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Yeah, I do want the pro for the fine adjustment, definitely notice the big gap between flat and forward. Ideally it would have four positions I think, but it would be way harder to design. Flat, one back, two forward. Even with the three positions i sometimes overshoot when going for the middle one.

I don't like coming here anymore

That's just the thing, it's not a proper 6 bar, it's a linkage driven 4 bar. See it has a flex stay, but it's the seatstay. And the brake is mounted to the chainstay. This means that, other than not being able to drive the shock, removing the seatstay and rocker you still have a fully functioning suspension system with antisquat and antirise. But being named orion should make that clear come to think of it.

Still running the current Saint group!

They already have the chainsaw as the freeride/park bike I don’t think they would kill that off already.

About the new meta, is there any reason to to this dumb caliper positioning other being annoying to work on? Like, is there a construction reason that makes the bike better vs calipers on top?

I know, sooo nice… but come on, why tease something that’s still so far away?! 😂 Same with the Adidas freeride shoe. My doomscrolling brain can barely remember what I saw 5 seconds ago… let alone something dropping months from now. 💀

This is such a loaded question. sea to sky and Vancouver island are expensive, but it’s a trade off for climate, trail access and the amount of activities close by. I can ride from my door almost year round. If/when we get snowed out the ski hill is 25 min drive. Winter surfing small wind swell is close, and good surf is a 2.5 hr drive. Housing isn’t cheap and doesn’t make sense, but after living in a few places that didn’t provide a healthy work life balance we lucked into jobs in a great community. Sacrifice some affordability for...

When are we going to see a test of rolling resistance and wheel strength between 32 vs 30.5 vs 29 vs 27.5 vs 26 so we can argue about it?

Hate that my thought about this is "Back in 2010 people couldnt immediately get used to the looks of 29" so we needed the in-between step of 27.5. Now we need 30,5" in order to get used to the 32" looks." Haha

I’ve got my money on the specialized 2-chainz box which can be swapped for a motor

Pics or it didn't happen

DH bike really just need more chainring protection like below (Myriam Nicole's bike). I used to do similar on my DH bikes- ran the OG Evil full bashring on the outside of the chainring and a taco style guard on the inside. Or this- DIY bike: This thing is just a loop of steel tube welded to the DT/BB. Would probably support the weight of a car. Guessing 75% of the chain issues we see are due to riders smashing the chain into rocks...

Because of the purse. Like already mentioned, you can easily run a chain with a gearbox.

Which teams could switch? Only really Atherton? Intense would be stepping back to the old bike Zerode and Aon are pretty much all in on the gearbox. I guess it remains to be seen if they switch to chains rather than belts though

Switching bike/drivetrain mid-season would not be something most riders/teams would want to do. If anyone is going to give up the belt drive, they will do it next season.