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SleepingAwake Liked a bike check Kaleidoscope - Home Made Carbon Frame
11/18/2025 3:18pm
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RiderMikeCheck1 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/18/2025 3:12pm
That proto frame goes way back. I shot this photo of it in the early fall of 2023. Sorry for poor quality. The obvious heel rub and linkage swap-out (on your more current photo) shows it's seen a lot of hours. The guy riding it started working for a different bike company, so he may have offloaded this one to another industry friend. At the time, I was thinking it was maybe a Diamondback prototype that got canceled/never saw the light of day. He was fairly open with it; it was spotted at local Seattle area watering hole(s), etc.
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1llumA Added a reply to Anyone have experience creating a raffle for charity? I won a dream bike, yaaaaaay....
11/17/2025 6:07pm As far as i understand it raffle are considered similarly to gambling so every state have their own legal requirements and laws surrounding raffles. Your local food pantries might have done fund raising raffles before so they might have experience with all the legal requirement so might be worthwhile to ask them or if they are part of a larger...
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/15/2025 12:14pm
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:
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1llumA Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/15/2025 12:12pm 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… 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...
pnwhut Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/15/2025 6:32am
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….
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1llumA Added a comment about bike check Polygon Collosus T9 - Bring Back the Silver
11/12/2025 2:38pm
XTR shifter, short cage silver Madrone Jab derailleur, 10-45T SLX cassette, are you my lost twin brother ?
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PeterFisherman Liked a bike check Polygon Collosus T9 - Bring Back the Silver
11/12/2025 2:35pm
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LePigPen Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
11/12/2025 2:33pm
I think for those not as in tune with skateboarding they're kinda missing... The context. Phelps is the type of asshole that people tend to refer as "our asshole". He was not 'nice' and he was never attempting to mislead people into thinking so. Quite the opposite. He made it as known as possible that he is polarizing, and that skateboarding itself is polarizing. THAT SAID... He wasn't quite 'going out of his way' to specifically ruin someone's day. He is not evil. He is basically the end game level of core lord. The absolute apotheosis of lot lizard. He's...
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1llumA Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/10/2025 2:31pm The are a few other gems in the article I linked including Sacki from Bikeyoke personal Banshee Phantom. Tons of stock e-bike too but can be quickly scrolled past.
1llumA Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/8/2025 5:31pm Looks like the Madonna might get the Yalla V2 adjustable dropout soon. Found these on mtbnews.de for a an industry event with everyone attending bike setup pictured https://www.mtb-news.de/news/bock-auf-ballern-2025/
jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
11/6/2025 2:34pm
Just a heads up, Fox Factory and GoPro both report results tonight. I'll do my best to aggregate results, listen to conference calls (at least with Fox) and put a little post together. Cheers!
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Lolo.ch Liked a reply to forum topic Unchained Bicycles – Pinion / Belt / 7075 Bonded Frame / 170-170mm
11/5/2025 3:42am
We made it! Follow us on Instagram Thanks for your comments.
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Dave_Camp Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/1/2025 5:13am
Linkage forks will never work. They look stupid and can’t be made cheap or light. I’ve been drinking come at me haha
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loris_74 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/31/2025 4:19am
In my opinion it's just a regular Lapierre GLP3 without the plastic cover (probably for better cooling/heat dissipation) ? Vincent Ledieu is working for Michelin, I don't think he is involved in Lapierre bikes development.
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1llumA Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/28/2025 6:59pm We will see about the dropper post but their prototype dropper lever had a really cool design and how it integrated the cable tension adjustment.
MTBrent Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/27/2025 3:37pm
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1llumA Added a reply to Pick your 3 favorite MTB brands?
10/27/2025 3:35pm The big 3 is generally a term for the USA market and after Pon purchase is mostly referred as the big four with Trek, Giant, Specialized and Pon Cycling (Cannondale,GT,Santa Cruz, Cervelo, Gazelle, Focus, Urban Arrow, BBB, Nimbl, Schwinn, Mongoose, OneUp, Caloi, Kalkhoff, Veloretti) Merida would mostly be referred as the big 3 in terms of actual frame manufacturers with...
1llumA Added a reply to L keys or ratchets
10/23/2025 2:07pm As someone that also went down the rabbit hole of L-Key vs Ratchet vs T-Handle (sliding or not), I say use what is most comfortable for you. All works plenty fine for most bike application. But there is definite wrong answer and that is the 3-way.
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/23/2025 9:38am
I thought it was very brave of Ebruner to be vulnerable and share how many bikes he and his wife have. It can be tough to come clean. We’re all active or recovering bikes addicts here, and this is supposed to be a supportive community for recovery. Or enabling rationalizations and fostering codependency, if that’s what you’re looking for. Both, really. JUDGEMENT FREE SPACE
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