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Private Equity's Next Industry Sacrifice: ENVE

With so much drama in the LBS, it's kinda hard being S-C-O-double-T. But I, somehow, some way, keep comin up with funky ass features like every single day

@boozed: For sure, previous gen Spark was the Toyota Corolla of Australian trails for several years (and rightly so, excellent bike). Scott dealer told me we were one of their strongest markets outside Europe. Current gen doesn't seem to have landed in the same way though.

@farkinoath: yep the "stick or snake" game isn't fun, particularly at speed...but north America can keep its hairy bitey things

@btjenki @RadBartTaylor: Agreed - fair point on the optics for mountain bikers, I didn't consider the contested access and factionalism issues that you guys have to deal with across the Pacific. I only come at it from the point of being an ex-journalist - column space/time is precious, so less is more, layman terms are generally preferred and "mountain bikers" more immediately evokes "off road cyclist" to the average audience. Very true that news accuracy standards are slipping away (to the point that many in the Western hemisphere happily digest the barefaced lies of a criminal...) but for something relatively benign as an outdoor sports incident... surely some easily recognised shorthand is passable. Final thought - while I don't like the venomous snakes down here, I am SO glad I don't have to duck and weave massive bloody cats and bears!

Because bicycles in any form are incredible, and while many PB readers overlap with the road world, a good many more of us are just plain curious about the parallel developments in technology etc.

I hope not, Eccentric 29 has been the bombproof constant in my fleet. But Wiggle/CRC being on life support would surely impact NS global reach

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