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Interesting. I never would have thought mountain bike tech would evolve around your derailleur collecting data, then your phone sending it to sram to then create a firmware update to better optimize it.

Vision Velo has a video on their Instagram showing where they're at with a prototype Podium Mudguard. So far it's looking good but not great: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRP1Nt3DK9G/

Is a Penny-farthing the actual true crab?

I appreciate how the drawing looks like what happens in linkage if you only model the rear end and don't set the rest of the geo properly, like fork length etc and you get this weird 100mm travel 85 degree head angle DH bike😅

SRAM AXS beta firmware... looks like they've got a faster Bluetooth protocol coming...

So glad all those 6'8" UCI XC riders can finally fit on properly sized bikes!

the tensioner is on the wrong side if you want an ochain alternative!

Since we talked about the Demo yesterday https://www.pinkbike.com/news/specialized-patent-reveals-demo-two-chain… awesome to understand a bit more about that bike! now... release it please

$5 on Gamux x Manitou if Reece stays with those partners. Seems like they're hellbent on trying everything. The thigh-grippers/femoral artery shredder device will need redesigned to fit those 32" wheels though

Aon Racing for sure, they love to get weird.

Since the UCI said allowing 32” wheels applies to DH as well as XC. Let’s place bets on which company will be the first to try and 32”/29” mega-mullet DH bike. I’m not saying it will ever go into production or even raced at a WC, but there has to be at least one manufacturer/team that will experiment.

Rumour-ish, but the Transition Spire will not be updated until mid to late next year. Transition focusing on the TR11 (which we know) and some e-bike stuff.

To celebrate making it to 1000 pages in the Tech Rumors thread, here's some news about the one "innovation" no one asked for: The UCI just communicated that they will allow 32" wheels for use in XC mountainbike competition for the 2026 season. Though they very specifically stated only the 2026 season, so here's to hoping they will come to their senses for 2027 and beyond. For the 2026 season this will probably mean lots of frankenstein'd 32" prototypes at the races.

If only we could see this on a downtube🤣

In honor of the 1000th page, we should vote on the best meme of 2025: 👍🏻 for “Crab” 👎🏻 for “6-7” edit: Carcinization is the antithesis of innovation. Maybe we should keep crab talk on the crab talk forum and keep this thread focused on MTB tech rumors and/or innovation.

This, kids, is how we summoned the Holy Crab

Figured it out

As others have shared in this thread, the unknown six bar bike was spotted all the way back in 2023, before the newest Yeti bikes with the latest cable ports launched. To my eyes, the cable ports on that new mystery prototype are a dead ringer for those old SB165 cable ports. SARCASM MODE ENGAGED: Did you even read the thread before posting? Disappointing.

The cable entry design at the headtube, lack of in frame storage, and the overcomplicated pivot/link situation at the bottom bracket, all lead me to suspect Yeti. I feel like Yeti needs something complicated like dw6 or switchfinity is to convince people they are buying the premium suspension option. Meanwhile, suspension designs from 30 years keep winning every DH world cup

That proto frame goes way back. I shot this photo of it in the early fall of 2023. Sorry for poor quality. The obvious heel rub and linkage swap-out (on your more current photo) shows it's seen a lot of hours. The guy riding it started working for a different bike company, so he may have offloaded this one to another industry friend. At the time, I was thinking it was maybe a Diamondback prototype that got canceled/never saw the light of day. He was fairly open with it; it was spotted at local Seattle area watering hole(s), etc.