a bike park aren't really analogues. When you take into account how technically demanding skiing is...