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jessemelamed Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
5/9/2026 2:11pm
my 2 cents after spending some time on the bike is that I really want to spend more time on the bike. A couple anecdotes here: I was surprised at how well it pedalled and the lack of heft that I was expecting after looking at it. After giving it back for a month I had to film on it with no time to get familiar again. First trail was a rapid North Van classic that I have ridden a bunch and I was immediately sending it. It was extremely poppy while still being planted, able to pull for all...
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davetrumpore1 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
1/22/2026 2:44am
Hi, long time WC media guy here (14 years long).. I'm also very curious to hear some names and facts about this from you But in the meantime let me share some of my own. Each team is allowed to register photographers and videographers (each team then receives a set number of photo and video bibs for the season). if someone doesnt work for a team they can register as independent media once they have letters of assignment from a verified media outlet. there are little to no restrictions as to what can be shot/posted. This hasnt changed since the...
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roostintootin Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
1/21/2026 12:37am
Just cause their president is doing things I don’t understand or agree with doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate an American team doing great stuff within their respective sport and industry. Plus who doesn’t love a bit of Springsteen
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Mr.Nally Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
1/13/2026 2:39am
Bernard Kerr with the single down vote 😂. Thanks
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BGoldstone Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
1/1/2026 1:38am
2 riders have left MS but at least 1 incoming
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KB Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
12/27/2025 6:54pm
Lozza back to his old home… Maples on Pivot
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ishouldridemore Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
12/23/2025 5:57pm
I was the one who originally floated the idea of maples to frameworks in the forum, people could have just read that and assumed I knew something.. but I didn’t, was just going off nekos vibe when commentating his runs. OTB podcast quite confidently said maples to pivot last episode.. but they are practically a bikepacking podcast now so can they really be relied on for mtb news? Hard to say.
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clivegosling Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
12/22/2025 1:51am
Cat is finally out of the bag so here is the rest of that shoe pic...
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jessemelamed Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
12/22/2025 1:49am
Thanks for all the love Vital! My goal is to continue a career that allows me to contribute to another 1000 pages of the tech rumour thread.
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roundman69 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
12/8/2025 1:46am
Prince andrew to pivot?
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owl-x Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
11/25/2025 3:12am
+1 on Downtime here! The pre- and post-race shows are among the holy triumvirate of DH racing content (with WynTV and Vital Raw), absolutely not to be missed. The guests are often great but as hogfly says, the Downtime Goes Downhill series is evidence that the host n dem are interesting on their own. I have that as the best execution of that vibe in DH, it’s relatable and a really cool insight into the British DH racing scene. So yeah. Downtime good! Flossmann bad though. What’s noteworthy about Flossmann’s appearance is that he was given an open mic to...
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hogfly Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
11/25/2025 3:11am
Agreed. He’s great and I love the pod. I also really enjoy, weirdly, the Downtime goes downhill series. A bunch of amateur Middle Aged Brit’s racing downhill or enduro shouldn’t be that interesting to me… but somehow it is.
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Domo-Kun Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
11/25/2025 3:10am
Chris is the man. The amount that guy does for gravity sports and athlete exposure is unreal. I think it's unfair to bash downtime over the YT gong show. Keen for a Vital x Downtime 2025 recap podcast this slow season 👀
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sspomer Liked a product review Full Power, High Pivot and Surprisingly Nimble - Norco Sight VLT
11/16/2025 1:38am
Vital has spent 7 months aboard what may be our favorite full-powered eMTB of 2025, the Norco Sight VLT CX. This full carbon, high pivot rig gets 150mm of rear travel with a 160mm fork up front, and despite the numbers, feels considerably longer travel than advertised. Powered by the tried-and-true Bosch CX system with long-lasting 800Wh battery, this Gen 4 Sight VLT continued to surprise us over and over again with its ability to handle big, nasty terrain, but also remain playful and nimble in tight-handling scenarios. We expected the high pivot suspension layout to gobble up bumps but...
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jessemelamed Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
11/6/2025 1:40am
Their enduro team was done last year but they graciously kept me on board for this year with my contract having another year on it. Sounds obvious of course, but the bike industry isn't always so giving. The DH team took me in and I had a blast all year long, which was the main reason for doing DH at the end of the year. I just wanted to hang out with the team some more, and who wouldn't take the chance to race World Cup DH while they can. As for next year, stay tuned.
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jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
10/31/2025 8:48pm
As I get older, I’ve come to really appreciate “culture” as a larger driving force than we tend to acknowledge. You can grab attention fast with a stunt, but lasting viewership takes time, many decades, for the underlying culture to mature. It has little to do with broadcast length, equipment, or announcers. Those things help add iterative improvement to what exists, but for mountain biking to become truly mainstream, the only real solution is time. Remember, people spend countless hours watching golf, baseball, the Tour de France, and plenty of other sports that can seem “boring” at first glance. The...
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Between The Tape Liked a forum topic E-bikes make you f*tter? Training with an eMTB
10/31/2025 3:04am
The assertion that e-bikes decrease fitness is widespread. On the surface, the reasoning appears sound: riders often feel like they have expended more energy after a normal ride compared to an e-bike ride. Therefore, normal bikes must provide superior fitness benefits, right? Not quite. This surface-level analysis misses several crucial insights about how fitness actually works. Let's start with a simple fact: work done is work done, regardless of the bicycle beneath you. If you maintain the same effort level on an e-bike as you would on a traditional bike, you'll simply travel farther in the same time. In this...
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Mr.Nally Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
10/30/2025 11:52pm
Don't see your team rumor in that rant. But anyways slight counterpoint. some of Jackson's MSA run is here in the highlights. https://youtu.be/7fIPsHa7fig?t=654 The first section drone follow cam was really good I thought, especially considering we saw next to nothing of this section in the RB Tv days. (we missed 2 mins of Finn's iconic 2022 win on RB TV). The shots of Jackson under Stevie's drop are good. There was no camera it seemed for the rear view entry to the rocks, so they cut to a high drone. then the KEY part of the rock garden is...
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Johnboy Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
10/29/2025 8:41pm
If this is the plan. I'm not mad. At. All.
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clivegosling Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
10/22/2025 1:37am
Great to hear! The new back end is actually being tested this week by new team riders in a secret location...This picture was taken last week at the Belgian Cycling Factory, this is Dale McMullen (Nukeproof Lead Engineer) and Steve Jamison (Nukeproof Product Manager) discussing the new back end with a new rider (you can just see his foot)!
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