All

I have a question regarding the 2 chainz style drivetrains and e-bikes. I know almost nothing about e-bikes so maybe what I'm about to describe already exists. Will we see e-bikes that have a motor setup similar to the Specialized DH bike with 2 chains? Meaning, instead of e-bike motors essentially being built around the bottom bracket and using a conventional chainring to connect to the rear hub/cassette, could the motor have it's own independent drive ring/sprocket that's not connected to a chainring or centered around the BB. This could allow for different suspension layouts that perform better because designers...

Hi everyone, Andi Sykes here! I covered the China Cycle Show for Vital last week, and I've finally had time to edit some YouTube videos together of my coverage. Hope everyone is ok with me posting here, and please give me a shout if you have any questions about the bikes seen in China.

They have been using the Enduro seat stays on this and the previous iteration of the bike. Old one has sandwich hanger, new one has udh

I comment on the other site, but I draw the line at pedal assist. Once you're introducing a throttle it stops being an E-MTB and starts being a motorbike with MTB geo.

No chat and no discussion please, I prefer my social media experience to be unsociable, impersonal, and completely lacking in any perspective. This thread says its just for rumors and so only rumors should ever be posted here. 🤡

Id rather read through 20 pages of brake derailment in this forum than watch that whole video at full volume.

You'd think "Video of Sam Hill on a Motorcycle" would be amazing, but somehow that thing made one of the greatest riders of all time look positively underwhelming. And I have nothing against ebikes. Oh well, get your bag Sam. You earned it.

I love Sam's riding but didn't need a couple minutes in the middle of him riding down a road failing to pop manuals. They possibly could have toned down the BWEEEEEeeeeeeeEEEEE eeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEE

"It's rumored that SLX is going to be dropped next year guys" "Please keep it to MTB Tech Rumors"

It's primarily an industry trade show. Many of these bikes are samples to demonstrate a factories capabilities to the bike companies we know. The bike companies that we know might then make their designs at that factory, or use the factories in-house design/engineering capabilities. These bikes might not be for sale to the public, there might not be additional public facing information.

Good find, had not seen these before, I like that they use a 24mm spindle also.

sadly not limited to vital......

Do you wake up every day wondering "who can I be a d1ck to on the Vital Forums today"? Assuming good intent and extending a modicum of kindness takes almost no effort; give it a try!

Apparently this is what people want but you can easily find very affordable stuff used or even new. I personally ride a starling and the price of 2k for a made in uk steel frame with 7 years of warranty is amazing. If you want a cheap crankbolt for your slx, we offer one too lol