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I remember 185mm rotors 🤣

Nah. Top tube straight continuous to seat stays is very 2020. Now it’s all about the grasshopper. Steep down tube to low flat chainstay. And I’m all for it. Maybe your right, straight line is industrial design where grasshopper, is sex. as long as no one does steeper chainstays than top tube. 🤮

Sounds like you've got DVO confused with Marzocchi.

Those are timestamps in the video!

Frame storage DOES add weight. A tube is a pretty amazing piece of a construction element. Lightand stiff in multiple directions, in torsion and bending, bending left and right AND up and down. The problem is the moment you cut into it, while a small hole won't really affect things that much, a long slit will though, you're breaking all of it. So to make a downtube with a big hole cut into it to be able to fit things inside of it, you need to add a lot of material around the rim to bring back the stiffness. A...

Question for the downvoters: have you ever considered, just not using your frame storage if you don't like it? Can we have a frame storage thread!? I'm at embarrassing levels of nerdy about it.

Considering it only has a spot for one water bottle it makes total sense for it to have internal storage. I don't do a single ride without 750ml of water in my frame storage. It's literally the ideal spot to add that type of weight for the bike's handling. It's very freeing to do a 3hr ride with no pack. Most other XC/DC bikes have a spot for a 2nd bottle so the weight is already there (in a worse spot) if you're on a big ride. It's wild to me how many people have gaslighted themselves into believing that...

I'll preface this by saying, I've never owned/ridden a bike with a dropper longer than 175mm. I've had 2 AXS reverb in rotation on various bikes for the last few years, Evil Offering, Specialized Enduro, Epic Evo, Neuhaus Hummingbird, Specialized Stumpjumper, and Transition Spur. And I have ridden fairly gnarly trails with those posts, Pisgah, Kingdom Trails, Phoenix, Sedona, and Iceland. I cannot recall a single time when I had my seatpost completely dropped and thought, "man, I wish this were a little lower." Similarly, I've never had a crash or close call where I thought the seat's height was...

Idk. I’d argue that the people who are choosing this over say an epic evo or whatever other flexstay bike are the type of people that absolutely want the longest post possible on their “XC” bike. Does seem like a bit of a miss knowing who their target market is.

I think the dual team mate crashes in pre-season last year threw her for a loop and she is only just now getting herself mentally squared away to be able to ride at peak performance.

So strange how Jenna can't seem to translate her Crankworx performances to WC racing ( I know it's a different field, but IIRC she was slower than riders like Lou and Sasha all season last year). 🤷‍♂️

I see what you mean, but if that were the case, why not limit DH bikes to 160mm travel because smaller forks are cheaper and more accessible to the everyday rider? Or outlaw cleats in soccer because they give better grip? I agree that every single innovation isn't necessarily better for us mere mortals, but in the pinnacle of the sport, we should be pushing the bounds of what is possible.

Sounds more like tall riders are at a disadvantage riding wheels too small for them..

Filippo Ganna, the current holder of the hour record, is 193cm.

in-tire pressure monitor from outrider on kickstarter that landed in the inbox. kick starter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/outridercomponents/outrider-tl-min… site - https://www.outridercomponents.com/

Hey man, Charlie and company were selling IMBA SUCKS stickers and captioning videos of people smoothing concrete driveways and building slabs with smarmy comments like "IMBA trail crew building another sanctioned tech trail" like 12-15 years ago, which predates groad bikes and eebs by a solid 8 years or so. Core riders have been complaining about the proliferation of blue flow trails for at least 15 years now, but I guess the boogeyman has changed from IMBA to.... gravel bikes and 32 inch wheeled mountain bikes? If anything I can see the adoption of 32 inch bikes leading to another...

Reformed xc guy here. When I was on 29 and my riding buddy was on 27.5 (both xc hardtails) the acceleration advantage of the 27.5 was impossible to ignore just as the momentum of the 29 was. For trail riding the 27.5 looked more fun in more places while the 29 just hauled the mail when things straightened out a bit or went down hill. I fully expect the same “revelations” in all of the 32” bike reviews to come out this year.

Flame me if you’d like, but 32” wheels is one of the few things that has me excited for a new bike. There are so many amazing full suspension bikes now ,and geometry, for whatever discipline, have pretty much leveled out. As someone that rides my Singlespeed as much or more than my FS, I’m excited to build up a rigid Singlespeed 32er. My local trails are fairly mellow and as I get older I appreciate momentum and keeping a higher average pace over “shredding the gnar!”

I wonder how fast the Santa Cruz V10 would be with Aspen STs