bcbikeman

It would be great if they divided the news into two separate feeds - one for all things electric, and the other for good old mountain biking with mechanical and hydraulic parts. I feel like things have gone in a very strange direction over the past few years, and that traditional mountain biking has taken a backseat, to the point of being disrespected. I get the idea of innovation, and we have seen great innovations over the past 25 years - this electric fixation is a different thing altogether.

I choose to support brands that will provide the ability to use mechanical drivetrains on their top of the line frame.

I was really excited about the possibility of owning this bike, until I saw that I would not be able to use XT or XTR shifting. I am committed to no electronics on my naturally aspirated mountain bikes.

Looks like a great bike! It won't work for me, because I do not want any parts on my bike that require a battery.

Good on you for taking the time to share your positive experience - classy move on your part to follow up after the effort Rocky Mountain made to take care of the quality issue.

I used to be really excited to do a quick check-in with Pinkbike on a daily basis. Over the past couple of years, since Outside has purchased them, I find my interest waning more and more. That cookie message on the bottom right is becoming a real deterrent to me. I come to this site less frequently now, and with less enthusiasm. This site seems to prioritize it's own corporate and commercial interests, rather than appealing to the subscribers' love and passion for mountain biking.

@mikekazimer: How would you compare the Trek Slash to the Santa Cruz Nomad?

Knolly bikes have the cleanest welds in the business - the only other brand that comes close is Nicolai. The straight top tubes on the prototypes are a nice look. On a different note, those Lazer helmets look really good.

My heart goes out to athletes born biologically female who have dedicated their lives to a sport, to the point of being top 10 in several consecutive competitions or in the national ratings, only to have that taken away from them by someone who used to be a man who was not even relevent competively in the same sport against other men - either several hundred places behind the top rated males, or even in the thousands, but once they transgendered, were very quickly able to dominate the female category. I have read interviews of biological women who have lost their scholarships to universities in the US, since Biden introduced the new laws to include transgender athletes in female sports - this is a completely uneven playing field that has unfairly treated many aspiring femaile athletes. Why is such confusion and obfiscation being added to this conversation? The solution is very simple. Let's not pretend not to know that this is a completely different category - when you are born with an entirely different potential for strength and endurance, and require drugs to make a transition to a different gender, you will have either a distinct physical advantage or disadvantage, depending on which gender you started as. This is not a mean and insensitive comment, it is me diplomatically stating the reality, and expressing my heartfelt thoughts and emotions for female athletes who don't have a chance competing against transgender athletes.