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Dude, don't give them any new ideas.😁 P.S.

"there are only so many ways you design a crank" says the average vital user. People will buy the bullshit that they are just "inspired by the best" and vote with their money. I hope 5dev trolls them in typical 5dev fashion. The Germans are too nice. What is next? CNC copy of Intend stems? Copy of Yoshimura pedals?🍿

Maybe it's a 9th fork model.

wtf. that makes my local state park look like val di sol.

radness from manitou. we had one of the originals in the office at decline. i always thought it was the coolest looking bike even if it was probably poorly functioning.

Being I'm sick (and bored) I wanted to add a few more thoughts. 1) Anyone looking for raw data, its already been done and the link is posted here. Zee Germans live up to the stereotype and absolutely crushed it if you care about being completely quantitative with respect to a brake test. 2) The real reason I read reviews on Vital is because guys like Jason are legitimately fast, ask a lot out of their equipment and frankly have great taste. Its like reading a review of a restaurant from a food critic you jive with. While adding some...

Are these "worn out in less than 200 miles" XTR cassettes in the room with us right now? They can creak, especially he earliest ones, but I've put thousands of miles on these and don't find they wear differently than any other cassette.

After listening to Vojo mag: lunch time podcast with Alex Rudeau (in French), it appears the first ever enduro world champion is going into 2025 without team support, on his own program. He’s also not planning to race all World Cup races. He tells that most of the edr racers are on same as he is, except a few big names, like Jesse Melamed, that are keeping some team support but at a way smaller scale. And others, like Martin Maes, are turning full downhill. An other point thing discussed is that some top enduro racers are coordinating to pack...

That 10-45 12speed XTR cassette is definetly not vapourware. Ran one for 2-3 season and currently running a SLX 10-45 12sp cassette (there is also a XT 10-45 version) with the same XTR GS 12 speed derailleur. They are also the cassette used currently for the 12 speed GRX gravel group so plenty of stock available. But there is no SLX GS derailleur, only XT or XTR version. My next build will be XT GS derailleur and 10-45 SLX cassette with XTR chain. The vapourware stuff was the 10-45 11 speed hyperglide+ cassette that was mentionned during XTR launch but...

ah shit is this how I find out Heather is Reece's sister?

Another cool product I'm curious about. A couple years ago I would have thought it was hokey and unnecessary, but now after testing some of the new pedal kickback devices I'm drinking the Koolaid. Here's a thought to add to the discussion: adjustable lower pulley position to remove as much lower chain growth as possible. Idlers go a long way towards addressing chain growth, but only on the top of the drivetrain. I was having a sidebar chat with Erwan Ghesquiere (fellow nerd on this forum) about lower pulley position, because he's messing around with a moveable lower pulley and...

speaking of lowers alignment and hub facing, have you seen the videos that DSD has posted recently on this topic?

I won't touch another pair of Zebs, 3 pairs warrantied for creaking CSU's (one also had tight bushings). For what Fox and Rockshox are charging, would expect the forks to be properly assembled and checked thoroughly: -Lowers alignment, do the hub clamping facings actually run parallel -Bushing binding, sort of linked to above and are they the right size. See a lot of tuners posting on social media with bushing binding and they just ream the shit of the bushings. Been running EXT's for the past 2 years, 4500miles on a set of ERA 2.1's and the csu started to...

Agreed, It's not like his dad bought an entire auto manufacturer and F1 race team just to get his kid a race seat.

Exactly, it's pretty cringey that a bunch of grown-ass men are dragging this kid on the internet just because an anonymous rumor says his parents are kicking in some cash to give him a chance to chase his dream. The kid obviously has some talent and happens to have parents with higher than average means. How is this different than sending your kid to an elite ski academy? Reece on Gamux is exciting - gonna get that $100k!

Trying to visualize myself gliding through the woods with my e13 hub, rimpact spider, and STFUs strapped to my 30a durometer wavy chainstay protector...

Bulldog was at every WC round apart from Loudenvielle, both Hardlines, Crankworx Rotorua, Crankworx Whistler and he also raced the Combloux EDR. He was probably at more events than most.