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Brewdoo Liked a reply to forum topic 2020 Mountain Bike Team Rumors
12/30/2019 7:55am
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sospeedy Liked a comment about Feature 2020 Norco Sight - We Ride the Radical New Geometry of this Next-Generation Trail Bike
10/31/2019 7:04am
Is there a difference between the C3 and C3 Women’s aside from colour? Same thing for the Optic.
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sspomer Liked a comment about News Story RESULTS: Crankworx Rotorua Downhill
3/22/2019 9:11am
finally, someone had the courage to enlighten me on the cryptic "sandbagging" comments. 2nd place in the pro women's class is transgendered, so there is debate about the racing being fair. why that couldn't be mentioned here in the comments from the get-go is beyond me.
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3/11/2019 8:24pm Dialed race track (check), stacked field (check), gnarly conditions (check), Top notch media coverage (check). What a way to start off the season at the Tennessee National! My suggestion to continue to up the game in race reporting is to include some more audio from the UCI Elite Women! It was great to hear from the top 6 or so men but we only get the Women's winner's audio (Congrats Rachel for a stellar performance!!!). Caroline and Frida are coming off great 2018's, what are they up to this year? Also, who are the ladies in 4th and 5th on...
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MoDee85 Liked a reply to forum topic 2019 Racing Rumors
1/21/2019 6:45pm
Unior to AB Inflatables. Bold move, Cotton.
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Shawn_Trudell Liked a reply to forum topic 2019 Racing Rumors
1/15/2019 8:18am
Miranda Miller and Finn Isles on Iron Horse. Confirmed 100% true! 
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Karabuka Liked a reply to forum topic 2019 Racing Rumors
1/15/2019 8:17am
Best (or worst) prediction for 2019: Athertons on Marin Xquare one clone with Trust the DH prototype fork, the ugliest bike the world has ever seen, Gee and Rach win all races by margins even Vali cant reach in junior women, the world burns.
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Marshall Willanholly Liked a reply to forum topic 2019 Racing Rumors
1/10/2019 7:50am
The derailleur is a SRAM X0. This pic was on Vital last February. https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/The-2019-Intense-M29-Carbon-Downhill-… 
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jimmypop Liked a reply to forum topic 2019 Racing Rumors
1/3/2019 8:40pm
My favorite XC racer, Jenny Rissveds, has an interesting post(s) from a couple of days ago: https://www.instagram.com/jennyrissveds/?hl=en I think one of the best untold recent sports stories is what happened to Rissveds following her stellar 2016 season. If she returns to international racing in 2019, then women's XC will be the most exciting cycling discipline to watch, hands down.
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mtbrealtalk Liked a reply to forum topic 2019 Racing Rumors
1/3/2019 7:14am
Here's a fact for you. Naming sources isn't a good way of keeping sources.
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grinch Liked a reply to forum topic 2019 Racing Rumors
1/2/2019 6:35am
Syndicate signed Glen Danzig. You heard it here first
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YBO Liked a reply to forum topic 2019 Racing Rumors
10/24/2018 6:56am
Ok it's not DH but XC, Jolanda Neff joins Trek Factory Racing alongside Emily Batty https://www.vojomag.com/news/jolanda-neff-rejoint-le-team-trek-factory-racing/?fbclid=IwAR0Ha__D8MnRKNaDft0LYdyiZSaIEehZNDJjkpyxxo4iLfBFpZSmtUwhCZg
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YYCMTB Added a comment about news story FOX Model Year 2019 Product Updates
4/10/2018 7:48pm
40 and an X2 on the Darkside. Awwwww yeah...
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Niclestreeteur Liked a bike check The Darkside of the Force
4/3/2018 6:51am
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jessemelamed Liked a comment about Feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Five of the Best Long-Travel Enduro 29ers Raced and Reviewed
3/7/2018 7:20am
I definitely think you are missing a bike... But solid review nonetheless, really enjoyed that! Although I think you went halfway on this. You wanted to do a back-to-back, strict comparison of the bikes. Well bike makers don't make the parts, so why would you have different parts on each bike? If you wanted to do a 'different' review and properly review each bike back-to-back I personally think you should have had the same part spec(mainly wheels/tires, brakes, suspension, cockpit.) Then you really find out which 'bike' is the best, as in rear suspension feel/geo. And then you can add...
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bturman Liked a comment about Feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Five of the Best Long-Travel Enduro 29ers Raced and Reviewed
3/7/2018 7:19am
Jesse, ya pinner! It's really awesome to see you chiming in and I appreciate your thoughts. We would LOVE to do a test in the manner you've proposed for the reasons you stated. It would be the gold standard for a pure frame test, no doubt. There are some big hurdles we'd have to overcome to pull it off, but it's possible in the future. Keep in mind that shocks are tuned specific to each frame, so those would need to remain. That said, bike manufacturers make bikes. Bikes come with parts. Those parts were carefully chosen (and often tested)...
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Stephan_Becker Liked a comment about Feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Five of the Best Long-Travel Enduro 29ers Raced and Reviewed
3/7/2018 7:17am
Bturman, what are your overall thoughts on 29er fork offset? Was the 44 vs 51 noticeable when switching between bikes?
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Billrideshisbike. Liked a comment about Feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Five of the Best Long-Travel Enduro 29ers Raced and Reviewed
3/7/2018 7:17am
Awesome job Vital. Pretty quickly, you begin to realize how hard a test like this is to do. I think you did a great job. As others have suggested, each reviewer using the same wheels/tires could be a good equalizer.
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Ganderson Liked a comment about Feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Five of the Best Long-Travel Enduro 29ers Raced and Reviewed
3/7/2018 7:17am
Awesome test and new format!!! 27.5 Aggressive Trail Bikes: YT Jeffsy 27 Canyon Spectral Norco Sight 27.5 Pivot Mach 5.5 Evil The Calling GG Shred Dogg Transition Scout Ibis Mojo 3 ???
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vanillarice19 Liked a comment about Feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Five of the Best Long-Travel Enduro 29ers Raced and Reviewed
3/7/2018 7:16am
I find tires can make such a big difference in ride quality, feel, and confidence in my descents. Of course this translates to a much faster time. It's unfortunate you couldn't take that huge variable out of the equation but this is the way the manufacturer has specced the bike. The bikes with DH Threads like the Maxxis 2.5 3C DHF front tires probably did better than bikes specced Trail tires.
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