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Possibly related, in the recent MBR video about the new Levo, there is this foam model next to the one of the designer's desks: In the (possibly relevant) rendering above the models, it looks to be a bike with a single crown:

torsional flex on my flash, stiff enough most what you see is really coming from the stem/bar

The fox USD looked very good in person

Bit of a video walk around of the Fox USD on EMBN’s youtube vid at ~11mins https://youtu.be/_dJDv6mNeWs?si=XTd8I_ZmF08DP1Hw

Fox USD fork confirmed (or at least they are showing it as a prototype) Pic borrowed from the pink site

I'd just run the @CascadeComponents chainguard for forbidden bikes on it. I have one on my Dread v2 and use it instead of a lower roller. It's awesome (also allows me to take out a couple links in the chain) For the people at Forbidden who read this blog. I love you guys. Your bikes are awesome and I can't wait to see what else you have up your sleeve!

I'm so into the geo on these man

The concern isn't erosion, its increased negative interaction with hikers, equestrians, etc, and the potential that someone gets caught with a class 3 ebike where only class 1 ebikes are permitted, and the authorities just decide to ban all ebikes (or mountain bikes in general) in that area. I have yet to see or hear of this actually happening.

It isn't. Hikers aren't expecting bikes to be passing them uphill at almost 30MPH just like pedestrians aren't expecting cars to be passing them on the sidewalks.

New Bullit 2026!

@CascadeComponents that SJ HP Conversion is nuts, chapeau to your engineers for pushing the envelope on what can be done.

This is so sick. Love what Cascade Components are doing.

All the info on @CascadeComponents new link/yoke combo and high-pivot conversion for the SJ15 🤤- https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/cascade-components-releases…

It looks like a trp before it hits the lathe and has all the extra material taken off to give it some style. It's just machine billet at this point.

Wow I've never considered an Ari until that new Timp Peak. Nice to see an ebike being sold as a frame, even if it is expensive, but transferrable lifetime warranty?! (this is a first for a DTC brand to do lifetime warranty at all right?) Also, 600wh or 800wh battery that can be swapped or range extended, so all of us should be happy in some configuration. Vertical mount crab link without trunion. It would be really hard to buy a Vala or a Regulator over this if you can come to grips with owning an Ari.

"Side entry battery" on the new Levo - Does this mean that it has a removable battery? Would be ideal to me, since those full power e-bikes are just above the weight limit of what my bikerack holds (is probably OK, but dumb to take any chances) - And I store the bikes in a cold shed all winter, and its not very fun bringing an several month unwashed bike indoors to charge it in winter. Removable battery would be perfect for both those reasons