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It's official! Nukeproof is back between the tapes with Axess Racing: https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/announcing-nukeproof-axess-….

Thanks for all the love Vital! My goal is to continue a career that allows me to contribute to another 1000 pages of the tech rumour thread.

When I was 14, I had a friendly argument with an older colleague at the bike shop. The argument was around riding with protection, especially gloves. I said it is lame and not very comfy and that I prefer the real feel of the grip in my hands. He on the other hand had the winning argument: “when you’ll get older, you’ll also prefer riding without protection, but it can end up in a maternity room”. So he won, I heeded his words, and since then I've very sensibly been using all kinds of protection when riding, usually a...

The DH casing HR3 has a different sidewall from the other Maxxis DH tires. The sidewall has a thicker layer of rubber near the bead that can be easily felt by hand when the tire is deflated. I haven't seen any marketing or info from Maxxis about the differences though which makes me think they're cooking up a different/better option (radial?)

He’s in Italy. I’ve bought a few levers for my bikes from him through eBay - https://ebay.us/m/xNqwvo - highly recommended.

posted in team rumors, but ronan on a boxxer and said boxxer has some stuff going on.

Bigger news is somehow they are still running e.thirteen wheels 😂. Another big factory team on SRAM is wild though. They have both commençal teams, canyon, Mondraker and Trek Factory. That's a lot of factory

Not sure if this is real and if it’s been posted. New decals for Öhlins forks. Looks horrid in comparison to the old decals.

Pinky with a long term deal is great deal for both sides.. Ryan is young with a lot of potential and 3 years will let everyone grow together.. It will be fun to watch him progress..

Pinky has just signed another three years with Mondraker! Does that mean we will hear from Dak soon? https://www.instagram.com/p/DSaJLaZFN6D/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share…

I believe the two "oldest" bikes on the market right now are S Enduro (2020) and Banshee Titan (2019) and they are both still perfectly relevant going into 2026... I'd say Titan became even more popular as the time went by which is pretty funny in modern times but I'd say there are more and more of us who dont really buy into latest trends of blingbling marginal gains and are perfectly happy with a simple, capable, reliable and affordable bike and Banshee ticks all of those.

toobular stuff with kavenz - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/wound-carbon-tubes-vs-aluminum-kave…

He’s going to race in Europe https://dirtfish.com/rally/ara/semenuk-gives-up-subaru-seat-favoring-a-…

Oh we podcasting don't you worry! The end of the year has flown by and we've all been busy, but the plan is to podcast soon to have a new episode live around Jan 1. For no specific reason....

Why yes, of course! During the Sinister bikes v Iron Horse east coast glory days, FTW and I would both have spares of all the small Sinister parts at local races and Daq had full spares kits when he was on the road with Ebbet and Smutok at Nationals and Crankworks. At Mt Snow Frank would often take bikes he didn’t even design or build back to the shop and patch cracks and ream things or spin up hardware over night for people. I never even saw him ask for money for that… Almost all the Iron Horse racers were...

@Dave_Camp shared this elsewhere in the Vital forums, but he thinks unsprung mass doesn't have nearly the effect on suspension performance that we tend to assign it in the popular imagination. And he's pretty smart. As someone who's pretty sensitive to suspension performance and who runs really heavy wheels, tires, and inserts, I tend to agree.

Rode my Hightower V2 three seasons in the bike park. Had a great time. Keep hearing “there’s nothing like riding a downhill bike”. I believed the hype and bought a V10.8 in 2024. They were right.