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For a long time the planes that people were jumping out of were made of fabric, too.

Next thing you know people will jump out of airplanes and trust their lives to some strings

That's the one! Still available for sale if anyone's looking to cement their position as the most prepared buddy in their riding group:

Yeah, Berd spokes seem ideal for backcountry repairs, due to the ease of carrying spares. Back in the day there was actually a company that made fiber spokes specifically for temporary use, to get you home if your steel spoke failed. I'm forgetting the exact name...Fiberfix, or something like that. At that time, they didn't consider the fiber tech to be sufficiently durable for permanent usage, hence the temporary repair angle.

I mean a stick getting stuck in a wheel will also easily take out a metal spoke. Ive also gone on to do plenty of riding after breaking a spoke or 2

I've been riding them for a few seasons. Pretty great. I treat them like garbage and have not had any problems.

Dario is that friend in every group who's a bit different but you like him anyway...

I bet Dario can make an amazing Americano.

A Vital MTB Tech Rumors contributors and enjoyers meetup would be a secret society event I would be fired up to show up to. Somewhere like Whistler in the summer or an apres sea otter. It could be fully unofficial to uninvolve the legal teams of the vital overlords. We could make a partiful and t shirts. All would be merry. Core lords could flex. I would go.

Wether you love or hate Dario the moment he said "as an architecture major" had me like: "of course you are". 😂

Considering that we've got the Marz Shiver, the Manitou Dorado, and the Rockshox RS-1, the statement is completely stupid whatever way you want to swing it.

As a crusty Marzocchi guy who worked there during the Shiver days, even I had a good laugh when people wanted to compare the Fox to the Shiver SC..

Sexy

If you hate all their other new stuff and how much it costs, just wait until you see the pricing on that new Demo... it's not going to be nice. Soon, you'll be able to buy a new vehicle and live like you did when you were 20 and your bike was 3x more expensive than your car. Maybe they'll roll out a subscription service for the suspension system Loic is running. Every bike will come equipped with it, but you have to pay for every level of adjustment. I'm also sorry if I put a thought in a product...

I miss the days of Swiss neutrality...

We're 14 years in already. What makes you think the new Saint is going to be released?