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500mm reach on a large is likely while we'll see Jack Moir on a MEDIUM at 6'1".

So they went the old meta am route which nobody was happy for big sizes, whoops.

I have a bad habit of looking through the websites of bike and component manufactures when I should be doing work for college... oh well. Anyway, Looks like the new stuff from rockshox will have two "Debonair+" air cans, both with negative volume tuning Additionally, there is a "RC3 hydraulic bottom out control" damper option. So if id have to take a wild guess, the RC3 HBC will be the "Ultimate" level shock with the RC3 being the select plus.

'Down country' (just typing that makes me feel dirty) bike test -Needs 203mm rotors, 4 pot calipers and dual ply tyres to make it ridable. Enduro bike test, The 150mm travel bike with 180mm rotors and shortest/steepest geometry was our favourite. Being light is vey important. They are hard to take seriously tbh.

Seems I need to do a cable routing shit post again? Ok, pardon the following.... The other day a headset routed gravel bike came out if the box with the caliper not pulled through enough and it took two people to get it to budge. And that was with adding some lubricant to the rubber grommets that the hose passed through. Bikes shouldn't be that difficult to service. I'm also imagining a basic headset service inusuay do when I'm servicing a form just being bullshit now. Most Enduro bikes I work on also end up with shit kicked bearings after...

To the adjustable dropouts and chainstay length on the outgoing Megatower, we salute you:

Dang looks really cool and hopefully addresses the lack of progression from a single pivot design. Too bad they shortened the chainstays compared to the switch 6 though.

Orange just launched a new enduro bike, mullet, 170mm and uses a linkage driven single pivot. More details here: https://www.orangebikes.com/model/switch-7

i'm building the press release now and just had that same discussion with our crew in our dank sea otter hotel room.. it's due at 11am pst tomorrow.

Wonder what the MSRP will be for these new continental tires. If they are the same price as current Maxxis tires it will be hard to convince me to try them, especially if supply is low

I'm more worried about what it will do for me than the graphics. I usually hate how all my bikes look until I get a few wide eyed moments on them and they help me pull out of it, then I'm into them. I hated the way my current Slayer looked for the first month, now I can't wait until my new one comes in. That Tracer looks all utility and a good times. Like they went for all the pieces in the right places rather than smooth lines and hidden moving parts. Plus I'm not looking at the bike...

Why is that a such a bad thing? Specialized, Santa Cruz, Commencal (etc) do it all the time for their racers

Or better yet, get your hands on a Manitou Mezzer and call it a day. You’ll thank me later!

Yeah please do elaborate

The other Megatower colour is nice. They have done a good job on both colours.