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segamethod Liked a reply to forum topic All Things Vital Downhill Fantasy
7/10/2026 9:34pm
I've been picking Bode for weeks and it hasn't work out yet lol
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
7/10/2026 9:33pm
Throwing this out here on the dedicated ebike thread, Jeff and I go deep on Avinox and Amflow on the Vital BS Podcast: https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/b-s-podcast-rise-dji-drones-e-bikes
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Trocko Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/10/2026 9:32pm
Let’s just bring the Zerode g1 gear box design back. Someone make a lugged bike with DW dual chain and a Alfine di2 11speed
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bigbrett Liked a reply to forum topic Modern Inverted Single Crown Forks
7/10/2026 3:48pm
You’ll be fine, ride yer damn bike. Conditions are bumpy and blown on the fast stuff but they are always bumpy and blown. Just go ride tech in the woods if you don’t want to rattle your fillings out.
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brash Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/8/2026 3:23pm
I'll be dead before new saint drops.
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Evwan Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/8/2026 3:22pm
Nothing we haven’t seen at world cups, but proto saint is popping up on test bikes in Whistler
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AndehM Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/8/2026 3:22pm
Looks like that rider is also running the unreleased Maxxis DHX tire too.
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JVP Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/8/2026 9:45am
Riders' goals matter, this is where racing and daily riding for nine-to-fivers diverge. Enduro and DH racers want the fastest speed going down, recreational riders are looking for the best compromise to reduce suffering on the way up. The people I ride with only care about speed when climbing . For descending we want confidence and predictability. Confidence = speed for us. The tire that is fastest descending changes 150 times a year based on the specific trail and the amount of moisture (or complete lack thereof). My ideal tires for a weekday lunch ride on Galbraith flowy stuff are...
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sspomer Liked a forum topic 2026 Andorra World Cup
7/7/2026 10:59am
The World Cup goes back-to-back with riders leaving La Thuile and landing in the high and dry venue of Andorra. The Pal Arinsal DH track is fast and bike-parky up top as it develops into rougher, natural terrain through the bottom half. DH race day is Saturday w/ qualis on Friday. We'll open up Fantasy when we get the quali start list and until then, here's the weather and rider entry list. Weather looks like it could be primo for race day with Thursday and Friday showers. DH Entry List (may not reflect actual race start list)
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Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/5/2026 11:22pm
Effigear had or has the option of a nonconcentric output. Cavaliere bikes used it in the past. As for two cassettes in a box, you actually need like two 11-25 cassettes to get 516% of range if you run them "back to front" like in the shimano patent. Two 10-50 cassettes, besides definitely not fitting, would give you 2500 % of range. That's a bit much.
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FrontRangeFriend Liked a reply to forum topic Yeti Sixfinity Enduro Bike Spotted in La Thuile
7/2/2026 5:47pm
I just saw one of the Pinkbike guys riding one at Sun Peaks today so this is probably coming out very soon.
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Jason_Schroeder Liked a reply to forum topic Yeti Sixfinity Enduro Bike Spotted in La Thuile
7/2/2026 5:44pm
Dang that looks production and incredibly sick 😯 Say that Vital had access to know more about this bike, what would you want to know? ( hypothetically speaking 
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Eoin Liked a reply to forum topic Yeti Sixfinity Enduro Bike Spotted in La Thuile
7/2/2026 5:40pm
Sixfinity is the number of zeros in the price tag right?
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
7/2/2026 5:38pm
would it fit? : )
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NoahColorado Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/2/2026 5:36pm
If you were looking for an O-chain compatible Shimano crank for DH, I've wondered before if you could just use XT 8130 (Superboost) cranks on 83mm shell bikes without the 4.5mm spindle spacers on both sides? How would a 73mm shell with 9mm of spindle spacers be functionally different than a 83mm shell with no spacers (other than the 1mm difference)?
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SRAM and Shimano engage in price fixing Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/2/2026 6:58am
This meme continues to be a poor interpretation of carcinization/convergent evolution... The crab is not some final form that everything is destined to become. The lesson from carcinization is that unrelated species independently evolved into crab-like bodies. Not that we will one day all be crabs. I think a more fitting example of carcinization in the bike industry would be floating brake arms: a variety of bike manufactures independently arriving at a similar tech to solve the same problem. And at the end of the day, that shit is sitting at the bottom of the ocean
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AgrAde Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/2/2026 6:57am
Shut the fuck up about drivetrain efficiency. Holy shit. Go find a different thread.
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smelly Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/2/2026 6:55am
I typically use the climb switch once per ride. I like to turn it on halfway up the climb when I remember I have it and might as well use it. I tend to turn it off halfway down the descent when I’m puzzling over why my suspension isn’t working. I suspect I am not in the minority.
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slimshady Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/2/2026 6:53am
So in essence you're telling me we are witnessing the birth of crab wheels, to go along the new generation of crab Santa Cruz bikes?
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