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My druid carried me to a couple top 10s at the Canadian Enduro in my age category, a bunch of bike park time and roughly 1500kms of regular MTB trails in 2023. M y typical riding is everything from single track blue trails with twisty fast corners, steep as shit loam trails, DH tracks and all things in between. My druid loves it all and never feels like the wrong bike.... well maybe on like XC tracks but I'm not seaking those out. I'd consider my druid fun and playful and not all that different to every other bike I...

It is sad, but the reality is bike purchases are heavily driven by aesthetics. In some ways you want to respect companies that cling to their image but is it really worth doing so at the expense of failing? Ibis adapted by getting rid of the swoopy top tube. But Intense is another example of a company that refuses to get rid of questionable branding and may go the way of the dodo if they don't adapt. Need to take ques from the brands gaining marketshare... i.e. WAO & Forbidden, clean lines & minimal branding. Bikes need to look sexy...

Nicely cropped so whiskeythrottlemedia and Sven Martin (squidsontour) get no credit for that shot

Evil Following Review: Stout, Stiff & Snappy | 2022 Downcountry Field Test (youtube.com) Exactly not. Even as a short travel ripper it failed.

Yeah, time 2. Geo looks terrible on paper with every model, pinkbike review of the Following v3 was drastic.

My LBS on Saturday mentioned evil is releasing the Offering in Feb or end of Jan. I dont exactly remember if he mentioned the Following. To be quite honest I always get those two frames mixed up so its one or the other. Or both. But something is coming soon.

This guy gets it.

Fine, I'll bite. So I own a Forbidden Dreadnought and I also own the cascade link for the dreadnought. It is a well made product that feels and look like a quality part. It fit perfectly, and with a bit of help from Pinner machine shop, it worked great with my EXT. So props to cascade for the great part. 10/10. Is this part still on my bike? No. Would I recommend it to other dreadnought owners? Probably not. I actually feel like the link made the first 2/3rds of my travel amazing, like seriously the best I've ever felt...

Having owned multiple bikes with Cascade links, they're far from a gimmick. They perform as advertised - changing suspension characteristics whether that be progression, leverage ratio, amount of travel or some combination of the above - not to mention quality machining and finish. From everything you've written, it sounds like it changed your bike as advertised. If you thought your bike had enough progression without the link, why buy a link that adds progression in the first place? The fact that you found it harsh is really out of Cascade's control. Do you typically like the feel of progressive suspension...

Based on how you've behaved on this forum so far, it seems like you probably hounded them relentless until they blocked you as they mentioned, deleting your content when they did it. No one cares, you seem like a crazy person at this point with absolutely zero understanding of the problem and have pretty much erased any possibility of anyone taking you seriously. I have zero stake in this, but I've been on this forum long enough to be super annoyed when people like you come in with nonsense and crash the usual happy and relaxed vibe people have built...

I'm usually not one to feed the trolls, but this has gotten silly. As far as cascade links go, I know people who have gotten legitimate performance out if them and changed the way they rode their bikes. I also know people who how gotten them because they want something shiney and cool and they had no business having that part on their bike because they didn't ride that hard. Some didn't even change their shock settings or remove any volume spacers and suddenly hated their bikes because they didn't understand what they were doing, how bike setup works or...

I feel like that’s a you thing, and not a Cascade thing. If you knew your bike was already somewhat progressive, why did you feel the need to want more of a progressive feeling? Did you exhaust all other options like different shock settings, volume spacers, custom tunes, or even a different shock before choosing to purchase the Cascade link to chase the feeling you were apparently after? Not to sound like a d1ck, but did you even know what feeling you were after or did you blindly buy into marketing? As with everything in the world, there’s also the...

I've had great experiences and I'd love to talk more about their links, leverage rate curves and trends in bike design etc etc. I've even had great experiences with their customer service and asking them stupid questions. That being said, I try not to feed trolls, so all of those conversations and experiences will have to wait for another day.

Can’t wait you get banned here too 😏

This is not a tech rumor so I’m not going to talk about this again. What I will say is we haven’t seen a single case of frame damage due to regular use. Frames are pretty overbuilt. Your wheels are more likely to blow up first. Ask me how I know. Off the top of my head, I can only remember two instances where serious frame damage occurred. One was improper installation and one was incompatible shock. We actually paid for the crash replacement frame for the incompatible shock case because there was a typo on our website that was...

As a fluent French speaker who lived in France for 14 years, I can offer a bit of context. The “gypsy” term is basically used interchangeably with “camper”, not intended as a slur but more of a funny way of describing anybody living out of a van for a while…it obviously gets lost in translation here.

I think stating Jackson was “pushed” is a reason to disagree with that post. “Supported” is much more the scenario.

Yeah you can request that mate. They look decent, the adjustable leverage is cool. I'd love to try them.

Heres a one off / prototype I made for myself that after some interest I will be doing a small batch of, Enjoy! Its a seatpost steepening shim: Reduces effective top tube length by 8-10mm (at 350mm extension from collar) Specs: 30.9mm to 34.9 mm Actual seatpost angle : ~ +1.0 degree Effective seatpost angle : ~ +0.6 degree Maximum :~280mm (Full depth on a 2020 Enduro) https://www.instagram.com/zencomponents