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Eh I guess that's nice? Dissector was always an OK tire, not really better in any way than the Spec Eliminator. Do they last more than 6 rides? That's really what we all truly need to know. The Eliminator T7/9 grid gravity has been the burly, long lasting Dissector you've been wanting all this time. The new v2 Eliminator is more gravity focused than the old one. Better cornering and braking traction. Once I burn through my Spec tires I'm trying Contis to see if I've been missing anything.

please do not reply in this thread, just PM me or email sspomer@vitalmtb.com - i don't want this thread derailed. - but to address "not all countries have access to us of a payment systems" (did you mean USA?). can you elaborate more? specific country or payment type? afaik our system takes any kind of credit card (a global form of payment) for the signup process. thanks! (for those who don't know b/c they've been here for a while, a few months ago we implemented a one-time $1 fee for new signups to prevent spam. the spam was so out...

I had typed out a big post to this thread... and somehow hit refresh and lost it. So I'm going give the abbreviated version... I have been testing a 170mm push 9.1 (v1 with the air hbo) for the last week and have 4 rides on it. I have been testing it on my SC bullit so that I could get a lot of descending in on it. Here's the short summary: Spring Rate: I'm 175lbs running a green spring (50lb) with 40psi in the air bottom out. I'm technically on the stiff side as the green spring spans 185-210...

Well I can think of 10 people, 2 bike brands, and the network of supporters behind them who’d want to share that image. Besides the actual race with coverage is at the end of the week. It will have double the views of anything on wbds YouTube channel now that they have removed juniors. And the winning run will likely have views in the millions as opposed to the views under 200k. There is also the Garbo and air Dh as smaller podium opportunities. Tons of vlog opportunities. And the entire week is probably the most attended mtb event in...

Ah! Good question. What we are talking about here is "accounts receivable" or "AR". This is a balance sheet item. Those wondering, Fox reported accounts receivable as of 4-Jul of $185M. If anyone wants to play along at home, this is one of the first things on the "balance sheet" part of the press release (under assets). For those who don't know how AR works, a customer (say, Trek) will generally get terms from the vendor (Fox), which stipulates how quickly they need to pay their invoice. Often there is a discount (like 1%) if its paid super fast (10...

i was gonna go with a title that rolls off the tongue like 'Jeff Brines megathread for riders who want to understand the bike industry, and general economic advice regarding the market too'

I vote Vital locks this thread on 10/3 and we get a new thread less depressingly called Industry News or something.

This looks like a rockshox Genie

Nothing will ever vindicate that bike

I don't think so. The Privateer's top tube hump looks like a dog taking a dump and I had legitimately forgotten how bad the rocker link is. I've never been a Trek guy and don't think there is anything that'll convince me to be a Trek guy, but the new Fuel is downright svelte compared to the Privateer. Weight? I'm on a Madonna, so not the guy to criticize bike weight. Lol.

… no bike above 10k…

I wouldn't be surprised if they basically end up with three key frames: Next Gen Top Fuel for Cross Country/Downcountry/Trail Fuel for Trail/All-Mountain/Enduro Then the Next Gen Slash/Session for Enduro/Downhill. Similar to the latest Orbea Rallon. I actually saw this on the Slash FB page the other day, apparently it’s a custom 190/190mm travel Gen 6 Slash with custom rocker/lower linkages and dual crown fork. I imagine a Slashession would be extremely popular since it can be pretty hard to justify a downhill bike for a lot of people, but something that could do both without too many compromises would...

The question is why is the fuel now a freeride bike? (Almost) Started out as an XC bike right? Not complaining but it is weird.

my gen 7 ex 8 is approx 15.8-15.9kg... thats nowhere near DH bike's... in its burly config the alloy is similar weight to a Pro's enduro bike ... Comparing to my slightly lighter test bike - spectral AL 6(new one) I dont think i can tell a difference... In stock form the 30t ring gets the cranks moving more but i've since swapped to SLX drivetrain with 32T ring and swapped wheels/tyres, fork and some other bits over and according to my ride Data, theres no measurable difference - i certainly didnt feel any difference(this is based on my Daily...

It was news to me, so maybe it will be news to others, but there are two Canadian Open DH races this year at Crankworx. The first is happening this weekend (qualifying today, race tomorrow) and it's called the 'OG Canadian Open.' It follows mostly the same path as the classic course that was raced for years. The second is the 'RockShox Canadian Open' happening next Friday on the 1199 track. Rain two days ago has made for some epic conditions and they tuned up the OG track a good amount. Looks all-time -

(me opening brand new knee pads that just came in the mail) (me seeing Reece sustained that injury while wearing knee pads) "Mate, can you tell us which they were!? I just want to make sure... Sorry."

Reece just cannot catch a break.

Somebody is trying to justify his job, or things are not going well. PR is the first thing you do when shit hit the fan. Saying "I'm ok" is the fist thing i do after I crash. This PR sounds like a careful selection of numbers to try to depict a reality that does not exist. If they were really transparent and/or wanted to be trusted , they would publish their complete dataset. I wish someone would have the time to conduct a scientific study of the evolution of World Cup viewership, since some numbers are public.

These guys just pulled juniors from YouTube. Possibly because it was out performing or getting very similar numbers to elites and some exec at wbd doesn’t like to share.

Among other things being discussed here, I can even try to sharpen Occam's Razor even further and say... None of the platforms I know of that get great views spend time and effort trying to prove and promote to you that they are getting great views. (kinda like the 'nice guys never need to tell anyone that they are nice' concept) Another thing is, I dunno what youtube formats are like in other countries, but if they were smart they'd just use youtube as their paid platform... BUT that can't happen because they actually just bought it as a gateway/sampler...