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11/19/2025 2:30pm

Could be for sure. Definitely eager to find out

Seems that bike sure is working very well 

I would guess that there's room for future development within the design... 

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11/19/2025 2:45pm

I wouldn't be mad if @sspomer didn't let this thread get to 1000 pages and admin did some house keeping, lets be honest if it happened this forum would be on about 300 pages of actual meaningful info and spy shots. 

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11/19/2025 3:22pm
peecee wrote:
I wouldn't be mad if @sspomer didn't let this thread get to 1000 pages and admin did some house keeping, lets be honest if it happened...

I wouldn't be mad if @sspomer didn't let this thread get to 1000 pages and admin did some house keeping, lets be honest if it happened this forum would be on about 300 pages of actual meaningful info and spy shots. 

I appreciate what you have to say, but being a moderator doesn't mean wielding a club to bash people when they post something when they think it is wrong. It is a larger picture that must be taken into account. And I am sure there are times when the moderators of these forums want to say something, but are unable to in order to keep the peace and not disrupt the flow that takes place within these digital pages. Being moderator is a horrible position to be in as you have to answer to ownership, management, and the consumer. In the words of Sergant Hulka, "Relax Francis"

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11/19/2025 3:28pm

I'm excited to see what the next 1000 pages have in store!

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11/19/2025 5:58pm

I'm excited to see what the next 1000 pages have in store!

TLDR.

Lots of.......

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11/19/2025 6:20pm
peecee wrote:
I wouldn't be mad if @sspomer didn't let this thread get to 1000 pages and admin did some house keeping, lets be honest if it happened...

I wouldn't be mad if @sspomer didn't let this thread get to 1000 pages and admin did some house keeping, lets be honest if it happened this forum would be on about 300 pages of actual meaningful info and spy shots. 

Ho’s mad

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11/19/2025 6:26pm

Funny thing about a four bar system.. It maybe generic at this point,  but there's enough data out there on them that it's not too hard to make it work decent.. 

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11/19/2025 7:06pm
Funny thing about a four bar system.. It maybe generic at this point,  but there's enough data out there on them that it's not too hard...

Funny thing about a four bar system.. It maybe generic at this point,  but there's enough data out there on them that it's not too hard to make it work decent.. 

Consensus crab.

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11/19/2025 7:18pm

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11/19/2025 7:22pm
Funny thing about a four bar system.. It maybe generic at this point,  but there's enough data out there on them that it's not too hard...

Funny thing about a four bar system.. It maybe generic at this point,  but there's enough data out there on them that it's not too hard to make it work decent.. 

pinkrobe wrote:

Consensus crab.

This may have been covered already, but would a linkage driven single pivot be imitation crab?

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11/19/2025 7:28pm

Krab it is

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11/19/2025 7:47pm
Funny thing about a four bar system.. It maybe generic at this point,  but there's enough data out there on them that it's not too hard...

Funny thing about a four bar system.. It maybe generic at this point,  but there's enough data out there on them that it's not too hard to make it work decent.. 

pinkrobe wrote:

Consensus crab.

This may have been covered already, but would a linkage driven single pivot be imitation crab?

Surimi Pivot to be technical, but Krab Link has a nice connotation.

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11/19/2025 7:48pm Edited Date/Time 11/20/2025 8:49am

In honor of the 1000th page, we should vote on the best meme of 2025:

👍🏻 for “Crab”

👎🏻 for “6-7”

 

edit: Carcinization is the antithesis of innovation. Maybe we should keep crab talk on the crab talk forum and keep this thread focused on MTB tech rumors and/or innovation.

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11/19/2025 8:02pm
In honor of the 1000th page, we should vote on the best meme of 2025:👍🏻 for “Crab”👎🏻 for “6-7” edit: Carcinization is the antithesis of...

In honor of the 1000th page, we should vote on the best meme of 2025:

👍🏻 for “Crab”

👎🏻 for “6-7”

 

edit: Carcinization is the antithesis of innovation. Maybe we should keep crab talk on the crab talk forum and keep this thread focused on MTB tech rumors and/or innovation.

Unfortunately, crab loses on a technicality because it's from last year, but the alternative is voting for something I don't understand...

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11/19/2025 8:38pm

You need to get out more….

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11/19/2025 10:13pm
RaggedEdge wrote:

Krab it is

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11/19/2025 10:20pm
In honor of the 1000th page, we should vote on the best meme of 2025:👍🏻 for “Crab”👎🏻 for “6-7” edit: Carcinization is the antithesis of...

In honor of the 1000th page, we should vote on the best meme of 2025:

👍🏻 for “Crab”

👎🏻 for “6-7”

 

edit: Carcinization is the antithesis of innovation. Maybe we should keep crab talk on the crab talk forum and keep this thread focused on MTB tech rumors and/or innovation.

Just do a custom Vital Crab World Racing jersey. I'd spend 50$ on one of those

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11/19/2025 10:49pm

What's the 6-7 thing? 

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11/19/2025 10:59pm

youth brain rot

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11/19/2025 11:33pm

Welcome to the first 1000th page! I'm sure sspomer will find some more off-topic posts to delete, so I'll see you on the next 1000th one, my fellow crab connoisseurs.

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11/19/2025 11:36pm
Primoz wrote:

What's the 6-7 thing? 

It relates to 6-bar and 7-bar link suspensions, sixfinity and sevenfinity for example. 

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11/20/2025 2:30am

Who uses a 7 bar suspension system??? 

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11/20/2025 3:03am Edited Date/Time 11/20/2025 4:18am
Primoz wrote:

Who uses a 7 bar suspension system??? 

Technically I think it’s only 5, maybe 7 at the brake caliper 😂

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11/20/2025 3:52am

In on P1K

11/20/2025 4:39am
RaggedEdge wrote:

Krab it is

MrDuck wrote:
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I should rename my projects to "crab edition" for my 4-bar versions of everything lol ( I have both 4 & 6 bar versions of my bikes I wanna get made)

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11/20/2025 5:10am

If only we could see this on a downtube🤣


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11/20/2025 5:21am

Contributing nothing, but want to be on the 1000th page.

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11/20/2025 5:56am

There needs to be an actual rumor on the 1000th page. I've tried to dig up something, but only found eeb news. Mondraker, Orbea, Norco + others rumoured to launch Avinox bikes this spring.

Come on big brands, this is your opportunity to thank this forum for generating free marketing in the lead-up to new product launches. Give the people something juicy. 

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11/20/2025 6:34am
Yoda wrote:
There needs to be an actual rumor on the 1000th page. I've tried to dig up something, but only found eeb news. Mondraker, Orbea, Norco +...

There needs to be an actual rumor on the 1000th page. I've tried to dig up something, but only found eeb news. Mondraker, Orbea, Norco + others rumoured to launch Avinox bikes this spring.

Come on big brands, this is your opportunity to thank this forum for generating free marketing in the lead-up to new product launches. Give the people something juicy. 

Welcome to the evolution of this forum. Just like bikes, its all crab. 

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11/20/2025 6:48am
sethimus wrote:

youth brain rot

OK boomer...

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