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Spotted over on Pinkbike -- Ronan Dunne running his tuned mass damper in a novel location. (More like a tuned ass damper, am I right? Sorry, I'll see myself out.)

Lol, wtf am i getting dragged into this for. But gives me a better idea of who went to the hassle to make a fake linkedin a few months ago to sh** talk me there of all places. As far as which US races get points, go to the UCI calendar on the uci website and filter down to the mtb races specific to the US (or any country you want). It'll tell you which class it is. Last couple pages of the rule book UCI MTB Regulations will tell you how many points that event is worth. earlier in...

One of the reasons I think Jeff's right about the barbell theory of pricing is that there's so much stinking money out there at the top end of the tax brackets right now. There's a shocking amount of people who live in Makebelieveland and are just looking, itching, for new ways to burn money. There are so many people for whom a $10000 Vado Sl 30 pound e-bike is a rounding error. And for people like this, having the newest, the most expensive, or the most exclusive can serve as the entire USP for a product purchase. Bike companies will...

I thought I'd seen it all... But then I saw someone hate on Bgoldstone in the Vital forums. A dark day indeed. (I can only assume they tagged the wrong person? Bgoldstone might be the most objective info, non-opinionated poster in the entire forum.)

I'm sure Marc is vastly more intelligent than myself, but he's also a malignant narcissist whose vision of the of the future is terrifying if you dig into it. He doesn't explicitly state it in his manifesto, but he's clearly all in on accelerationism and the Neo-Reactionary (NRX) movement AKA the "Dark Enlightenment". Tech billionaires are attempting to trying to destroy America and rebuild what they are calling "Network States", which are essentially corporate fiefdoms. This is part of the reason why they are trying to sell off public lands. They need land (and farm land) to accomplish this. https://thenetworkstate.com/...

Statement from the MSA organizers: https://www.coupedumonde-mtb-msa.com/en/post/statement-on-the-2026-cale… The removal of Mont-Sainte-Anne from the 2026 calendar is based solely on WBD's own profitability considerations. Discussions are already underway with WBD and various stakeholders, including our public partners, to prepare for Mont-Sainte-Anne's return to the UCI calendar in 2027.

That isnt a single 10x20 with all their crap in a pallet shipped back and forth. very different. This is still their east coast based service rig. Regardless, the logistics of back to back weekends on opposite coasts of the US is a nightmare and massive cost for a lot of these teams and support staff. and at the end of the day the UCI in all its wisdom still did not take this into account. We are in a shit budget time for this industry.... this piss poor planning helps no one.

He is coming across like the "Sham-Wow" infomercial guy pushing his brand. It get's a little tiring.

Hi I'm Berny Scott and this is pivot bang.

Hot off the press: RockShox reaffirms its commitment to racing by becoming the "Official Suspension Partner of the WHOOP UCI MTB World Series": https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/rockshox-announced-official…

Super boost and short chain stays would stop me from buying a Pivot before anything Bernard did.. I wouldn't date anyone that young, but I'm a lot older than he is.. We assume things are questionable, but laws are different everywhere. Sexual assault is a whole different thing..

Interesting question. I think it really just depends on how bad the erosion is and how far ahead you’re looking. If you have good sight lines and can tell it’s a mini rut to track you thru a section, sure hit it. If it starts small and turns into a blown out mess of trail avoid it, go high, low, whatever looks best. This is the kind of thing that I think just improves with time on the bike and making split second line choice decisions.