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Thank you all for the interest in our bikes and in our distribution / sales model. To give you a bit of context, we’re currently a team of 9 people at RAAW, based in Germany, and we ship worldwide directly from here. The US has actually grown into our biggest market after Germany, which is pretty wild considering that every RAAW in the US has been shipped individually from Germany. Our goal is, of course, to make the ordering process and ownership experience as easy as possible. Having stock in the US would be ideal, but that comes with a...

Apologies if it’s been discussed but is there a broadcast for qualifying anywhere?

Road bikes are stuck in the stone age due to UCI restrictions and nothing more. Without them they would look completely different. They probably have bigger wheels for sure.

Good to see Them dropping Swat box. Now to get more brands to do the same.

That's why they are releasing this now: "Hey boss, can we start teasing the new goods? Not yet, gotta wait until thegromit orders the current version...."

I got ~30 minutes each with Avinox and Bosch and am still figuring out what to do with the content (podcast or writing). Unsurprisingly, Bosch is a bit "disappointed" (I'm paraphrasing) in the direction Avinox is pushing the industry. They leaned heavily into trail access and stewardship, and suggested the current crop of high-output motors doesn't jive with the effort they've put into balancing stakeholders and leading the powertrain side responsibly. For fun, I looked back to see if Bosch has ever pushed power or torque limits on their own accord, and from what I can tell the answer is...

Of all the dumb ebike comments in this thread, this one really got to me. "Ebike motors are controlled by analog PWM signals. So they are actually analog by the literal definition of analog." For the 18 people who up-thumbed this, care to explain what the fuck an "analog PWM signal" is?

I've heard about that. It's Enduro that's willing to give up its right to vote in order to disappear and be protected from the horrors happening to other racing genres. Right?

434mm 👍

🤔 edit: apparently v3 clash

Ya know, I'm changing my tune about 32" wheels. I don't really have all that much interest in owning a 32" bike, and I fully expect most, if not all of the first 32" bikes to not be in my wheelhouse... But right now, I'd kill for anything that isn't related to an ebike to read about. Never before have I yearned to digest some bike stuff that just involved the measly 250w that I struggle to put out. So... bring on the 32" content please, I am primed and ready for it.

I saw the original post and read the comments, user stated it was a split belt. If you guys post insta screenshots make sure to include the username or hyperlink so people can take a look for themselves.

i think we've counted 13 bikes launching today w/ avinox which is MENTAL. it's not really any different than bikes waiting to be launched with new SRAM, FOX or Shimano stuff, however. the OE often determines launch dates for frames. like you're saying, i also don't understand how a day like today is good for any brand launching a bike (why not just wait until tomorrow and be at the top of the noise list?), but pretty it wasn't a surprise to any of them.

I think we nerds sometimes get lost in our bubble. For 99.9% of the riding public, press releases and bike launches simply don't matter and doesn't drive buying behavior. Plus, historically, there have always been a gagillion press releases around new product this time of year (Sea Otter). Way back in the day Interbike drove the same kind of thing. TL;DR, it doesn't really matter.

And poor Kona trying to release a backpacking hardtail on this day. I guess they didn't get the memo.

Newmad next week.