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Having ridden bikes from several major brands, my SC Megatower has easily been the best I’ve owned when it comes to product support, parts availability, and clear, reliable customer service. I used to make fun of people who had an SC, but after dealing with repeated warranty issues on other bikes, I get it now. The Mega is a sick bike, the VPP suspension rides great, but honestly, it’s the overall ownership experience that really sets Santa Cruz apart. I'm in the market for a shorter travel ripper, and SC is at the top of the list, even if it's...

We FINALLY got another B Practice recorded. Talked a lot about Dak's return to riding and racing next month. Plus all the usual drama around the first World Cup - https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/all-drama-poland-daks-triumphant-retu… To listen - https://www.buzzsprout.com/78237/episodes/17228329-dakotah-norton-s-tri… To watch - https://youtu.be/nKQo845FEcQ

She got burned by the rerun and would definitely make every final in the new format. She is one of the fastest ladies on the mountain.

Luca won national champs just last year and wore the sleeve this past season. Podium threat, potential winner, super nice guy. I could see why brands would want to work with him.

In my experience Geo is the number 1 thing that limits a bikes capabilities (or at least my confidence in its abilities). I have a trail hardtail that I will ride some pretty chunky trails on, I just have to do it a little slower. Which is where I think travel comes in. Geo limits the capabilities, Travel limits the the speed. There is obviously a limiting point on both but that's been my general feeling riding different types of bikes.

One of the mechanics was rebuilding his wheel using the park tool video where they tell you to put the tape on as a "reference spoke".

Am I the only one who comes directly to the last page and then starts going backwards? Feels like watching Memento, but the plot line is carbon bike killed the mechanical drivetrain

It's not proprietary per say, however the long, sad road of specialized suspension made for their bikes has many bikes in the world left useless. I currently have two 10 year old S-works bikes that used their forks from 10 years ago that need lower cups that no longer exist to put on a reg fork and there are only a few service places that seem to be able to service them. Specialized isn't in it alone, Cannondale and Trek are both in the same boat with specialized shocks, but all these special shocks that only they use are usually...

Sorry to thread hijack @Primoz but I know you love it... Progressive generates more force on big hits and remains open/fluttery feeling on small bump. I like that tune on all bikes so far. Linear is a close 2nd- hard to tell which tune you have (linear vs progressive) unless you do back-to-back testing on the same trail/same day/same bike/same shocks... Digressive is basically the opposite of progressive and Linear splits the 2 tunes.

Thank You, My thoughts exactly. We could all use a little headed thinking, and the realization that we are all different, ride different, on different terrain, with different abilities, on different bikes, and have different needs/wants. We live in a wonderful time, with amazing choices, that all work really well

I was there last weekend...they don't have enough tourists during week days. Gondola operates from 10am to 7pm but between 10am - 2pm they do only one run per our. After 2pm they do continuous runs. The trails are really nice, the red trail that starts from the top needs some serious work but the rest of them are in good conditions. Also the other cable car that was opened this year operates only on Saturday - Sunday. There are two new trails. Maribor has potential but they need more advertising and maybe some new trails or a way to...

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Real quick, the switchblade could not hold a candle next to the sentinel at descending. Most bikes in this category are pretty similar in geo, travel, and price. Unless you look at the new HP trail bikes, those are a totally different animal and require a separate conversation. Is price a factor? Do you care about difficulty of maintenance? What types of riding to you spend the most time doing? What kind of trails are they? Do you care about weight? What kind of climbing do you have to do, is it technical or smooth? I dont see the point...

The launch video basically breaks every rule of modern advertising and I love it. "Don't sell the steak, sell the sizzle." "Don't talk about the product." "Customers don't care about specs, they care about experiences." It's just homie talking about the hub specs for 3 minutes, instead of campfire sunset B-roll and talking about the meaning of life with Christopher Walken. So much BS in the marketplace that they're able to be distinct by just being honest engineers who make better products. The narrator looks and sounds like he may have been the engineer who designed it (my brother's an...