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To give them their due, Vail don't seem to give a shit about anything to do with the guest experience, not just Crankworx. I could go full old man yelling at the clouds about all of the cost cutting, nickel and diming nonsense (WATER FOUNTAINS COST NOTHING!!!) that irks me these days.

Yes, I've seen Gwin race several times, in-person. Aside from ridiculous speed and precision, he's just a master of not using any more effort than needed. People used to call him boring, say, compared to Bryceland, or later (early) Pierron, etc., but to me racing is about results, and few have compared with him on that. I mean, going from training alone in June to Qualifying and putting down a run, at today's level, at 38 years old a month later, the guy just knows how to deliver. Unfortunately, I've never seen Jackson race, except on HBO. He should come...

Every time I've been trackside for Gwin, his cornering speed is crazy. Hits ruts w/ very little body language & just slot cars it. Hard to explain his style b/c on video b/c he doesn't waste movement. But man...when the guy changes directions, it's forceful & intentional. Seen the races he wins be won in all the sharp edge turns. But he makes them look...straight.

I would agree. Vail taking over the resort didn’t help things either. They clearly didn’t give a shit about the event and made it harder and more expensive to do just about anything. I have a lot of respect for the small CWX team but they had zero pull with the Vail team. Not great conditions for a successful event.

... She is on Specialized Gravity as of 2026. If you are gonna be rude. Be right.

Her name is Rosa Marie Jensen

Yeah, my iPhone even warns me that there is an AirTag near me on most flights I take now, since a lot of people throw them in their luggage. Of course Apple does this since people have used AirTags to track unsuspecting people for nefarious purposes, but this makes it difficult to use them to defeat all but the stupidest of thieves.

We had one locally a few weeks ago that was stolen and recovered due to an airtag.

Has anyone actually recovered a bike with air tags? It was my understanding is that they are super easy to detect and any halfway sophisticated criminal does this immediately

I know I need to take this to the Geo chat... haha...So after this, id be happy to discuss over there to keep this for its intentions. but I think with higher stacks and longer chainstays, the front end doesn't need to be as long and the therefor the wheelbase can start to shorten back up. Calculating the rider triangle and sizing, mathematically, we can fit similarly but just change the hinge at the hips and body positioning. Bringing the leverage back higher with the stack, you gain back some 'agility' and being able to ride 'active'. You can still...

Got it. I’ve never dabbled with AirTags or anything like that. With the cover, that’s pretty clever integration. Until it gets hit with a rock or something…

yep absolutely. we might be at another rung in the ladder of geo evolution here. a really long wheelbase and high stack feels amazing for plowing straightline chunk, sleeps etc. but you loose some agility and an active riding style over the front is harder (i really enjoy loading up the front wheel and doing sharp cutty turns). But also, we're used to "last gen" geo concepts (short wheelbase low stack) and need to learn new riding styles. it’s dependent on terrain and rider height/body proportions too of course.

Carbon is conductive, and hence a pretty good shield for RF. Placing an Airtag inside of a Carbon or metal frame would degrade signal strength pretty severely.

Considering your bike has a ratio of 1.93 which is quite very very high, that makes sense. You need to be way lower and over the front for any traction on that bike. This in an XL is 1.82, therefor, low stack will just be a load more front end weight through geo than you are used to. Thats where the higher stack would aid in a better feeling (subjective) riding position and still maintaining good front end weight. You don't NEED to ride over the front as heavily anymore because the geo already naturally is giving you more front...

there‘s another layer of frame protection bolted on over the tag.

also regarding the Airtag integration: is there a product niche for a a more difficult to remove tracking component? For example, what about a bottom bracket that has the electronic guts of an Airtag in the shell, and you need some kind of special keyed BB tool to get it out (like wheel locks on a car). Kind of a ridiculous paradigm we're in here- "I need to install electronic anti-theft stuff on my $10k pedal bike"

Certified armchair engineer here… Wouldn’t you want something like this hidden inside the frame, or somewhere less obvious?

Definitely very very pricey! And not excusing the cost, but I'm glad to see so many features incorporated all over the frame, and a nice Airtag/Tile integration feature to help you recover your $5000 frameset 😅

With chainstays that long, can it fit a 32" wheel?