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10/26/2025 7:28pm
DorianKane wrote:
Not sure if they have been posted here and maybe not tech rumors since the renderings are on their site since a while but does anyone...

Not sure if they have been posted here and maybe not tech rumors since the renderings are on their site since a while but does anyone has any information about them to share or refer me to another forum/site?

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Paul Aston had a short but unbiased review of them earlier this year.


https://www.astonmtb.bike/reviews/raicam-rgr-factory-brakes-review

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10/26/2025 7:58pm Edited Date/Time 10/27/2025 5:22pm
B Rabbit wrote:

Was hoping for some new releases at the first ever Sea Otter Australia, but havent seen squat. Lame. 

Here's something new: major brand aluminium bikes for five figures.

Edit because the Trek website is increasingly confusing to navigate:

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got an email about vivo F3 shifter and derailleur updates. pics/deets below. price is $255 for shifter and $370 for derailleur - https://www.vivoartisan.com/shop

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10/27/2025 10:38am
B Rabbit wrote:

Was hoping for some new releases at the first ever Sea Otter Australia, but havent seen squat. Lame. 

boozed wrote:
Here's something new: major brand aluminium bikes for five figures.Edit because the Trek website is increasingly confusing to navigate:

Here's something new: major brand aluminium bikes for five figures.

Edit because the Trek website is increasingly confusing to navigate:

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The trek fuel? Carbon, and thats a link the the australian site. So australian dollars. Looks to me like alloy is about 3000 usd and carbon goes up to about 8700 usd. With the conversion to aud still expensive but not crazy compared to like a specialized

https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bikes/mountain-bikes/trail-mountain-…

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10/27/2025 10:45am
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Something new from Evil is coming?

 

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Something new from Evil is coming? 
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Something new from Evil is coming?

 

New Offering, and i hope a new Wrecker soon.

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10/27/2025 11:10am
Something new from Evil is coming? 
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Something new from Evil is coming?

 

The numbers in the description translate to "come close" in ASCII encoding, whatever that means.

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new offering 160/150 with a 170 build kit that comes with a vivid. and i believe flip chip for MX? 

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10/27/2025 1:50pm
Something new from Evil is coming? 
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Something new from Evil is coming?

 

The numbers in the description translate to "come close" in ASCII encoding, whatever that means.

i immediately went to translate that from binary.  to me, "come close" alludes to "following" more than any of their model names.  

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Something new from Evil is coming? 
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Something new from Evil is coming?

 

The numbers in the description translate to "come close" in ASCII encoding, whatever that means.

I hope it means "fuck boost frame spacing".

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10/27/2025 3:16pm
jonkranked wrote:

i immediately went to translate that from binary.  to me, "come close" alludes to "following" more than any of their model names.  

The Calling. Which I would buy… I still think about getting one. But no more warranties on those bad boys

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10/27/2025 3:17pm
Something new from Evil is coming? 
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Something new from Evil is coming?

 

The numbers in the description translate to "come close" in ASCII encoding, whatever that means.

jonkranked wrote:

i immediately went to translate that from binary.  to me, "come close" alludes to "following" more than any of their model names.  

Offering. Wish it was a Wreckoning.  Sounds like the Wreckoning is further away, like next year per them when I visited last month.  

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10/27/2025 6:23pm
MTBrent wrote:

This seems like something that will give you all the downsides of both linkage and telescopic forks in exchange for some anti dive. But telescopic forks are getting pretty good at mid stroke anyway 

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10/27/2025 7:18pm Edited Date/Time 10/27/2025 10:13pm
This seems like something that will give you all the downsides of both linkage and telescopic forks in exchange for some anti dive. But telescopic forks...

This seems like something that will give you all the downsides of both linkage and telescopic forks in exchange for some anti dive. But telescopic forks are getting pretty good at mid stroke anyway 

A telescoping fork can't react very well to brake-induced weight transfer on its own, so if this is set up correctly you shouldn't have to worry as much about brake dive when tuning the fork.  I don't know how much of a benefit that might be and presumably the pivot locations and arm lengths need to be tuned to the rider.

My thoughts: interesting.

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10/27/2025 11:57pm
B Rabbit wrote:

Was hoping for some new releases at the first ever Sea Otter Australia, but havent seen squat. Lame. 

boozed wrote:
Here's something new: major brand aluminium bikes for five figures.Edit because the Trek website is increasingly confusing to navigate:

Here's something new: major brand aluminium bikes for five figures.

Edit because the Trek website is increasingly confusing to navigate:

1000007246
MauiMax wrote:
The trek fuel? Carbon, and thats a link the the australian site. So australian dollars. Looks to me like alloy is about 3000 usd and carbon...

The trek fuel? Carbon, and thats a link the the australian site. So australian dollars. Looks to me like alloy is about 3000 usd and carbon goes up to about 8700 usd. With the conversion to aud still expensive but not crazy compared to like a specialized

https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bikes/mountain-bikes/trail-mountain-…

Nope alloy Fuel LX 9.

As per the US Trek page $5199.99

And comparing straight conversion for the AU/NZ is laughable and quite amusing. 

