#NeverForget
Tall BBs aren't a standard, just poor geometry.Damnit, are we going back to high bottom brackets again ? Fuck all these new standards.
I can't argue with that. I haven't taken a Peacemaker out on anything besides a parking lot test. I'd like to demo one on the trail someday.
Does it come in rootbeer?
For those of us not in the know, what'd it get slaughtered for? Basically just being an old SC with bigger wheels?
Slaughtered for refusing to share geo #'s. Also - pushing a single pivot as "new and improved" gets all the trolls out sharpening their knives. Miles isn't a savy internet warrior to begin with and his company is called Mullet. Its an uphill battle.
Bottle and sell it! Tahoe could use some rootbeer mullet to save the day right now.
it wasn't the forum members being trolls, it was their condescending attitude and unwillingness to answer even the most basic questions about their bikes. then acted like we had no idea what we were talking about. those of us who have been around a long time had flashbacks to 90's and early 00's mtb marketing.
Who was that dude who pulled the same thing in the DH forum a few years ago?
I'm no trying to make a comment on whether these bikes are any good or not...
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Nah, it was some other guy. Refused to post geo/suspension diagrams claiming that it would all be released later but his bikes were amazing, trust him on that. Got pissed when people pulled images and put together their own suspension diagrams, then launched a country wide demo tour.lahar?
oh was it that old guy? the one who used to work at kona?
Dang, I need to spend more time on vital, because that shit sounds hilarious
Maybe? I tried searching the forum but have fuck all to go by. But it was an older dude who claimed to have been in the industry a long time.
tantrum. No matter what people described, it was never accurate. Even if it was accurate, or close enough, it was never accurate. He seemed like a good dood but fell off the internet during COVID
It was pretty cringey honestly. I stopped by and noped right the heck out of there. Everyone else basically took the words out of my mouth and I didn't want to add to it. The fact that the thread is completely eliminated is hilarious to me- neither Vital nor Mullet wanted it around.
that's it! the dude was a bit kooky, but he stuck around a while. supposedly the bikes rode well.
spomer banned them after a bit once they had multiple accounts posting from a single IP. the guys defense was that it was multiple people posting from their own accounts from a single shop computer. seemed suspect but spomer reinstated them, then they deleted the thread of their own accord.
The lolz of that is high, very high.
If he plans to stay a small regional niche brand I guess that works. His website is horrible, the lacking geo numbers that are on the site pretty much remind me of bikes I’ve sold years ago. Did they ride awesome? Ya, but the bikes I’ve upgraded to ride much better.
Like I said, not trying to comment on their bikes, necessarily. I had a cannondale rush and it was one of my favorite bikes I've ever owned, even though it was objectively inferior to other designs. It was just fun to ride and the numbers didn't show it. There's no reason the mullet bikes couldn't be the same.
