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FYI, because it’s a dh/enduro weekend the dh is Sunday as opposed to Saturday when it’s dh/xc weekend

Old. Demo 8 - 2005 era Transition blindside v2 I believe. Transition Tr250 Transition TR450 v1 Cove hooker (slope version) Deity cryptkeeper in black Deity cryptkeeper in white Devinci spartan v1 Transition patrol carbon v1 Transition patrol carbon v2 Gt fury (aluminum just before they went hp) Transition tr11 carbon v1 Currently Transition TR11 carbon v2 Reeb squeeb (last of the aluminum with custom geo) Intense m1 2025

1990s and 2000s: Trials bikes and BMXs 2010 - 2014: On One 456. Really fun hardtail that I used for a bit of everything. Broke with a fatigue crack in the seatstay, near the brake mount. 2014: Banshee Rune #1. Good bike but broke in 2 months with a fatigue crack at the shock mount. 2014 - 2015: Banshee Rune #2. Warranty replacement that broke in the same way. 2015 - 2017: GT Sanction #1. This bike was ahead of it's time and I have a lot of good memories racing with it. Broke with a fatigue crack in the...

Shockcraft Bomber CR kit teaser. Converts all shims to 8mm ID with a new piston bolt for the base valve as well.

The Mavens thing is crazy. The bike world has been gaslit into believing that massaging pistons on brand new brakes from the factory is supposed to be normal and accepted. Pre Mavens this was never done on new brakes.

Not much to add, but kudos to these replies so far. Good stuff. There's a lot of homogenization in bikes and parts lately –– many existing/continuing products are losing their character and new ones are less differentiated. I think that's partly due to design by committee, data-driven decisions, and brands being generally conservative coming out of the post-pandemic darkness. Add to that there's basically only two OE-specced suspension and drivetrain brands anymore (and one drivetrain brand is losing major ground) and, yeah, bikes especially are becoming commodified. That makes for easy comparisons when spec is closely matched, but prices are...

That "XC tire" conversation from customers and from a shop employee makes me want to walk into the ocean.

Downhill bikes are like nukes: if you want to be taken serious you need to own them, if you use them or not. 😉 Hoping that the downhill bike gets plenty of use and the nuke none.

Hard MTB League Final Results - https://my.raceresult.com/384900/results (click a rider name at link to see more detail with stage times etc)

I'm confident that the industry will make sure that the LBS gets the short end...

Hard MTB League Qualifiers Seeding Results - Finals are today. The climb was not part of seeding. Women Rank Name Tech Slalom Raw Slalom Downhill Overall Gap 1 Kailey Skelton 0:29.97 0:26.92 0:15.27 01:12.178 -- 2 Maddie Lloyd 0:30.21 0:28.56 0:16.46 01:15.241 +0:03.06 3 Alyana Van Horn 0:31.02 0:29.46 0:16.54 01:17.025 +0:04.84 4 Taylor Ostgaard 0:31.60 0:29.88 0:16.67 01:18.162 +0:05.98 5 Sophie Allen 0:31.03 0:33.16 0:17.94 01:22.144 +0:09.96 6 Ffion Pickstock 0:32.48 0:31.37 0:16.91 01:20.770 +0:08.59 7 Mayumi Wakefield 0:32.16 DSQ 0:19.41 00:51.578 -0:20.60 8 April Zastrow 0:38.13 DSQ 0:22.63 01:00.776 -0:11.40 9 Olivia Silva 0:33.58 DSQ DSQ 00:33.582 -0:38.59...

One quick question, previous gen Super Deluxe Air had the option to be udoated to the high flow piston and the new force-named compression and rebound shim stacks. On the coil side the update was pushed out in the form of Super Deluxe Coil being renamed to the Vivid Coil. Is there nevertheless an upgrade option for the last Super Deluxe Coil in the same vein as there is for the Air? Or could I revalve it to the same tune I had previously in my air shock and get similar results? (there are some cheap used options out there...

Mayb the thread should be retitled, something like “tech rumors and innovation… and bitching about it.”

" My ideal bike would be carbon with coil compatibility, 29er, 120-130mm rear suspension, no flex stay, 130-150mm fork, 480-485ish reach, 440+ chainstays, no headset routing, threaded BB and decent seat post insertion. " That is exactly a Tallboy V4.1.

Just so everyone is on the same page, a 20% progressive DH bike and a 20% progressive trail bike can be two very different suspension systems. Below are two theoretical bikes that both have the same starting leverage ratio and the same 20% overall progression. However, the leverage slopes are different, meaning the rate of change through the travel is different.

Jesus, sorry I asked about a coil shock on the new Tallboy.

What’s rebound?