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in scandal mag, jim bland, luca's mechanic, thinks 32" front wheels are coming (in what i would assume is DH since he's a DH mechanic). seems like it wouldn't be hard for any of the inverted brands to make a 32" fork for this upcoming season (assuming tires are available, which i bet they are). he also says cone valves in forks, so maybe some other hint development? #nonEbikeRumors

I’m pretty sure the guy that has the I-track patent lets anyone use it as long as they put a sticker on the bike. What is bullshit about that? Genuinely curious.

WHAT!! Then why are we posting here??

lol this again

I saw the original post and read the comments, user stated it was a split belt. If you guys post insta screenshots make sure to include the username or hyperlink so people can take a look for themselves.

New Commencal coming April 14th per their website. These look like very, very long chainstays. Enhance anyone?!

What the? How does the belt get into the rear triangle?

Feel like the orbea might be the banger from the lot (absolutely no info but i saw a rallon in person last week and my jaw hit the floor). Hard for me to not just grab an AMflow PR and upgrade as i go. €4500 for a full carbon bike with ok specs and geo adjustment is incredible...

Big tech day today! Here's a thread about all things Avinox M2S, with a bunch of new bikes that just launched: https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/avinox-m2-m2s-drive-unit-discussion…

Yep the more I dig into it the more that seems to be the case. Bryn Atkinson was riding an Optic in the press stuff for the updates float series so I'm hoping to track that tune down. I could just buy this shock but I'll be entirely transparent in saying that having a Fox Kashima fork and dropper without the matching shock does my head in

how much faster than the legal limit can your car go? how often do you use it’s maximum power?

m2s confirmed as 130nm and a Massive 1300watts of peak power + 1500nm boost. (this was confirmed by release of pivot AMP'd) To me, Thats huge amount of "over power" my m1 is already bonkers and I really question the need for such power

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we may or may not have had to buy a super computer to handle all the data.

New AM Flow longer travel bike and YT Decoy Avinox (AL?) launching later today.

Of all the hills people want to die on in this industry, I think brake fluid is probably the stupidest one......

Crap, I changed my mind. I’m thinking now about the majority of their business being b2b and thinking about what comes specced on bikes, and what new bike customers are looking for in a bike. That GX/XO1 mashup customer just doesn’t exist in bike shops, it’s all forum nerds. People tended to fall into “let me buy the cheapest bike” or “let me get the nicest bike.” The riders in the middle don’t really seem to sweat drivetrain, they were moreso just looking for better suspension/brakes I guess? Kind of just like the upgrade bike without having all of their...

My guess is 90% for manufacturing as you can't cast a blind undercut geometry like that. You need the tooling to form the cavity and pull away in the direction of the cap.