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Whatever happened to the Bikeyoke wireless dropper proto?
There was a good forum on MTBR that got locked and was all about it
Apparently there were some differences between who was helping them make it and BikeYoke. I’ll have to reread to get the lowdown but it changed up the whole future of that project
SC:
No new mega
Tallboy soon
Nomad after that
New Heckler SL ? (sorry it is ebike related)
Yeah, they partnered with the company making a cartridge for remote actuation, had a falling out, they said they will make a third party remote cartridge for any dropper post and that's that. Radio silence since then.
Genuinely no idea on the E bike front, would defo expect it though
The only issue I had with my Trance X was that the bearings were shit. Less than a year of riding (closer to 6 months that a year) and the bearings were FUBAR, bike got wet 2 or 3 times and most of the bearings were rusted up badly, both the races and the actual bearings. I got lucky the rocker arm wasn't damaged, since one of the main pivot bearings was almost completely seized. They were kind of a pain to replace too.
Anybody know or have heard anything about an update to the Santa Cruz Blur? The current Gen. 4 model was released in 2021, so it might be scheduled for an update.
Granted, it's still a perfectly contemporary XC race bike. I'm really not sure what they would even update.
In the Uk the blur seems to be 50% off online, so that screams either a new one is coming or XC is dead in the UK for SC
Ella and Iago have been on a proto Cannondale all season. New Jekyll? New Habit LT?
The community did some digging and found out the person behind the product had other failed ventures before the bikeyoke project and in the habit of scamming. A wireless shifting kickstarter campaign that never delivered a working product and scammed lots of people out of their money. He then filed a federal lawsuit against BikeYoke. Then launched the failed wireless shifting Kickstarter and ghosting customers AGAIN.
https://ogbikeworks.com/bikeyoke-lawsuit/
https://www.mtbr.com/threads/bikeyoke-wireless.1233215/page-2?post_id=1…
Wow! Is that place even more niche than here? Making vitalmtb forums seem…vital. Narcissism of small differences but holy shit what a bunch of NERDS! Hahahaha
Mr OG has the textbook “probably a smart guy but just not worth it” vibe. Even the engineers have to admit it. How exhausting, I feel sorry for the Bike Yoker who brought him into the meeting. Ugh.
Challenge: make the ultimate grey market scam bike. Only the dirtiest of dealers need apply. Lewis brakes and this dropper for sure. Probably a Horst link frame, make it a YT to keep it topical?
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New Nukeproof reactor looks really good. Old giga/mega/dissent back up on website. Darn, I was hoping they'd get the quickforce high pivot treatment going forward!
Transition Spire. It’s been on sale for a while
Prolly mid 2026. Gunna look like the bottle rocket. They all will be
Anyone see this before?
It's like 2 topics down lol
https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/smithage-hybrid-girderforktelefork-…
On the topic of 6 bar pedal bikes, anyone got info on this? Spotted at my local trails a while back, seems pretty dialed for a proto….
Similar layout I think to dW6?
Same layout, it's behind the seat tube, but the links are just upside down
New gen Santa Cruz. That carbon molding looks like their work. Also white proto paint too.
A Santa Cruz with DVO suspension and e13 wheels? Not saying its impossible, they could be trying to throw us off the scent, but seems unlikely.
I had the same thought as well. Also the bike is pretty far north from Santa Cruz to take a proto out. I dont know.
Or, its a Yeti?
Headtube cable insertion design should help give it away
New propain? Could that be remi metailler?
Spotted at Highland. Any ideas on what it is?
Not with Maven brakes and Fox pants.
OK internet sleuths! Who gets heal rub like that?
More on this, the shape says Yeti but it's not their usual Sixfinity layout? I know from messing with 6-Bars in Linkage that you can get a similar effect from those twin chainstay links as you can from the sliding link too. The shock layout compromised water bottle mounting and the sliding link compromised seatpost insertion, so IF (and it's a big if) this is a Yeti, it seems like they'd be moving away from their old platform for quality of life reasons?
Would be a massive jump for Yeti to ditch the "switch finitelifespan" system?
Going by the heel rub, the rider has put in a lot of distance on frame.