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Can anyone with more info translate this news? Who is Chaos and do we think they’ll do a good job for Rocky as a brand? Vultures or not? I also assume this means Rocky headquarters will stay in the east.

I feel Frameworks, the team and company, are doing quite well at the moment. Do some math on how many frames they have sold, at a premium price, and it's a pretty big number in terms of cash flow for a very small company. They don't even pay to paint the frames, raw is popular! -They don't have issues with Asian tariffs like most of the bike industry currently does (carbon rear end from TW being the exception). -The team title sponsor (5DEV) is in the same position. -The Frameworks brand is currently known world wide with very little (if...

I'm betting Dakota Norton is gonna be in the booth.

Get one of these?

specialized gravity finally gets some female talent - rosa marie jensen now on the squad, bumped up from Gen-S ROSA MARIE JENSEN JOINS SPECIALIZED GRAVITY : Since its inception in 2022, Generation Specialized (Gen-S) has been developing and nurturing young talent. As the development team for Specialized Gravity, the focus of Gen-S is to allow young riders to grow and develop, ultimately with the aim to graduate to the World Series team, Specialized Gravity. We are proud to announce that Rosa Marie Jensen, the young Danish talent who has been growing through Gen-S, will be stepping up to Specialized Gravity...

The track world is itself quite an obscure cycling niche though. Full disclosure: I designed the first Felt track bikes.

Prime Gwin, years ago in wayyyy better economic times said he's making approx $1m when combining all streams of income. Asa, as good as he is not in the same ballpark commodity wise as peak Gwin. No one is making 1.5m in today's climate IMO.

They are doing another season on this thing? Aren't we due (overdue) for a production version of the Demo already.

Hi all. I've been a very long-time lurker of this site and have used VitalMTB extensively when researching bike geometries and parts lists. I made my account here today just so I could join some discussions since the other site's forum is trash. Anyways, I'm a tire nerd myself. I started making this spreadsheet last year when I was searching for new tire combos for my Spartan HP and my Felt Decree 1. I just started cataloguing weights, widths, and casings. Where I live, there's no need for some super-duper-hardcore-heavy-sticky tires. This list will never end, and occasionally I add...

last stage is a 30 year old trail that use to be used for a dh race.

Squamish's local enduro going off today. Jesse and Richie going head to head for the first time this year with a handful of EDR pros in the mix as well. Live timing - https://zone4.ca/race/2025-04-27/7c300520/results

I like this forum question a lot- it gives me an outlet for all the little, probably impossible ideas. Here’s another one: a suspension tuning platform that explicitly incorporates tire characteristics, rim characteristics, and spoke material into the tuning profile

Eliot Jackson?

When accurate and precise timing is needed, it is Freelap that I use. It's not cheap, but works well. It's also easy to get timing data from multiple athletes running the same track. The timing app is run on an old cell phone that doesn't have a SIM card. It will typically be in a pack or left by the finish line to review the data easily and quickly. Camo tape to keep the transmitters hidden from curious hands.

Great question! FYI, Garmins (and other GPS devices) are significantly more accurate than the GPS in a phone, so if you're trying to time runs using Strava, it really pays to have a dedicated GPS device. In addition to that, Strava knows and advertises the limitations of their GPS segments, which you can read about here: https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216918227-Optimizing-Segme… TLDR: any segment that's around a minute or less is likely to produce inaccurate times, switchbacks are bad if they're near a start or end point, other trail segments nearby will confuse the GPS and may produce faulty segments, all of which can...

They do! BMX peak.

Affordable mtb clothing that doesn’t look crazy. Sure I can keep on buying the ugly stuff when it hits close out but id rather just buy bland stuff that’s well made and fits regular and doesn’t have a huge athlete roster to pay. Budget ss rigid bike that has an optional derailleur hanger. Decent Boost wheels. Decent hydraulic brakes. Good xc geo. Diffirent wheel sizes for diffirent size riders. Threaded bb. Tapered steerer to allow for an upgrade to quality fork. Basically the type of mtb someone should buy from a Walmart or dicks. Just capable enough to go out...