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Trek's Gen5 Rail+ is their do-everything, long-range eMTB for riders who want to climb farther, descend harder, and explore deeper, free of any battery range anxiety. With updated geometry, a mullet wheel setup, an adjustable suspension leverage curve, and Bosch's latest 100Nm motor feeding off an 800Wh battery, the Rail+ seems destined for success on paper. But do these evolutions keep pace in the quickly advancing eMTB world? Has performance been compromised in any way to tick all these technical boxes? We spent the past few months understanding where the Rail+ delivers the best experience and how its many...

Actually today, in about 20 minutes!

Latest electronic shifting spy shot (apparently we are finally getting a reverse gear as well, after all this time we've been asking for it):

If you want to know the defnition of what a forecast is, I cna try to explain in my own words (that is how we work with forecasts and does not need to apply for others): For starters, we are an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) for many brands. That means that companies buy our products to put them on their complete bikes. Usually, before the beginning of a new year or model year, our customers will provide us with an estimate of their complete demand for a certain period of time. This estimate is called a forecast. This forecast can...

It's a very interesting and impressive interview. Thank you, Sam, for taking the time and going so much into detail and also Jeff, of course for trying and then making this happen! It was interesting to hear how YT experienced the turbulent times during covid. For us, I can say, that we already saw OE orders being postponed and cancelled already around Q2 2022. But the more important thing happened to me in April 2021. There was one particular OE customer who used to need around 1,500 post per year from us. End of 2019 (pre-Covid) we received a projected...

Sick to have Lars on Team Vital!!! And nice modeling, too.

must be that new anti-bizutch filter we've been working on 😂 JK, don't know why, I'm logged in via Chrome just fine, try again in a few?

I will fight you.

If I was actually prepared to spend the money to do any changes, I'm 99 % certain I would get a used V2 Hightower and a Lyrik to match and be done with it. As for Evil, it never even close to crossed my mind to look at one (slack seat tubes, apparently very short chainstays), for the hell of it looking for one just shows that it's almost impossible to find one in Europe and the pricing is fsck that.

Been at a few larger events (crankworks whistler, Tenn natl) where Industry Nine was swapping rims onsite for folks, but haven’t seen it from a bike company. Definitely rad!

We share the same ambition for faster charging and closely monitor every development in this field. At present, battery technology requires us to prioritize durability over ultra-fast charging.

It's too bad you can't offer a setup like the tq, having to run a range extender to actually head out in the woods is a non starter for me, extra cable, worse weight distribution and no bottle, no thanks.

This thread ran out of juice quicker than a 320Wh battery on turbo.

brace yourself... at the end of the year, we're going to lock this thread. while it's been amazing (thank you all!) and fun that we hit 1000 pages and over 7.5m views, this thread is a logistical and technical resource hog. it's also not easy to access older information. while there are a lot of upsides to the ease and convenience of posting to this thread, the downsides are outweighing the ups with it being so massive. please start a NEW thread to the hub for anything that has potential for legitimate discussion. good posts will be homepaged and the...

The gym she goes to often has equipment from athletes that train there on show, that’s Rosa Zierls bike afaik source: i also go there

better than having a black friday sellout when things aren't in order 😉 #YTthings

I'm currently doing a long term test of the Maven Base for Vital, after running the Maven Ultimate for a long time. I'm super impressed with the lever feel on the Maven Base. There's way more modulation and control compared to the Ultimate, which felt much more like an on/off switch and took a long time for me to get used to. I prefer the feel of the Base brake more, although it has less total stopping power. Could be just what you're looking for you want more power but don't want the on/off feel of the Ultimate. The Base...