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I’m going to buy a simple basic FW and then spend the price difference on riding lessons and fitness.

Same thing crossed my mind. The way it was worded made me wonder where exactly the price tag is coming from other than just paying for the "big S". Sure, a 14k bike is ridiculous, but for a brand with the unlimited resources that Specialized has, buying this bike is just a drop in the ocean of their team budget. This is a Specialized Gravity project that got taken over by Specialized bicycles so it got the OEM treatment and is now a distant cousin of the actual bike the team races, so even if your excuse for buying this...

@Jason_Schroeder gets a gold metal for calling out no cable routing on the Stumpy. Chef’s kiss

It’s always been 148. Heel clearance, rear wheel characteristics, etc.

Surron to release a VPP e moto

Pardon?

Don’t hate the tool. Hate the “tool.” Utilized in the proper context, they are loads of fun. It’s unfortunately too easy to act the fool on one.

You'd be surprised. The Surrons around here are decked out in Fox factory, EXT, etc suspension, anodized MTB parts, TRP DHRs, etc. The overlap in customers is significant.

people geek out over their e-motos just like we do about mountain bikes.

I can assure you that the momentum of your lever has nothing to do with it.

Entire drivetrain industry scared that they already made the best mechanical components years ago and there is little room for improvement. Sandbagging the weight and material preserves the tier structure.

Mavens take massive shit on Saints, in terms of braking power.

Excuse my French, but could we fucking please stop calling bikes "analog", "acoustic", or -the worst I've heard- "bio"? Bikes are bikes. Ebikes are something else. Now get off my fucking lawn you punks!

You want to feel sick to your stomach? USAC asks xc/cx/road juniors to give them access to their Training Peaks accounts so that some ai-obsessed vulture of a coach can identify riders for development programs based on training metrics.. because there are so few opportunities for young athletes to compete in the United States. “Performance Oriented” national governing body philosophy was pushed on us by the Walton family when they took over USAC. We used to operate on a “developmental” model that you know… prioritized local, regional and national racing experience. Now we are sending kids with decent w/kg straight...

One of the things that came up in discussion is how absolutely insane the new generation of riders are. They are SO fast. They are SO good in their training. They are SO dialed in their nutrition and recovery. The guest made a point to bring up an interesting-to-me factoid: They can't let the younger riders anywhere near the big-name riders during team training rides. None of them know how to ride in a peloton. They don't know to not overlap wheels. They don't know how to ride predictably. They don't know how to brake smoothly. They don't know how...

Imagine showing 2013 Charlie this post.