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kant weight Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
5/5/2025 2:21pm
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dolface Liked a reply to forum topic Whistler Bike Park Seasons Passes not being sold to Yanks
5/2/2025 10:32am
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MJT420 Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk
5/2/2025 10:23am That's a bummer, I was really looking forward to this series. Hopefully they can pull it off later, this kind of racing is really what mountain biking needs, exciting races that can be held in places with less elevation generally
sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors
5/2/2025 9:07am 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...
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Digit Bikes Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
5/2/2025 8:49am The track world is itself quite an obscure cycling niche though. Full disclosure: I designed the first Felt track bikes.
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brash Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors
5/2/2025 3:23am 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.
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B Rabbit Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/29/2025 3:21pm They are doing another season on this thing? Aren't we due (overdue) for a production version of the Demo already.
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Filledwithfire Liked a reply to forum topic Tire chat (nerds only)
4/29/2025 10:22am 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...
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BGoldstone Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
4/27/2025 6:40pm
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BGoldstone Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
4/27/2025 6:40pm 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
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MJT420 Added a reply to Used Market Opinions and Experience (entire bikes)
4/27/2025 6:31pm Thanks, I got the Lyrik on it and it feels great took the bike to the local flow trails and it shreds. Not to derail but would definitely recommend a Roscoe for a bike spanning the xc to jumpy hardtail type of riders. I have a remedy 8 as well and this bike really compliments it. On the topic of...
ratchet_catch Liked a reply to forum topic What Frame/Component/Gear/Accessory do you Wish existed?
4/27/2025 6:22pm 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
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buckoW Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
4/26/2025 3:25pm
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Skunk Works Suspension Liked a reply to forum topic What do you all use to time your downhill runs?
4/25/2025 6:42pm 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.
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic What do you all use to time your downhill runs?
4/25/2025 6:36pm 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...
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Dirtyburger Liked a reply to forum topic What Frame/Component/Gear/Accessory do you Wish existed?
4/25/2025 12:28pm
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bulletbass man Liked a reply to forum topic What Frame/Component/Gear/Accessory do you Wish existed?
4/25/2025 5:52am 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...
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segamethod Liked a reply to forum topic What Frame/Component/Gear/Accessory do you Wish existed?
4/24/2025 1:27pm
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mtbschrader Liked a reply to forum topic What Frame/Component/Gear/Accessory do you Wish existed?
4/24/2025 1:27pm I do drill my rims (aluminum) and use Schrader tubeless valves from Amazon. Have had them for years and it's great. I'm never going back to presta.
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MJT420 Added a reply to What Frame/Component/Gear/Accessory do you Wish existed?
4/23/2025 5:24am The cost, complexity, and weight would stop this from happening but split wheels like on a tractor or old semi. With it you could have a real mechanical bead lock where the entire bead is clamped down. It would have to essentially be a three piece system with the "spine" of the rim staying attached to the hub obviously and...