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sspomer 10/25/2017 3:21pm
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7willmorris wrote:
Keagan Wright confirmed on Devinci for 2018 [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2017/10/25/5528/s1200_Screen_Shot_2017_10_25_at_2.34.51_PM.jpg[/img]
Keagan Wright confirmed on Devinci for 2018

devil's in the details when keeping secrets. good find (which we may or may not know about ; )

dirtbeard 10/25/2017 3:25pm
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Wyn to Devinci?
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sspomer 10/26/2017 4:58am
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you guys are more on it than the CIA, FBI and MI6 combined, here's it is, officially official even though we were given a 6am embargo time. since it was posted elsewhere already (probably b/c you guys blew the cover!) we're posting an hour early.







If you're into the Devinci Spartan Keegan's on, see what our own Brandon Turman has to say about it here.


Cant Climb 10/26/2017 11:20am
10/26/2017 11:20am
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What, is Cam Cole going racing and HAS been injured or sick or is sick and will have a long hospital stay?
I thought he broke his back a few years ago.
CaptHappy 10/26/2017 10:30pm
10/26/2017 10:30pm
Primoz wrote:
What, is Cam Cole going racing and HAS been injured or sick or is sick and will have a long hospital stay?
Cant Climb wrote:
I thought he broke his back a few years ago.
Had some surgery complications with an ankle which meant he had to give up riding and with that concentrated on his studies (even though I may be corrected on this), that he was semi - retired anyway. Be awesome to see the big horse back on a bike.
Kevin Baker 10/29/2017 9:27pm
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Petder wrote:
Just gonna leave this here: - Danny Hart to Saracen (contracts are signed) - Fischbach to Cube - Williamson to Saracen - Baby-faced Southafrican to launch...
Just gonna leave this here:

- Danny Hart to Saracen (contracts are signed)
- Fischbach to Cube
- Williamson to Saracen
- Baby-faced Southafrican to launch Investec Factory Racing
- Wyn to Polygon
- Brook to MS Mondraker
- Greg retires -> Eliot replaces him at SC
- Amaury to Specialized
- Steve Peat as UCI delegated with Greg as assistant
- Payet to Propain
- New Redalp factory team with a kiwi as rider
- Tomac stays with Kawasaki
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i like it. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/stories/2012/07/20/max_Redalp_DH_Team_Bike_small.jpg?1342827223[/img]
i like it.

Brook Macdonald spotted on a unbranded bike. Appears to have removed the
fork and shock stickers??
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Kevin Baker wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2017/10/29/5539/s1200_IMG_0482.jpg[/img] Brook Macdonald spotted on a unbranded bike. Appears to have removed the fork and shock stickers??

Brook Macdonald spotted on a unbranded bike. Appears to have removed the
fork and shock stickers??
Looks to me like an Intense M16. Take a look at the decal on the seatstay
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Kevin Baker wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2017/10/29/5539/s1200_IMG_0482.jpg[/img] Brook Macdonald spotted on a unbranded bike. Appears to have removed the fork and shock stickers??

Brook Macdonald spotted on a unbranded bike. Appears to have removed the
fork and shock stickers??
I'm pretty sure that's Cole Lucas' bike. Not sure why Brooks on it, but probably just giving it a quick bounce
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sspomer 10/30/2017 7:26am
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haha Brook can't catch a #teamrumors break!
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lewzz10 10/30/2017 7:53am
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Joe Barnes was lapping Nevis Range yesterday on an unmarked trail bike. Wasn't recognisable to me so could be a new strive. Looked kind of like mix between a strive and sender. Certainly wasn't a spectral. Or maybe a whole new team?
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Joe Barnes was lapping Nevis Range yesterday on an unmarked trail bike. Wasn't recognisable to me so could be a new strive. Looked kind of like...
Joe Barnes was lapping Nevis Range yesterday on an unmarked trail bike. Wasn't recognisable to me so could be a new strive. Looked kind of like mix between a strive and sender. Certainly wasn't a spectral. Or maybe a whole new team?
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lewzz10 10/30/2017 10:47am
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Joe Barnes was lapping Nevis Range yesterday on an unmarked trail bike. Wasn't recognisable to me so could be a new strive. Looked kind of like...
Joe Barnes was lapping Nevis Range yesterday on an unmarked trail bike. Wasn't recognisable to me so could be a new strive. Looked kind of like mix between a strive and sender. Certainly wasn't a spectral. Or maybe a whole new team?
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[img]https://i.imgur.com/nJB23cJ.jpg[/img]
Spot on
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ck85 10/30/2017 10:47am
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That looks very nice
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Primoz 10/30/2017 10:57am
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Spectral. At least that's what i say.

