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As someone who basically only rides park (yeah bro) and has done so on bikes with and without water bottle cages, I appreciate not having to stuff a water bottle in the waist of my pants to stay hydrated. Bottle mounts all the way!

I say this as a guy who only owns an enduro, but why not? It's great to get to the bottom of the trail and head right back to the lift instead of going all the way out to the car for a sip. Now, in racing situations, I can see why you might not want the extra weight.

One of the best things I ever did was drill into and insert pop rivet bottle cage mounts into my Yeti DJ.

There's a big difference between racing 6-8 times per year as we are now vs. racing all year. Professional racers should be able to make a winter series work with a short (1-2 month) break in the fall shoulder season and then another short break in the spring shoulder season before the summer series. I would prefer that the "winter series" is in the southern hemisphere to catch their summer as you mention though. Each series should be at least 10 races. Riders are already skipping major events as it is, but I think that's just part of our sport...

Jordan Williams bike in Portugal

as long as it doesnt interfere with suspension performance why the hell not? would love to have water when doing park laps!

Last...would love to know why there are water bottle mounts on all their DH frames. I'll take the answer that it's for mounting a computer to for DAQ/telemetry as the ONLY acceptable answer.

They have numbers on the top tube, signifying which on it is from the batch.

Dang beat me to it, I just got a screen grab too and even drew an arrow.

Brook definitely not making himself any favours with this kind of behaviour...

Meh, sour grapes from Brook. They didn't do a "Breaking" post for every ride/rider/signing. Get over it. And if you really want people to talk about you win some races or a championship?

Sorta relevant. Bulldog just speaking some facts…

Making parts for Lotus ≠ good design. It's gaudy as fuck. The anodisation for anodisation's sake, seemingly nonsense graphics and big flat faces aren't in the least bit appealing to me.

They look straight out of aliexpress.

I dont know why but YT kind of strikes me as the type of company to do this just for publicity. Id like to be wrong though.

that will make a nice fire when the battery burns

I give this a thumbs up, not because of the situation, but the honesty that Evil is handling a very unfortunate situation. Its nice to see while they maybe Evil in name, they have a bigger heart than some other brands.