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Greetings from 2026! Smells about the same...
Have we finally found the ideal chainstay length, or is that for 2027?
A new year, new hot takes on chainstay length, and why everyone else is flat out wrong!
Looks like a horse to me.
About that Switchgrade?
I am a bit Curious how many of you have ridden dh bikes- like a fuktonne, like that’s all you ride for 3 seasons ??? Because that kicked back angle on the saddle is a huge contact point for me when I’m hauling freight in the hard stuff….. and I’d love to have that stupid climbing angle “turned off” for my winch and plummet- every day Rocky Mountains type- neverending -shit air -uphill garbage.
The answer, of course, are dynamic chain stays.
Like that Cannondale from the 90s. Or the return of the Magic Link. However it works, it needs electronics and annoying patents on it as well.
A small screw drive in each stay to adjust the chainstay length on the fly.. Sram will introduce this as part of the next Gen Filght Attendant..
Trail forbidden. Low pivot - could be a rocker link like the e-bikes
It's 2026, the crab is ascendant.
They inverted their inverted 4 bar?
thank you all who participated in this tech rumors thread! i'm going to lock it now, but we're carrying on with annual tech rumors - find the 2026 tech rumors thread here (starting on page 7 at the time of this post). YEW!
https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/mtb-tech-rumors-and-innovation-long…