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It's actually 7300 eur. And yeah, the equipment is more fitting for maybe a 4k bike. Wild pricing. (full disclosure, I haven't bought a bike in the last three years, the last one was semi parts special, the previous one was bought in 2019, so I don't have a good feel for pricing, but even then it seems a bit... Excessive)

As an XL rider I really want to demo one of these to see if it's the holy grail that I hope it is! 🤞

I know this is dangerously close to a chainstay derail, but I love that Forbidden made a 120mm bike with a 464mm chainstay in the XL size. That's real long, but if you don't like it you can buy literally any other XL lightweight 120mm bike. Curious how it rides. Could be sick. [Editor's note: I THINK THIS COUNTS AS AN INNOVATION]

https://forbiddenbike.com/bikes/reya/

It depends on why you're so salty. Bad nutrition? You're probably fine but your hydration will be lacking. Bad attitude? You'll be pissing everyone off enough that they'll be dried out, too.

I'm confused. If people describe me as a salty person, does that help or hurt my hydration levels on a ride?

The symptom of peeing a lot during physical exertion is caused by a lack of sodium; often because the sodium that would be holding the water in has been sweated out. When that water can't be held in, whatever isn't sweated out will be peed out. Sodium helps the water stay in the system. Adding some sodium amount into your bottles will help you hold more water in and allow the water to be useful. It'll taste a little gross until you get used to it, but try adding some lemon juice and some table salt into your bottle before...

New Fox 38 release date is March 26th 4pm UTC Nothing crazy - Glidecore air spring, X2 damper, speed hole arch. Weight starts at 2200g for 29" New 40 release date is March 19th 4pm UTC Similar treatment as the 38, but looks like a new mud guard and cassette tooling for the air top-cap

I figured you were on the tall side! I think the dropper insertion makes the biggest difference for shorter folks! With many bikes with taller seat tubes or not much insertion length because of shock tunnel/seat tube kink (spec Enduro), the height and position of the seat can really impede mobility on the bike: leaning it over, getting low, jumping and pumping. On my specialized Enduro the seat used to run into and scratch the insides of my things when I was really leaning it over. I'm 5'5 btw. Personally, The transition Horst link is the best design I've found...

Coming from the PNW and never seeing running water on a long ride in SoCal has been a real adjustment, and it means I have to carry way more water on my person, or spend a lot of time looking at maps to figure out where all the stores and water fountains are, or both. I miss creeks. And shade. And overcast days. Don't ever leave. Stay there as long as you can, Cam. AS LONG AS YOU CAN.

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...

Insertion depth is a big one for me. I run a 210 on my Top Fuel and a 240 on my Sight. I wouldn't get another DC/small travel trail bike that doesn't let me use at least 210. If anything, I wish I could have more on both bikes.

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 have a V1 Druid S2 and my 185mm BikeYoke is fully slammed so the cable housing bottoms out to be at the right height at full extension. Definitely a downside that longer droppers don't fit. Although that probably shouldn't matter as much on a Reya. Most people probably don't need quite as long a dropper on a light trail bike. It does seem strange to put such a large seatpost bend in a Horst link bike though.

That short seat tube insertion though :c

Nah, they just wanted to see how much kick back there was aginst Hans' article. 😂

Crazy that the second gen wasn’t usb-c to begin with

The post itself is unchanged. They just changed the battery charger from micro-usb to usb-c. Good riddance. "B2 generation changed from Micro-USB charger to USB-C charger included. No change to the seatpost itself." Source (page 6) https://www.sram.com/globalassets/document-hierarchy/spare-parts/spare-…

Since it is my 40th birthday today, I may just order the that frame if it’s available tomorrow.

More Reya pics if anyone is interested. I reckon vital editors have them too, but they can’t post them. Source