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So thats a mark up of $2361.51 AUD

 

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10/28/2025 1:27am
boozed wrote:
Here's something new: major brand aluminium bikes for five figures.Edit because the Trek website is increasingly confusing to navigate:

Here's something new: major brand aluminium bikes for five figures.

Edit because the Trek website is increasingly confusing to navigate:

1000007246
MauiMax wrote:
The trek fuel? Carbon, and thats a link the the australian site. So australian dollars. Looks to me like alloy is about 3000 usd and carbon...

The trek fuel? Carbon, and thats a link the the australian site. So australian dollars. Looks to me like alloy is about 3000 usd and carbon goes up to about 8700 usd. With the conversion to aud still expensive but not crazy compared to like a specialized

https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bikes/mountain-bikes/trail-mountain-…

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Nope alloy Fuel LX 9.As per the US Trek page $5199.99And comparing straight conversion for the AU/NZ is laughable and quite amusing.  So thats a mark up...

Nope alloy Fuel LX 9.

As per the US Trek page $5199.99

And comparing straight conversion for the AU/NZ is laughable and quite amusing. 

10000296291000029630.png?VersionId=odNa2Z4u

 

So thats a mark up of $2361.51 AUD

 

Prices in the Au/NZ site include taxes, which they don’t in the US isn’t it?

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10/28/2025 1:29am Edited Date/Time 10/28/2025 1:31am

My experience with linkage forks is feeling the wheel sweep left to right or right to left if the wheel is turned. If the travel sweeps through an arc with changing offset through the stroke, then as soon as the wheel is turned the axle is no longer moving parallel to the centre-plane of the bike. It can be really noticeable in tight tech.

This would give tunable anti-dive without the fuckery of a linkage-driven axle path, and I like that. But I might be an outlier because I really love tight, steep, slow tech that's always threatening to put you out the front door.

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10/28/2025 4:31am
MauiMax wrote:
The trek fuel? Carbon, and thats a link the the australian site. So australian dollars. Looks to me like alloy is about 3000 usd and carbon...

The trek fuel? Carbon, and thats a link the the australian site. So australian dollars. Looks to me like alloy is about 3000 usd and carbon goes up to about 8700 usd. With the conversion to aud still expensive but not crazy compared to like a specialized

https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bikes/mountain-bikes/trail-mountain-…

Johnboy wrote:
Nope alloy Fuel LX 9.As per the US Trek page $5199.99And comparing straight conversion for the AU/NZ is laughable and quite amusing.  So thats a mark up...

Nope alloy Fuel LX 9.

As per the US Trek page $5199.99

And comparing straight conversion for the AU/NZ is laughable and quite amusing. 

10000296291000029630.png?VersionId=odNa2Z4u

 

So thats a mark up of $2361.51 AUD

 

Evil96 wrote:

Prices in the Au/NZ site include taxes, which they don’t in the US isn’t it?

Possibly. But 10% GST in Australia so, the math still isn't mathing

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This seems like something that will give you all the downsides of both linkage and telescopic forks in exchange for some anti dive. But telescopic forks...

This seems like something that will give you all the downsides of both linkage and telescopic forks in exchange for some anti dive. But telescopic forks are getting pretty good at mid stroke anyway 

Here in New England that’s going to catch all the sticks and loose rocks if you do any of the old school tech trails. 

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10/28/2025 5:53am
MTBrent wrote:

as an engineer I appreciate the continual iterative design iteration and innovation.  as an internet cynic I wonder how long until he releases an actual rube goldberg device

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10/28/2025 7:57am Edited Date/Time 10/28/2025 7:58am

That's also just about the current USD to AUD exchange rate

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10/28/2025 9:57am

Currency Exchange Rumors and Innovation

 

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10/28/2025 11:31am

Not knowing exactly how things work in Australia, but maybe there's a bit more than just a straight exchange rate...

10/28/2025 1:01pm

Cornelius from Intend “confirmed“ that they are going to release the dropperpost called elevator in the video if the new monocoque hover shock. Right at the end…

Can’t be long for the official release IMG 1523

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10/28/2025 1:20pm
DorianKane wrote:
Cornelius from Intend “confirmed“ that they are going to release the dropperpost called elevator in the video if the new monocoque hover shock. Right at the...

Cornelius from Intend “confirmed“ that they are going to release the dropperpost called elevator in the video if the new monocoque hover shock. Right at the end…

Can’t be long for the official release IMG 1523

What are we speculating he will do differently with this new dropper?

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10/28/2025 1:25pm

Not knowing exactly how things work in Australia, but maybe there's a bit more than just a straight exchange rate...

Yes there is. 

 

It's called the "getting fingered tax" 

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10/28/2025 1:50pm

Pinkbike posted an article about that floating front brake setup. It mentioned it was seen at Vital first. Maybe the first time they’ve acknowledged that??

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10/28/2025 2:15pm

Currency Exchange Rumors and Innovation

 

Yeah sorry I brought it up

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10/28/2025 2:25pm
nskerb wrote:

Pinkbike posted an article about that floating front brake setup. It mentioned it was seen at Vital first. Maybe the first time they’ve acknowledged that??

And a direct link here too. I really hope DoubleCrownAddict doesn't see it.

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