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Hey Losifer, couldn't agree more. Was surprised to check Vital this morning and see a wall of female butts in panties facing me. Like you said, if this was an ad selling women's panties to a website with a predominantly female audience, then sure, fair play. But that's clearly not the case here. The last Vital audience survey in 2022 said this audience is 96% male! I don't know how many times I've heard industry people ask how we can get more women into mountain biking and I'm pretty sure the answer is "Not like this." Selling products to dudes...

I guess having a lens sponsor is a thing now.

Seems like clickbait. Was he "banned" from racing? Or was he told that he wouldn't be allowed to represent aforementioned sponsor while attending races? He could still go racing without their logo, no?

Exactly! It's clickbait. Would anyone be talking about lew if he released a biking shredit or vlog? This is the equivalent of a soap opera: "Stay tuned for todays episode of days of our mountain biking lives where lewis finds out he is banned from racing and swears to avenge his honor before he finds out that he is the father of katorina's soon to be born twins!!!!"

by having jrs and semis live, is finals day appearance de-valued? race results are what matter, but how many viewers will pay to watch finals day live w/ freebies a day or two before? from a dollar-per-view perspective, juniors and mid-packers just became great deals!

When you want to simultaneously up vote because humor, and down vote because ridiculousness. No headset cable routing tho…

kill me please

Agreed. Having the tensioner in the place of a rear derailleur location would mean a tiny bit more unsprung weight, and the lower pulley will be pulled up when suspension is near bottom out. But still rear derailleur location for the tensioner seems a lot more sensible to me.

I still don't get it how having the tensioner next to the tyre and so down low is a good idea. People constantly mention how low the derailleur cages are on modern drivetrains, but those are always protected by the rear wheel while the BB gets MUCH lower at bottom out. Add a rock in there and you have a slight case of hard touching.

While I never want to hear about a business closing, especially a small business, I always questioned who was buying their clothing. I'm fairly well off, and I spend a lot on cycling (probably more than I should), I have several high-end bikes, nearly every shop tool, and I spend a good bit on traveling and riding, I did a 10 day riding trip in Iceland this past summer. Despite all that, I couldn't stomach spending $250-270 for a single pair of riding shorts, or $290 for a flannel. I probably should have been their ideal customer but at a...

How can a derailleur thats aligned to the axle be out of alignment with the cassette? I feel like people are trying really hard to crap on this tech, but it seems pretty dang dialed.

I'm about as hyped as Pidcock in there... a youtube highlights channel aint it, Mr Ball! Tell me how many cameras you got, who's doing the talking, and why my favorite riders are racing more for less money

Grab My Balls Now

Please take the gear/weight weenie discussion somewhere else, this is a rumors forum.

Oh, see I use the 52 as a bailout gear, its as an option to walking. So that jump is fine, and welcomed cause I use the bike as an 11 speed mostly. Not stupid, just not optimized for your use case. Not all things are for everyone, they all have a place

Any recent photos of the Specialized Demo or Pivot DH prototypes? They seem to be doing a good job of keeping both under wraps.

The link definitely does look different 👀

Man made the coolest international race series there was. Had photographers and pros jumping there to work/ride for free cause it was exciting. then he ruined that series making it “commercial” and ruined interest in covering and watching it. Nobody wants to watch pros race a local enduro race the whole draw was the new locations, epic days, and unreal stage lengths. now he’s ruining dh selling out the same way. he literally states in his podcast the tracks are too long to broadcast a full run which is exactly what he is promising fans by this discovery switch. Literally...

And you're no BK. Take your lame negative comments to the other site.

Stop buying cheap chains. XX1 and X01 are way more durable and stronger than GX. In the long run these will save you money