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Knowledge Health Strength I first became familiar with the brand during a summer mountain bike camp in middle school. Like a lot of other folks, some of the more suggestive names caught my attention at the time and I remember thinking they were badass for this Later on when I swung away from mtb for a bit and got more into BMX, I lusted after Free Agent bikes and had my dad drive me almost an hour away to see one at a shop. Ultimately it was a bit over budget and I went with another brand.. Years later I had a cousin hook me up with an old GT LTS, and that re-sparked the mtb interest. When that sh*t the bed I was looking to build up something from scratch and a KHS XC104 frame from eBay did the trick. Great bike for the time, and they were cool enough to warranty the rear triangle when I sheared it after riding the bike way harder than it had business being ridden. Will their exit make a big impact on the industry? Doubt it. Are they a legacy brand that I've got a strong attachment to and will always admire? Hell yea.

@valrock: will add to this hopefully without jinxing myself… The bike has been SOLID for me, no broken parts at all. Also big props to their wheels- mine is kitted with RW30’s I race enduro a few times a year in addition to riding pretty hard in general, especially some bone-rattling rocky tech here in Utah.

I'm entering my fourth year on a Rail 27.5 and feel the exact same! After 3 years I usually start looking for something new.. while other bikes obviously pique my interest at times, there is nothing out there that could convince me to replace the Rail at this point in time. That's saying a lot!

if they cleaned up the top tube and shrunk the logo on the downtube a bit this bike would look twice as good!

yet you cutely refer to yourselves as "Vacationland" ... must be a misnomer huh ?

@a-prince: Completely ruined, eh? All resorts in Utah? I just purchased a Bird Summit pass for the 8th year in a row. During my near-decade's time here it has certainly gotten busier, but I still manage to get in roughly 30 days at the resort without much hassle. Sorry you couldn't hang, NM is probably a better fit for you. Have fun with sharing the slopes with all those Texans!

Nice work guys! Couldn't help but show the Trump sign and some riveting footy of shooting stupid f*king guns in the desert. Decent riding though. Volcom is dead and never coming back, sorry to break it to you.

Honestly man, the fact that you are conflating these two things is more problematic than any goon being entertained by FF clips.

Unnrea

I got to ride with some Revel employees in Moab last fall and one of them was riding a proto for the Ritual. They told me it would be replacing the Rail, which sadly as a current Rail 27.5 rider I don't think is a proper replacement. Other than that, the bike was super fun to ride and it definitely seemed like an upgrade over the current Rail models.