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I think Greg Callaghan (sp?) raced EDR on the Ripmo most of the year after trying the HD6 so you might be on to something with what you were feeling.

I think everybody cares about their logo being on a podium or on television, let's not fool ourselves. At the same time, some contracts finish every year and some brands bid more than others; it's business as usual. I bet Henri's situation is not the same with Vaea's and I also think there are always brands who want a piece of the exposure pie, regardless of the discipline. Speaking of eyewear, I think in the last couple of years Viris has been a pretty cool and interesting story, starting from a grassroots level and making it to the big dogs...

Has anybody mentioned these yet? Santa cruz burgtec race team's latest video and there's a clipless pedal shown. Looks very close to crankbrother's eggbeater spring system.

Goodman Santa Cruz is becoming Santa Cruz Burgtec for 2026! And as previously announced they received the "old" Syndicate truck and pit setup.

schroeder and i had a good hour-long podcast with gwin this morning. it'll be up tomorrow morning. he speaks pretty freely about everything and how it all works.

This. I kinda don't understand the problem everyone has with presta. Like, how is everyone destroying their valve cores all the time? Never happened to me in 20+ years of cycling.

Good lord this thread is cooked

Scott is a Swiss brand

Vali back on form with stability from the new team 4+ wins. Men’s side has more parity but Henri Keifer gets his first W. Max Alran gets 2.

In one of his follow up posts with Rudd, he said that championship winning year took all he had. Reminded me Nico Rosburg giving it all to beat Hamilton that he retired after. The cost is just super high at that level. A close friend played professional ball sports and when he retired I remember him lamenting, "i am just so tired of being told when to workout, what to eat, where to be." Most of us enjoy bikes (and sport) as an escape, at the top it's the opposite. If Jack can get some backing to continue on youtube...

And then they can make UDH3, which is the same as UDH1 but uses a slightly different thread pitch for no reason.

That's actually one of my favourite parts. I love the "open" part of Crankworx racing. Pros vs Joes For example, I can say I once beat Cedric Gracia in the Garbo DH back in the day. He had a front flat in the first minute of his run and continued to the bottom on it instead of getting a DNF. I beat him (by less than a minute). Truly the pinnacle of my otherwise inauspicious racing career.

4th post down for anyone interested (I am): https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/nerding-out-brakes-shall-we-not-ano…

It's not always true that the dominions come with their free stroke set to the minimum. You have to take the lever blade off and adjust the position of the plunger until you get the free stroke that you want. Unfortunately it's trial and error because if you wind it in too far you can push the piston seal past the timing port which cuts off the lever reservoir from the system. To avoid this, you need the bleed syringes connected to check continuity of the port. It's a faff but thankfully you only have to do it once and...

Saw the new sixfinity yeti pedal bikes out on the trail yesterday. My guess is they weren’t ridden by yeti employee’s and maybe some shop riders as one of them had a shop jersey on. Makes a good chance they are coming sometime 2026. They Look super clean

They inverted their inverted 4 bar?

- 32" will happen - More brands will release radial-ish tires - Gravel suspension gets real/more adoption (and as a result tire widths get narrower, at least for racing) World Cup Enduro dies - RIP

Biking will continue to be a lot of fun and selling bikes will still be pretty dang rough in the woods and streets.

PS: I blatantly stole this from pinkbike