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Slack HTA aren't the sole component of it. A long eff TT plays a huge part. Get your body positioned best, low BB keeps COM low for cornering and stability. The HTA increases proportional to useage of bike for GT. Fury > Sanction > Force > Sensor > Verb > Helion. The steeper the intended use, the slacker the HTA...

Ok, lots here to digest... Bikes in Philippines - I'll pass on info to our Asia market distributor rep. I will say that some countries have their own import laws on bikes. I'm not sure what they are in Phillipines though. Team - The team schedule is made several months in advance. With the number of EWS & UCI races...

No he's not with GT. I think he was with Lifeboat but not sure really. And yes, I've cooked some Chix Tikka before, particularly at some races. See above.

Well, I won't cook it at races anymore because the 3x I did Stevie Smith had big offs or flat tires so that's some voodoo shit. Ok, so I make a mixture of cumin, paprika, and curry powder. I mix with plain yogurt. Coat about 2-3lb of chicken breast (not too thick but not cutlets) in this mixture. For best...

Hard tires are on my shit list for sure! But, short travel can be lots of fun on the right terrain. I prefer the Helion (110) over Sensor (130) in most places.

Cheers littermag...errr Vital for this opportunity! I'm off to make some dinner. Feel free to ask questions and I'll do my best to answer as I can.

We actually make some Zaskar X models specifically for the UK that have meatier tires, 120mm forks, bigger discs, and 1x. Outside the UK there hasn't been too much traction for that type of trail hardtail unfortunately. Funny, the bike I was riding just prior to this Q&A sesh is a steel GT hardtail w/ a 120 fork, big brakes...

Dude the old bike is completely unrideable vs the new bike. Look how many WC wins the new bike got. Like it won on it's 1st weekend it was so good. Edit: Oh and since you pressed by text, Ed Masters had the most unridable bike, yet he's fast as fuck.

It'll take dollars and (air)time. EWS is making something happen because they're the only ones doing it and they had a clean slate with which to work. For DH there are a lot of ingrained behaviors and resistance to change. As much as lots of us as fans want to see 10 or 12 or even 15 races in a...

The electronics can help, but not in cutting out the weight or the cost. We're just now scratching the surface on this one. Some more stuff is on the horizon. The game might go totally crazy in 2-3 seasons with a couple of the ideas I've heard discussed. Could be interesting or could be a money pit with not much...

Undoubtedly yes. GT as a brand needed the Athertons 4-years back and they needed us. We developed some really great bikes together, won some World Cup and rainbow jerseys, and had a good time. We're both amicably moving in separate directions. No animosity from my end at all.

The MTB market is aging. The entire cycling market is aging. Selling mountain bikes to young folks is increasingly tough, but not for the reasons lots of people think. It's because too many people in western countries, of prime riding age are unemployed or underemployed. They might want a nice bike but they can't afford one. They might want to...

The entire global DH market can fit on the head of a pin. In the US it's even smaller. The wheel recall was on certain models, not across the whole range.

I think I got paychecks for 6-mos total. I left on good terms. They needed me to move to Morgan Hill and I was not in a place in life to leave the East Coast. I was brought on to help land Sam. To their credit, they threw down the gauntlet to get it done and Sinyard was pretty personally...

1) Hucking is still a thing? 2) Day two was better than day one. But they sounded worlds better than when they came thru NY last year.

Ok, since you guys aren't asking me enough questions I'll ask... What cool new trends are you seeing on your local trails? What do you really need your bike to do that it can't right now? What are the things that make a bike a "must have" for you? What are the things that make a bike, as TeamRobot would...

Original Sin. Duh.

I played Little League. I sucked. I couldn't hit but I could throw like Kenny Powers. I was once thrown out of a game for drilling a kid in the earflap after the guy before him broke up my no hitter with a HR. I'm NY born and raised. Baseball here is a religion really. It's bigger than football, basketball...

Slack, low, long. I personally don't mind long CS because I like stability, but also cause I'm 6'2". I like having a bike that's soft in the initial part of the travel. Soak up small bumps like a sponge. But, this all only works if you can ride that geo and if your local tracks are steep enough. Most folks...

Ok, the prob I see in the US is a few-fold...and unfortunately I don't see it changing much too soon. 1. Distance - The US is freakin huge. You can drive across a couple countries in the time it takes to get from SoCal to NorCal, much less from the East Coast to Utah. That makes it really hard for...