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I wouldn’t want to bring it all the way back to Europe if I didn’t need to.

Vali wasting no time in ditching the YT gear!

some austrian newspaper wrote in an aritvle that news about andi kolb will be published on tuesday 16:00. for the german speaking folks you can read it here: https://www.derstandard.at/story/3100000291368/die-zukunft-ist-rosa-oes…

Don't forget that someone like Danny Hart is also employed for MTB development. That's in some ways more important than results. At least in the initial phase. I also see him as a good linespotter althoug that might be not the main purpose. I would rather see him as a rider, but his time as a podium contender is probably over. But we need more Peatys as voaches and overall good performance oriented dudes at the top of the world rankings.

I would guess most likely someone off cube, but who ? max ? jess ?

Sooooooo Kolb to Cube?

the nerd in me appreciates the ctrl-alt-del joke.

Having ridden a DJI powered bike (Mith) extensively, to the extent I still have an order in for one, and also having a Bosch Gen 5 bike, with the power upgrade, the post above covers the pertinent points. I don’t think there is that much variance in efficiency, all things being equal, but I don’t buy into the notion of “if it’s not got a DJI it’s not selling”. Bosch outsell DJI at a rate of thousands to one, they aren’t going anywhere with the latest motor. It’s really good & fractions different in the real world. The problem is...

Who had Minnaar for world champ in 21?

I think it will be a very interesting off-season. Many riders who were unlucky this season will probably stay on the track. The new UCI rules are not good for the majority of riders, especially since there is no feeder series. I assume that riders ranked below 22nd will have a very difficult time. Greenland, Hatton, Hart, Wilson are some of the ones I'm worried about. Wilson has a team, just like Gwin. But both riding and managing seem difficult to me today. Kerr is good, but his injury has ruined his season. There will be a big shake-up and...

Results were pretty damn good before he crashed a bit 2 race ago. He was 6 or 7 in the overall. With an almost no-budged-team. He has also learned not to overcook the runs like 3 years ago or so.

The Avinox is clearly a nice unit, but I view the Bosch as much quieter (only motor that disconnects when freewheeling), free-er pedaling when power is off, has built in bash ring protection where-as the DJI motors need the 245 gram E13 bash ring, has better weight distribution, more service options and importantly more efficient. There are also some that feel the torque sensing is lacking on the DJI. It would appear that the DJI is about 20% less efficient than the Bosch, even when power is equalized. That means on a meters climbed per watt, the Bosch is actually...

For all you forum diehards who skip the homepage, here is some insight and our thoughts on Specialized first-gen proto downhill bike that went live today - https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/piece-bigger-puzzle-testing-specializ… It was a privilege to ride this bike and, as you'd expect, it was a damn fast. I'm eager to ride the production #2chainz bike, which I'd guess is coming early next year just based on the vague answers Spesh has given when pressed about it. Fingers crossed it won't cost an organ to buy one.

Trek pretty much started new this season so I would imagine they are all on 2 year contracts minimum. Not sure of Hauser’s situation as recall he wasn’t on the full Trek program at the start of the year. But since we are throwing out scenarios. OO replaces Matt Walker at Trek and Matt Walker replaces Matt Walker at Pivot.

Just listened to the latest OTB . They have osin to Trek and apparently Trek wanted him to sign in the mid season transfer window but YT wouldn't release him which is pretty rubbish considering they can't or aren't paying him . Makes his own kit purchase protest pretty justified I reckon.

yeah, might be some truth to it since vali mentioned on WynTV that she learned to read her contracts carefully for the future... i mean that clause alone shows everyone how shitty of a company YT is, since it looks like they already knew that the end could be near 🤬 plus signing andi kolb to a 4 year contract which didn't even last for 10 months is just baffling.

Oisin to Trek was confirmed by 2 industry fellas on the weekend!