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Wow, Trickstuff knockoffs or what?

Is there any difference between the Vivid and Super deluxe piggybacks? I was under the impression the vivid is just an architecturally same shock as the coil super deluxe (with adjustable hbo) but in air form. As the two super deluxes do have differences in architecture. Can it just be a marketing related renaming? Regarding lockout, there has always been a super deluxe ultimate DH without the lock.

Doesn't... look like a session?!?!

Calling it now, its going to be an Intense clone (mid high pivot, faux-6 bar suspension) except for the ABP instead of a true Horst link.

I'd say that's a very good guess.

Yeah my bad, I didn't read the fine print that they are "sinter" brand, not sintered.

Re: bionol, I just use putoline hpx instead. Seems to do the business. Maxima bite point should feel super defined, otherwise it's not bled correctly. But yah, beyond bite they don't feel as defined as a dominion for example. Does anyone else think a graph of lever force vs brake torque generated would've been nice to know?

reading comprehension fail. they used organic pads, from slovenian aftermaket company named SINTER. maven pads were probably not available yet because unique new size

The Sinter Pads are actually organic but from the company named sinter whose lab they used. The pads are simply not available for the Mavens and the TRP... at least that's what the test says.

I've had almost all of them with ride time and the Trickstuff has a lot of similarities with Hope, the quality is just slightly more refined and better, but not by much. They also ditch DOT, which I know some people care more about than others, although it's a big issue in the US where Bionol is nearly impossible to find. I tripped over my bottle and nearly lost half of it, which made for a rough moment and a few bad words. I also feel at the price point they should include bleed tools, Intend does and IMO there...

i'm certainly curious as to how the various metrics were factored and weighted in the final assessment. one feature only the dominion's have is the alignment set screws on the calipers ("crosshair"). for how long these brakes have been on the market i'm astonished that nobody has copied it yet.

https://enduro-mtb.com/en/best-mtb-disc-brake-can-buy/ interesting brake test, still cannot understand how the "battle" for the best brake was between the Dominions and the mavens and not between trickstuffs and hopes, hopes do everything better than the mavens, stop you quicker, better lever feel, easier to bleed, cheaper to buy, way better looking, even lighter, don't really know, regardless, interesting test backed up by dyno data

Vorsprung released their first coil shock with some unique features that sets it apart from the rest of the shocks out there. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/first-look-vorsprungs-new-tellum-coil-sho…

Aren’t we already there? How many more bikes with a 64 degree head tube angle, 76 degree seat tube angle and 435mm chainstays do we really need that all fall within the same 5% of leverage and progression rate?

To everyone thinking we will be down to 5 brands, we could lose 70 more and still have 100 full-suspension frame builders out there. There are too many companies slicing the pie. That's the problem.

If I were tasked with saving Kona, I wouldn’t pay to send anyone to Sea Otter either. If I had normal job at Kona though, I’d definitely be trying to get down there to find a new gig!