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Yessir. Forgot to put that one in red. Feel free to update as well.

Resident Korean resident here 1. Things to do on bikes... RIDE!!! The race weekend is also the start of the bike park season locally. There are three parks within an hour of each other, two within five minutes. Alpensia Bike Park is literally right next to Yongpyong. The parks here a different from Europe, smaller and still growing. Wellihilli is further west at lower altitude and has fun runs. You could also ride in/near Seoul. We ride year round here and the outskirts of Seoul have some fantastic singletrack. Even some rock slabs with epic views on the eastern edge...

Specialized do transferable warranty to the second owner I'm pretty certain

Vital MTB: "I have friends everywhere."

Honestly, here on the Vital forum's is the ONLY place I run into even the slightest mention of Tippie? I just seems a bit weird frankly.

Don't forget, this is brought to you by the same people as the Design & Innovation Awards, the self-proclaimed "Oscar of the Bike & Outdoor Industry." A judged contest that is free to enter, but 3,450 Euro (plus VAT) to claim if you are the lucky recipient of the precious award. Need more cash, just add more categories for brands to enter, and then select (extort) winning products most likely to pay the ransom.

Healing vibes to Fabien Barel - not the kind of off-season news drop we were looking forward to, but here we are. Get well soon Fab! From Fabien's Instagram (embedding not working for some reason): https://www.instagram.com/p/DQwLspZDMvG/?hl=en&img_index=1 Text from Fabien's post: THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE PLAN Life has its way of reminding us how quickly things can change. During a recent test session, I had a heavy crash…The kind of crash that knocks you out and leaves you with no memory of what happened. The impact left me with several fractured vertebrae, a strong head trauma, and multiple contusions...

Is very standard that many pros sell their bikes at end of year. Look at the BK Frame pages back f/ example.

Feel like more people follow racing than know who Tippie is these days, we are a dying breed

NP guy says...and World Cups...it's coming together.

Patience...it's coming...

believe or not the vast majority of mountain bikers simply do not follow racing, it's not even on their radar

*reaches more pinkbike and vital users I have this horrible feeling we're not the biggest demographic....

I am a Tippie fan, but can someone explain to me why he should get a ride over some up and comer? A very few amount of riders from his generation are still sponsored full time, even a much younger Gully works full time for Orbea not as a rider. Love the guy, but in times apparently so tight in the industry, why him and not someone current like the people who we talk about in this thread losing rides?

I re-read this post and couldn't understand what you were trying to say. Not to mention your response seems filled with unnecessary vitriol over someone just mentioning a persons name. Judging by your response I can only assume that you're harboring some deep seeded PTSD from him crushing you at the local beer league endubro. Which I do personally feel like that might be worth seeking some help for as it's never good to cary such such a burden mentally. All that besides, I'm glad you feel like Evil's 435 rear center is what you want in a size XL...

Their enduro team was done last year but they graciously kept me on board for this year with my contract having another year on it. Sounds obvious of course, but the bike industry isn't always so giving. The DH team took me in and I had a blast all year long, which was the main reason for doing DH at the end of the year. I just wanted to hang out with the team some more, and who wouldn't take the chance to race World Cup DH while they can. As for next year, stay tuned.

ENOUGH BK-LIFE-CHOICES TALK IN HERE.