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jankslayer
- Member since May 8, 2000
- Male / 38
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Victoria , British Columbia - 11 Followers
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Ride all the bikes.
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jankslayer sarahmoore's article
Oct 21, 2026 at 14:08
Oct 21, 2026
Cannondale Will Shut Down Connecticut Headquarters By Mid-2027, Laying Off 143 Workers
@11six: bike companies are just better when run by an enthusiastic owner vs a corporation trying to extract maximum profits. Think Redbull or Arizona Ice Tea. They make lots of money, but also spend almost all of it on things they value. PON bought GT during the peak bike boom and then closed its doors because it didn’t understand how to extract heaps of profit from it. It’s just a vacuum of sadness.
jankslayer sarahmoore's article
Oct 21, 2026 at 11:13
Oct 21, 2026
Cannondale Will Shut Down Connecticut Headquarters By Mid-2027, Laying Off 143 Workers
@scrawnydog: instead of folding GT and relegating Cannondale to a budget Santa Cruz/Cervelo with seemingly no long term planning they should just sell the company’s they see no value in to a new owner. They hollowed out the brand value to the point it’s worthless because they don’t understand the business. I’d rather have a private owner who wants to sell cool stuff and spend company profits on bike projects, product and events. PON just wants to extract dollars from the industry. Just private equity being generally bad for everything it touches.
jankslayer sarahmoore's article
Oct 21, 2026 at 10:03
Oct 21, 2026
Cannondale Will Shut Down Connecticut Headquarters By Mid-2027, Laying Off 143 Workers
PON, stop buying cool companies and folding them. Just sell the bike company’s to people who ride and want to do good things. Make money off corn or something.
jankslayer edspratt's article
Oct 17, 2026 at 12:28
Oct 17, 2026
Fox CEO Steps Down After Lower Than Expected Financial Results
Their sub brands Raceface and Easton seem to be eroding with very limited investment and not keeping up with what riders want. Definitely losing market share there. Fox Suspension has been very late to the electronic XC game. Fox droppers need some updates, Neo is good but heavy and very expensive, SL needs durability updates, Transfer cable needs to better compete with One-ups. They just seem slow with updates.
jankslayer jessie-mmorgan's article
Sep 17, 2026 at 1:15
Sep 17, 2026
Trek Factory Racing Show Evie Richards Riding New 32" XC Bike
@tacopop: only if you lock your arms and legs for every root and square edge. If you ride like a decent rider and unweight and accelerate then it’s the same speed or faster on smaller wheels. For gravel riding on washboard it makes sense.
jankslayer jessie-mmorgan's article
Sep 17, 2026 at 0:15
Sep 17, 2026
Trek Factory Racing Show Evie Richards Riding New 32" XC Bike
Bike industry future in the mature modern era isn’t gimmicks/marketing. It’s offering the most dialled bike at the lowest cost in the spec/colour customers want. The mid size brands won’t compete and will be eaten up. Smaller margins, serviceable and perfect product at scale. Just give us the perfect 29er XC bike at 6k and delete the competition. 32 gimmicks are just a hope and a prayer that everyone has gotten it wrong until now and acceleration, bike fit and packaging don’t matter. DH went from full 29er and is now almost 100% mullet because it is a better package and fits the application perfectly from a handling precision, stiffness and bike fit perspective. 32 is only ideal if you are 6’6, but go ahead and push the gimmick. Anyone going full 32 is dead in the water haha.
jankslayer jessie-mmorgan's article
Sep 17, 2026 at 0:01
Sep 17, 2026
Trek Factory Racing Show Evie Richards Riding New 32" XC Bike
32 is dumb! Release the 29er Trek Epic8RevolverEvo.
jankslayer Dario-DiGiulio's article
Aug 25, 2026 at 12:47
Aug 25, 2026
First Ride: The Yeti MT Aims to Do It All
Having 30mm reach between sizes is too much. Should have gone with reach adjust cups if the gaps needed to be so wide. Correct reach is more important than progression adjustment. Volume spacers and shock types already make that very adjustable.
jankslayer Dario-DiGiulio's article
Aug 19, 2026 at 16:44
Aug 19, 2026
UCI & WBD Sports Cancel 2027 Enduro World Cup Season
@justanotherusername: the best grassroots events that attract participation will be able to thrive and will attract top talent. If a big enduro can have 500+ participants with 100 of them being top riders the event becomes sustainable to hold a pro level event. With numbers comes sponsorship and industry support. It’s the gravel or gran fondo model. Events could have a festival tacked on to bring more people together. The current pro only with spotty coverage has minimal vibes. Think Ard Rock as a successful enduro. Without World Cup events like this can grow and many more will have room to thrive.
jankslayer Dario-DiGiulio's article
Aug 19, 2026 at 10:52
Aug 19, 2026
UCI & WBD Sports Cancel 2027 Enduro World Cup Season
This is actually amazing news for Enduro. Huge opportunity to rebuild enduro to its potential. The UCI is corrupt garbage.
