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A guy who likes mountain bikes and making this site run with help from all of you!
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Stories: 1636
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Videos: 1311
Forum topics started: 478
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Boise, ID, USA

Member Since:
6/26/2009
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sspomer Added a new video Poacher

9/9/2026 9:27am
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Subpar comes through with award-winning direction and cinematography from Whistler.

sspomer Added a new video Saving It in Peru + Tyler Ervin's Frameworks

9/8/2026 4:49pm
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#USDH shredder, Tyler Ervin, shares his story of a near miss at the finish line in a Peruvian downhill race before he preaches the deets of his Frameworks with SR Suntour suspension.

sspomer Started a new thread Gracey Hemstreet's Project 17 Women's Invitational

9/8/2026 7:57am
Awesome stuff from Gracey and Coast Gravity Park. Dig on in! GRACEY HEMSTREET’S PROJECT 17: A PLATFORM FOR FEMALE RIDERS TO TAKE ON BIGGER TERRAIN Three-time Downhill World Cup winner and two-time Red Bull Hardline champion Gracey Hemstreet is leading Project 17, a new female-only invitational progression event designed to help the next generation of female downhill riders take on...
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AJW1 Liked a reply to forum topic Tips for Changing Tires

9/7/2026 9:13am
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If your bikes live in a shed or unheated garage, bring the new tyres inside to warm up for a few hours before you try to fit them.
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sspomer Started a new thread Tips for Changing Tires

9/7/2026 7:47am
Mounting new bike tires (especially tubeless and/or heavy duty casing) seems to go one of two ways...it's either a brief, effortless, simple experience or it's an exercise in torture, pain, confusion and mystery. I figured it's time compile the Vital community's decades of expertise into one place with your tips for changing and mounting new tires. Let's here 'em!
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nskerb Liked a reply to forum topic DH bike rental in whistler

9/7/2026 7:35am
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Ended up going with revolution. Got a v10 and it was awesome. Thanks everybody!
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sspomer Started a new thread $190,000 Prize Purse Minimum - Beyond Gravity DH Race in Maydena, Feb 2027

9/3/2026 2:43pm
Red Bull Hardline Tasmania will be replaced by a DH race and event put on in Maydena by locals called Beyond Gravity. There is a pay-per-view broadcast model with a minimum $190k prize purse ($25, 15, 10 for 1st thru 3rd etc) and potential for more as they will share 30% of the PPV revenue with the athletes. The more...
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sspomer Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment

9/3/2026 11:55am
interesting PR from Bosch citing data from their app. 62 million miles ridden by US ebikers on their platform over the last 3 years ------------------------ U.S. Riders cover an estimated 62 million miles on eBikes with a Bosch System Insights from three years of eBike Flow app data Foothill Ranch, Calif. (September 3, 2026) Since the first eBikes equipped with...
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Big Bird Liked a comment about video Parallel III ft. Brandon Semenuk, Kade Edwards, Hugo Frixtalon

9/1/2026 11:25am
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And Ryan Howard.
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sspomer Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment

9/1/2026 10:59am
ARI dropped their alloy, Avinox-equipped, vertical-shock, Horst-link-layout Wire Peak 3.0 today. $4,199 frame/shock or $4,999 - $7,999 complete. full PR below. Ari Bikes Launches Wire Peak 3.0, Bringing Award-Winning e-MTB Performance to a New Price Point All-new aluminum trail/all-mountain e-bike features the Avinox M2S drive unit, fully adjustable geometry, and builds starting under $5,000 LINDON, UT — September 1, 2026...
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