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Wouldn't work in the EU as above 25 kp/h assistance you need registration/insurance and mirrors plus a number plate and then even fireroads in woods or as soon as they are non public roads because its classified as a motorized vehicle are off limits. At least that's how its handled in most countries of the EU.

Better question is why is it worth hiding anything

I feel like I can hear the derailleur just by looking at it 🙊

Some sort of UDH +15mm chainstay standard would fix a lot of XXL bikes.

I agree with the hot take because the Status you’re talking about is a complete bike where the Torrent frame only is $3k. The TR11 frame is $400 cheaper with much more adjustment and a spot for a water bottle. (Which any non-race, park bike should have) Im not falling for Norco trying to gaslight us with no adjustability as a feature, especially if they’re charging more than the competition. Many people have flip chips and headset cups they never touch, and that’s fine they don’t subtract anything from the ride experience for them. For us nerds (target market of...

I will probably get flamed for this, and will offer the caveat that I have only been skimming this page, but I feel like these bikes are great propositions and are in my eyes cool bikes because they’re made to be cheap and practical workhorses for younger demographics that don’t have as much disposable income and want a playful park bike that they can maintain themselves. Maybe I’m just haven’t been following the thread well enough, but I don’t see why the ebike bit is necessary to explain the appeal. Not everyone can afford bougie boutique racing machines, or ebikes...

I have to admit, I do not love the side profile of some of the 32" bikes that are coming out. They end up looking like XS bikes with cramped triangles and kinked bottom/top tubes. Hopefully more progressive geo will enable these things to look like something other than a 2010-2012 era niner.

I get what you're saying, however I think your dismissal of the "car analogy" is flawed. If you are talking about 4 (or even 2) lane state or interstate routes, that have dedicated bike paths and pedestrian sidewalks next to them, then yes, traffic of differing speeds and types is separated. Where I live, on the other hand, most of the roads are narrow, rural, 2 lane roads, with all sorts of turns and elevation changes. Just today, while driving up my road, I saw a number of walkers and runners, plus some cyclists, plus normal car traffic, plus some...

Fair to say that’s a fox duh. With a marzo sticker kit duh for the marzo athlete duh that shoulda been on Fox the whole time duh

No kidding! I sold my Izzo and I’m not really sure why. I still haven’t found anything I want to replace it with.

Man… this forum is screwed. Everything is turning crab, each new product launch is 1.25% better than the shitty unusable last generation, and now we are discussing solar capabilities on an ai bike that will more than likely be a kickstarter scam. The future looks great! 😃

"Ride with confidence knowing PHOSGO AI agent is onboard, in control and listening ate every memorable moment."

Quite the AI stuffed into this little whip.

This would make perfect sense and follows current industry trends. You probably don't need a 120, 140 and 160 travel bike anymore, so have an 'MT' and an 'LT' both of which, like the ebikes, can run MX or full 29. You then have four bikes from two moulds potentially. Yeti also don't really have a history of rolling names over so expect that whatever the new bikes are they wont be SB160's/165's, SB140's etc.. Also helps retain a bit of value in any remaining inventory.

Ebikes are treated the same as normal MTB's in NZ, so you are allowed anywhere a normal bike can go.

^ must be this freedum americans are always so proud about we european communists can’t enjoy, lol

This a common straw man argument I see on this topic. It’s important to remember that anyone capable of going that fast uphill is only do so with a lifetime of skills as a foundation . Anyone in a pro xco race is likely never putting out 1500w in that race, and if the are it’s for about 5 seconds during a sprint finish. Theres just a lot more nuance man. No human is putting out world tour sprint finish power for the same duration as a 800wh battery Humans are creatures of the path of least resistance. If you...

If we didn't overreact on the internet, does the product even exist? It's our version of "if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" 🤣

You have to remember the true target market of this bike....if you really need that much extra resistance then a Tallboy is the wrong bike for you, full stop. The forum guys wanting to run a coil shock are a niche of a niche type of mountain biker so they aren't going to design the bike with that in mind. I also don't think its that far off, and they maybe chose to ship it with that shock spec so people can easily remove the spacers if that need to. And plenty of people have run coil shocks in bikes...