Strives were just updated about a week ago for 2018 (GX Eagle, descendant cranks on X01 builds, while 2017 models had full X01 Eagle builds), while Spectrals are still of 2017 spec.

Fabien was teasing something new on IG stories about a month ago, first a story with a shockwiz, then a bike leaning onto a flower pot with almost nothing visible but the front part of the triangle. And a front shock mount, which was the same as in the above photo.

Now, regarding Barnesey, do the squish, the drivetrain and the brakes mean anything? Or is he deliberately riding everything not from his sponsors to cover himself?
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lewzz10 10/30/2017 11:04am
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I'd guess it's a new 170 or 180mm bike, that fork looks long. The strive is still pretty modern in sizing but it's a little steep at 66 HA compared to most out there
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ThomDawson 10/30/2017 11:40am
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lewzz10 wrote:
I'd guess it's a new 170 or 180mm bike, that fork looks long. The strive is still pretty modern in sizing but it's a little steep...
I'd guess it's a new 170 or 180mm bike, that fork looks long. The strive is still pretty modern in sizing but it's a little steep at 66 HA compared to most out there
Strive replacement. Looks like an Enduro weapon but I’m very eager to see geo as Canyon have some short chainstays on the Strive which could make this thing a Park slayer too (also good for short people like myself). Also appears to have a million mm of travelz
Angabaaayat are those 29” wheels??
Mo(n)arch 10/30/2017 1:37pm
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Torque? A 170-180mm freeride machine I guess. Something to battle with the Nomad.
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thegromit 10/30/2017 2:40pm
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Thats a whole lotta post
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lewzz10 10/30/2017 3:05pm
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Mo(n)arch wrote:
Torque? A 170-180mm freeride machine I guess. Something to battle with the Nomad.
I dunno, it certainly looks like a race bike. Bear in mind loads of the EWS field are running 180 forks anyway
Mo(n)arch 10/30/2017 11:38pm
10/30/2017 11:38pm Edited Date/Time 10/31/2017 10:24am
Mo(n)arch wrote:
Torque? A 170-180mm freeride machine I guess. Something to battle with the Nomad.
lewzz10 wrote:
I dunno, it certainly looks like a race bike. Bear in mind loads of the EWS field are running 180 forks anyway
https://www.mtb-news.de/forum/attachments/img_8358-jpg.648388/

