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I totally agree, I have a set of WAO Unions that are still perfectly straight after 2 seasons of riding, and I prefer the steeper tech trails. Also just ordered a set of the convergence wheels w/hydra hubs for $1263 out the door with their march madness sale. The Raceface wheels looks nice but don't see any reasons to move from WAO especially for the price difference. I would imagine most people buying these wheels are probably buying them for their strength/lifetime warranty moreso than trying to shave grams off their bike build.

No thats a new headset for internally routed cables

I’m xenophobic for not wanting shitty knock off brakes made in a sweatshop? Ight cool lol.

DAMPER

I love gold the look of it the taste of it the smell of it the texture. I love gold so much that I even lost my genitalia in an unfortunate schmelting accident.

I ride 4 chips.

I thought Fox forks couldn't get any uglier.

Dang that’s a sweet looking Nomad

Maybe something a bit less shit than the current Charger3.

There are many worse things in MTB, as a for instance, cable tourism has entered the chat.

All other things being equal, Factory and Performance Elite forks weigh the same (have I missed a joke?)

Places you guys can go fight each other about e-bikes. https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/Lets-be-honest-Ebike-related,… https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/what-do-you-prioritize-e-bike?page=2 https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/Downsides-of-ebikes-and-what-…

Dale is a friend, I will see if he will come chime in here.

Seems like he's running into the same issue encountered in the Vital review, but didn't take the time to troubleshoot. The Mavens do have an extra step now, which requires a few cycles of the pistons to get things primed and set into place. The initial setup requires two to three cycles of the pistons through their full range of motion to help the two-step seals settle into place and center. I made the genius decision of ignoring this step on my initial setup and can confirm it is necessary. After referring to the troubleshooting portion of the owner's manual...

Or maybe he finally realised that no fork with gold or orange on it belongs anywhere near a mountain bike!

They look straight out of aliexpress.

Looks like a department store bike. Privateer was on my short list, this one won't be.