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You know aside from the carbon, the shock layout, the yoke, the tube diameter, the paint work, the branding, the build, it's pretty much a knolly.

is that bikerfox?

and i believe Intend, i rode the 20mm on the Podium, 2.75kg fork, and my new Intend edge with a 15mm axle, none feel flexy at all under any circumstance, if something, the edge feels stiffer and smoother under braking and corners, while being 2.25kg, half a kg lighter or a pound in freedom unit

And yet Highland is going strong.

You sir ain't wrong. Bang for the buck that rim kills.

Just a few questions- Does it currently have a shock and is there something about it you are looking to improve? Have you checked if all those options physically clear the frame? It's not always a given and can narrow your choices down a lot. Every picture I could find had the stock super deluxe Is there a service centre or shop close by that give you better support for certain brands? And do you have a budget? I'm a Push dealer so will obviously recommend the VT/x and SV8 if they fit. Pricing on the SV8 is very competitive...

You're an amateur. I carry a ton of tools, but every other year or so something goes so horribly wrong I STILL have to walk back to the car. Bikes are pretty good though. My proudest trailside repair was actually roadside...blew a shifter cable 40 miles from home on a cold February day on my gravel bike. I had an extra cable in my little revelate gas tank bag. Fixed it, rode home.

Re: IMBA (and other trail associations) besides them building almost exclusively flow trails, I find the biggest drawback is the mob mentality of people that take part. -Come in and gaslight local government into letting them be the judge jury and executioner regarding how the entire trail system will be built and managed moving forward. -Build exclusively flow. (Requires excavators) -Gaslight local government into requiring parking permits to support excavator trails people didn’t ask for. Parking used to free. -Extended and unnecessary trail closures whenever it even slightly rains. “It’ll ruin the flow berms bro, be a good trail steward...

100% this. Think about how heavily regulated baseball bats, golf clubs, and tennis rackets are at the elite level. Do you remember when Tom Brady was accused of playing with under-inflated footballs? Almost every sport that relies on equipment has very strict rules about that equipment to create a more level playing field. There's no such thing as a truly level playing field, of course, but deliberately making it less level from the top-down is typically viewed as a negative in sports. And while arguing about rules seems off-topic here, I think it's extremely on-topic, because the regulatory landscape of...

Haha oh god, and then cycling became the next NBA. I do appreciate that mountain biking by and large doesn’t seem to be a sport that favors a certain body type and would hate for that to change