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Love this, I've been thinking about making a coffee table book of bikes through the years I'll start once I transitioned to my first 26, not including gravel, DJ: Specialized Hardrock, Specialized Enduro (hardtail), Ironhorse Yakuza Chimpira, Ironhorse Yakuza Kumicho, Ironhorse Sunday Team K2 Brass Monkey, Kona Dawg Deluxe, Trek Remedy, Rocky Mountain Altitude Rally (first 27.5), Devinci Spartan, Devinci...

xt/xtr DI2 2x10 was weird, expensive, but also impressively good. You could set it to only use one shifter and it would go through the range (front and rear as needed). I have never installed one, and never want to, but man shimano was a touch late to the party

*throwdown

Would love to see a Camber but from what specialized is telling dealers the non-evo epic saw way better sell through. Surprising to me, but I guess xc is hot right now.

Talk about energy. I'll tell you, if you ever have used bikes parts to deal with, or want to scare yourself on an XC bike, Sanjay is your guy.

This has me wondering what a 32" bike with 29" wheels would be like. Thinking it could be Long (CS) / Low (b b) / Tall (Stack)😽 Also 32" means 29+ ain't dead

Salsa goes 32" with the new fargo https://bikepacking.com/bikes/salsa-fargo-32-review/

I've always though Cushcore was missing a good April 1 jab with green trash cans. Or honestly as a real promo most shops would take a green trash bin. #realorfake

Spec. Epic 9 sometime in April

Strictly rumor/ conjecture: -Lots of I9 stuff is on sale, stems in particular. New drop coming around sea otter? - New Epic 9? Stock levels of the Epic/ Epic Evo 8 have been low all year. Seems like they are either clearing inventory or playing timing games with tariffs.

chainstay length adjustment at the pivot is clever

iirc fox only has exclusive rights to the genie tech developed with specialized for a year or two

New Kona Unit Y or Unity

A little different from the normal leeks here: 27.5+/29 mullet

Or the Germans got their signals crossed and were trying to sell heels. Would be a bummer if this turned into a copyright problem for forbidden (bikes)

Short travel, no high pivot incoming

What about monthly threads as a compromise? I agree I really enjoy being able to follow along in one spot especially since these things often build on each other

Could it be a salsa proto ? -cable ports and frame layup look similar to carbon cassidy/blackthorn - salsa has previously used split pivot so a jump to another DW system wouldn’t be a huge leap

I’m seeing a great April 1st product for cascade link. A pretty cnc suspension link for your crab link bike that looks like a crab claw a-la the vampire bat wing