There is already a leaked photo with the name on it. I guess it‘s the same bike. Pretty much everything looks like a racebike these days. Longer, lower, slacker. You can still freeride it. ;-)
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Primoz 10/31/2017 12:10am
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lewzz10 wrote:
I'd guess it's a new 170 or 180mm bike, that fork looks long. The strive is still pretty modern in sizing but it's a little steep...
I'd guess it's a new 170 or 180mm bike, that fork looks long. The strive is still pretty modern in sizing but it's a little steep at 66 HA compared to most out there
But it's still old. And Joe has been riding a Strive for the whole season, though with a custom link.
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Primoz 10/31/2017 12:15am
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ThomDawson wrote:
Strive replacement. Looks like an Enduro weapon but I’m very eager to see geo as Canyon have some short chainstays on the Strive which could make...
Strive replacement. Looks like an Enduro weapon but I’m very eager to see geo as Canyon have some short chainstays on the Strive which could make this thing a Park slayer too (also good for short people like myself). Also appears to have a million mm of travelz
Angabaaayat are those 29” wheels??
Like i already said, the Strive range has just been updated to 2018 specs, updated components (GX Eagle, Fox DPX2, new colors), while the Spectral range is still the same as in the whole of 2017.
Yossi_Sarusi 10/31/2017 12:27am
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the rear shock length... looks like more than 160mm rear travel
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ThomDawson 10/31/2017 1:52am
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ThomDawson wrote:
Strive replacement. Looks like an Enduro weapon but I’m very eager to see geo as Canyon have some short chainstays on the Strive which could make...
Strive replacement. Looks like an Enduro weapon but I’m very eager to see geo as Canyon have some short chainstays on the Strive which could make this thing a Park slayer too (also good for short people like myself). Also appears to have a million mm of travelz
Angabaaayat are those 29” wheels??
Primoz wrote:
Like i already said, the Strive range has just been updated to 2018 specs, updated components (GX Eagle, Fox DPX2, new colors), while the Spectral range...
Like i already said, the Strive range has just been updated to 2018 specs, updated components (GX Eagle, Fox DPX2, new colors), while the Spectral range is still the same as in the whole of 2017.
I read your post dude, I just don’t think you’re correct. It’s nothing like a Spectral (even if they chose to use the name which they won’t). Slapping new parts on a 5 year old frame doesn’t really constitute an update. It’s not like they’ve put a whole load of R+D into the thing, they could drop the Strive any time and knock €500 off em.
This one certainly looks more like a Nomad 4/ Supreme SX rival than either the Strive or Spectral. That seems odd to me as those bikes have been added alongside SC and Commencal already chocka line up whereas Canyon has two old designs that you’d think deserve updates before a completely new design. Perhaps they’ve got those lined up too though. Whatever, it looks cool! Be even cooler if they do an aluminium one
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Primoz 10/31/2017 10:17am
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How does new colors and 2018 components not make an updated 2018 range? Yes, the frame is the same, which is kinda unexpected, i was expecting a new one, but it's still an update to the range (not the frame). And that's more or less how the industry works. The Reign was completely the same for 2015 (when it was new), 2016 and 2017. It's now new for 2018, frame wise. Yet the range was still updated with new components and colors.

And the Strive is 3 years old, not 5, going into the 4th season.

Granted, i was thinking about the Barel's bike, that i linked above. And that bike does look different, i'd say that one is the new Spectral. As for what Joe's bike is, i don't know, but apart from the forks and the shock, it doesn't really scream freeride to me, like the SX and Nomad4 do.
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sunkidh 10/31/2017 11:24am
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Primoz wrote:
But it's still old. And Joe has been riding a Strive for the whole season, though with a custom link.
Joe is riding Spectral with a custom link and a 160mm fork.
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Sjames88 10/31/2017 12:19pm
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I contacted canyon about a month ago in regards to the spectral and was told a brand new spectral platform would be released around January. This bike looks way to burly to be around 140-150mm travel. Could be next years strive? I thought Joe Barnes rode a spectral for the year with a modified rocker??
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bartman 10/31/2017 1:39pm
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I contacted canyon about a month ago in regards to the spectral and was told a brand new spectral platform would be released around January. This...
I contacted canyon about a month ago in regards to the spectral and was told a brand new spectral platform would be released around January. This bike looks way to burly to be around 140-150mm travel. Could be next years strive? I thought Joe Barnes rode a spectral for the year with a modified rocker??
I read an article (can't remember where from) which said he was running both the Spectral (with a custom link to give approx 150mm of rear travel) and the Strive depending on the course. Don't think he just used one. As for the new bike......it could mean that the Canyon Factory Enduro team are changing back to FOX as they have been on RS for a few years now...or it could just be he is just testing

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