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@stravaismyracecourse: My name's not Matt? Anyway, while I will agree that there are better looking helmets. Also lighter and more breathable helmets. The "current version DH" looks just fine with and without the chinbar. Most all of them looked fine without the chinbar. Though I will agree that before the current DH they did look dorky with the chinbar on! But this is one of those things where even though there are better looking helmets I'm choosing this on purpose for the function and convenience of only carrying one helmet in my truck over style points. And I'm OK if a few of the "cool kids" don't think it's shredy enough...

@stravaismyracecourse: Not the same. My Bell Super DH looks like a regular helmet without the chin. And though it is heavier and a little hotter than other regular helmets it works fine for most of my rides without the chin and it's nice to have the chin in the truck for the times I end up doing a shuttle or sessioning. The chin takes up way less space than having to keep a whole extra DH helmet in the truck. And the new ones are DH rated and have MIP's and even look mostly OK with the chin too now. Though, I did buy a FF for trips to the lifts...

@mtbflow24: Came here for that, not disappointed...

I'm going to comment here even though it has nothing to do with this. BUT, @Pinkbike. You need to set up comment pages here on PB for all your articles on other sites that you post on your main page. Cause I don't want to go join Outside to comment on the new Wireless Shimano 13 speed road drivetrain over on Outside. I want to be lazy and just click a comments link and go to a page that doesn't even have the article. (just a little screen grab, etc. of what you post on the main page?) So I can make some stupid comment about how... 13 speeds aren't enough for my roadbike skilz, I need a minimum of 15 speeds... Come on Shimano, you're not even trying. Or something like that... and then everyone can meme post, argue, talk about how the 13 speed derailleur looks like a Session and that Specialized is gonna sue them for patent infringement... Otherwise the world is missing out on that goodness...

yea, that's really just not a good looking bike...? BUT, function over form when performance is the thing your after!!

This deserves more upvotes! :)

@presidentcamacho: The difference is Anheuser and Busch both had authentic heritage that represented the brand they made up. It's not a good comparison. And I'm not saying that you can only open an Indian restaurant if you're Indian or something. That doesn't matter. If you are Swedish but you like Currie then do what you like!! If my non-Italian personage wants to open a Winery, and I give it an Italian-sounding name I make up like Fezzari because I think it sounds like a good brand name for an imported wine company that's all good! But you have to be honest that's what you did and not try to pretend there is some legitimate backstory to the brand that isn't there. My .02 anyway...

@RadBartTaylor: yes I got your point. But thanks for talking down to me again assuming your logic is beyond the understanding of mere mortals... :) :) :) OK, I guess you did state it more eloquently this time. Again, I do get and think you are making a good point. But, It wouldn't "really" matter which is faster as they aren't racing ebikes against mountain bikes. So it would be about the rider and their e-bike VS the competing riders, their e-bike and how efficient their motor was, how much battery they chose to carry in the race, and the weight of their e-bike if it came down to needing to shut off the motor for parts of the race to conserve power and pedal as God intended. Ideally, an e-bike race course would be set up to take advantage of the platform. But I'm sure many times they are just throwing the e-bikes on the same course they already set up for everyone else. I'm sure at some point they will have an exo-suit weight lifting contest too. There is a certain amount of illogic to the idea of externally powering something that was human-powered originally and then competing with it. BUT, almost every form of competition has some amount of technology providing an advantage so it is what it is...

If they would have just admitted they made up the FEZZ name to sound European when they started out selling Road bikes back in the day I'd have been fine with it. (they should have done the Transition route when they moved to horst (horse), linkages and just had fun with the branding/marketing and laughed at themselves and we'd have all thought it was hilarious!) But the way they tried to back up the name like it was a real word with a translated meaning for so long was BS. Then he tried to say his kid made up the name, more BS. Then Ari, but they still try to act like their newly shortened made-up name still has an actual meaning like the original made-up name which is still kinda dumb? And then obviously whoever thought it was a good idea to send their employees to hype up and defend their brand in the PB comments and pretend like they were not employees was a total A$$H@t. So not the brightest tools in the shed when it comes to marketing, branding and customer interaction... Still, I bought a Kings Peak this past winter. Even with the dumb old name on it, cause I wanted a reasonably modern geo Fat Bike ASAP and it's all I could find in stock in my size. (and it didn't end up coming quite so ASAP and they were going to cancel and push my order out till they got more frames so that was frustrating, but they did upgrade the build some and shipped it only a few weeks later than their website said) Also it reviewed well, and it was a decent deal with the wheel and fork upgrade. And it's been a great bike! So if you can get past their marketing and branding and some of their design aesthetic they do seem to make good bikes for a decent price. (and you can check my IP address and it won't come up from Utah! :) )

I hope nobody is taking a pack of Trojans and trying to use them as contraceptives... :) :) :)