Cody Kelley Confirms His Return to Specialized

 Most stylish rider out there

 Yasssss can't wait to see what he does especially gaining a lot more consistency with his absurd speed. Its going to be a fun year on the EWS!

 Timotei are his main hair sponsor!

 I am also grieving for DR, been a loyal follower since 98. I thought for sure they would have said something.

 I'm sure it's coming. Hoping the delay is due to the write-up being a more quality piece than most articles

 @azogas413: I hope that's the reason. I can't be the only mtn biker wondering the same thing

 that is terrible news! Dirt Rag is what got me into MTB RIP

 East Coast MTB gets no love as a rule of thumb.

 My friend and I were discussing this last night... The radio scilence by other media and why they're cancelling Dirt Fest this year.
I'm not sure what the final cost to Dirt Rag was, but here are some assumptions:
For camping and parking, $160
For just camping, $140
30 vendors on the fairway, each paying some sort of vendor fee.
Beer is sponsored
Pivot has a huge by in as title sponsor
3000 participants

So you'd guess like $500k to 600k of gate and vendor fees.

I have no idea what porta johns, and garbage cost or what the USACE charge for a site fee. But I've rented porta johns before and they were around $250 a month for five johns with biweekly service. But they have probably 200 there for a weekend.

I'd guess that there isn't a lot of money left over after all the bills are paid.

I just hope that everyone gets their money back. Me and my crew hadn't all committed so we hadn't paid our entrance fee yet, but there was only a total of about 450 spaces left for camping and camping with parking combined... If Dirt Rag would commit to having a final year event I'd sign on and pay my fee, but right now it's too dodgy.

Shame though... I remember getting my first issue of D R at 14 years old in 1992 at my first bike shop job. The cover art was incredible, the columns were funny and insightful, the contributors were unique and it didn't drip with the typical major brand gushing. It'll be missed.

 Yeah man spot on.

 @BikesBoatsNJeeps
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Big Bear bike bash will replace Dirt Fest WV.
July 17-19 2020

 @johnherod: thanks... I'll pass it along to a Facebook friend.

 There was a piece on Vital about Dirt Rag.

 Dirtrag was awesome but its print media. Like all print media, its dying. Its time to move on. I haven't read a Dirt Rag or MBA on the toilet in years.

 I have been reading Fortran since 2001. Only magazine sub I had left paper. It will be sorely missed. In the words of one of the best mtb articles I ever read by the father himself Maurice Teirney.

No matter what you ride or what you do while riding.

BIKES=FUN

No matter if you are on a clunker or a superbike everyone is having the same amount of fun.

It has been a good run my friends R.I.P. May the miles of dh be climbless in heaven. As I say with a tear on my cheek.

 Dirtrag. F*!#ing autocorrect

 @BikesBoatsNJeeps: Single Track World ran an article on it. They said that they considered Dirt Rag to be peers on opposite sides of the Atlantic

 Singletrack have written a nice piece on Dirt Rag. singletrackworld.com/2020/01/goodbye-dirt-rag-magazine

 @BikesBoatsNJeeps: well, Sea Otter has about 75,000 people come through over 4 days. their topline revenue is about 25 million. assuming some amount of economy of scale, I would assume a 3000 event to garner closer to a million dollars. If DR was unable to clear 10-15% from said event, then they had no business in the business any more. Sometimes people and companies are unable/unwilling to change with the market landscape.

 I was praying for a RC Long form written in the topic!

 @Cspringsrider: that typo says alot about you

 @Hugo26: You may like his YouTube channel even better. www.youtube.com/channel/UC6DevRBhdC_8tbqsK3y3uPQ

 We´ll see how many races he will be riding the Enduro and how many riding the Stumpjumper...

 @cebolla: all Enduro!

 @cebolla: It'd be so so sick if he was on the stumpy

 @cebolla: I'd love to see him on a revamped pitch

 Add some boing to a Stump Evo and let him loose! Or the Enduro on the rough tracks. Either bike is really sweet... let em rip, Cody!

 Maybe he didn't want to pay for it?

 only 30? :0

 @FUbob: Yeah, I'm on Humalog, and Lantus, and a monthly sedative, and I'm an alcoholic. Trying to shorten things up.

 that was only you

 I want a go. Trails look mint.

 "But I, Will, saw Gwin made it look easy?"

 iPhone auto correct ain’t what she used to be @honda50r:

 @honda50r: "But, I will say, Gwin made it look easy af"

 @cebolla: Ah ha! Nice work

 @honda50r: I read it more as an oddly placed declaration: "But I will saw! On another note, Gwin made that rock gap look easy AF!"

 ....and the rest went to Canyon.

 looks kinda like it to me, but hard to say for sure

 @hamncheez: no its not. the rear is in a concave drainage so its sitting lower. the space between the rear tire and bridge is the same distance as mine. My friend has his mulleted and the gap is bigger

 @privatejoker: good catch