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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.
Right? I was thinking Scott since the new gambler is already 6bar/6bar-ish
Going off @therock911's cryptic comment to check out the headtube cable insertion for clues, it doesn't look like a Yeti SB120 or new Scott Gambler, but it does look pretty close to a new Norco Sight. I chose the newest bikes I could think of from each brand as a gauge of how they're doing cable routing right now:
The BB/Lower shock mount area remind me of a Scor for some reason.
Dont think its a gamux but the way they did that brace in the seat stay with the 2 cut outs reminds me of the 2023 gamux sego when it was all cnc
Sorry but that mold does not look like Santa Cruz
I actually don’t know and thought that might help some others find out who. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say Evil bikes. DW connection(is this dw6?)and cable insertion is somewhat similar to older evil models. Plus original poster says he’s in Washington
I was thinking about this Yeti patent but there are slight difference between this real life proto and the patent drawing:
https://wheelbased.com/2020/11/22/multi-body-vehicle-suspension-linkage-by-yeti/
But the cable entry is very different from current yeti model including their more recent Mte and Lte. That cable entry port looks a bit Norco-ish. Scott is fully all-in on headset cable routing and the ransom is already 6-bar. Could be Intense new tracer as they have been willing to offer DVO oem spec and not bound by their JS-tuned VPP platform with the M1 and new Spider.
New YT? /s (too soon?)
rocker link also made me think transition or kona but the linkage looks off for either of them
Allow me to pass out tin foil hats.
One of these riders is an employee for Faction Bike Studio (Engineering house (MULTIPLE bike brands use their services)). What are the odds of both of them being employees?
Being that they're QC based (relatively short driving distance to Highland) - could it be an eastern Canadian Brand (*cough* Devinci?), OR, Faction might just have a DH bike development in the works for an undisclosed brand (which seems more likely).
Is that split pivot ? And if so, could it be a new Wilson?
I think Propain has learned their lesson on headset cable routing. They released a Tyee 6.1 just to update the carbon frame to have the option of normal internal routing.