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I'm at Leogang this weekend and wanted to get a sense of how widely pedal kickback devices have been adopted by World Cuppers, along with all the other wild accessories like TMD's/shakeweights, electronics, gearboxes, and more. So out of curiosity and as a service to my fellow nerds, I stood at the top of Q1 today and counted all the devices I could. Note that certain devices were almost certainly undercounted, like shakeweights, added mass, and fancy chainring devices like Ochain or Rimpact (drivetrains were facing away from me in the starting lineup). There were 20 bikes total where I...

The end of e-pretending.

The ability to make this a class 3 bike seems to be asking for trouble on trail systems that are already questionable when it comes to ebike access...

The bros don't want to admit they're mopeds cause then they can't poach & feign ignorance.

Nice moped.

Those prices make Fox Factory gear look reasonable wow

1986 called and wants it's Oakley Pilots back!

Yeah, they get paid to praise them, wouldn’t read too much Into that

Pretty sure lower shock linkage on dirt bikes are needle bearings. At least they were 6 years ago when I was still racing and working on my own bike.

Nice to see Mert Lawwill’s designs continuing on.

Most inline shocks are monotubes- might be confusing the naming? For MTBs- they are cheap, durable and package super well with an airspring.

Well said. People get so hung up on 12k bikes, forgetting that there are bikes for a third that price, 95% as good.

Ultimately, we all vote with our wallets. Cannot wait to see the voting results!

considering the amount of electricity used to run my computer just to comment on the prices of yetis over the last couple days, i'm probably not the best one to ask about climate change. i did ride my bike to the dentist yesterday though.

Spomer, after VitalMTB solves commodity fetishism can you tackle climate change? Asking for a friend.

why is it up to vital to apply price pressure? we're not yeti's customer, and they're not ours (they do not advertise). let their bikes sit on the floor and collect dust if they don't sell b/c of the outrageous prices. if there are riders willing to part with TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS for a mountain bike, that's up to them. there are people who have that kind of money and choose to spend it, so we're not going to say a bike sucks on the trail or shouldn't be considered just because of the cost or inflated price-to-component spec. like...