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sollie Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/4/2026 10:02pm
Some sort of UDH +15mm chainstay standard would fix a lot of XXL bikes.
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AndehM Liked a reply to forum topic Tire chat (nerds only)
6/4/2026 7:25am
The dirt up in the PNW is like silk compared to the crap we have down here, which is like 60 grit sandpaper. (I grew up near Seattle, and work in a construction field that deals with boring/excavating.) That, coupled with people wanting to build and ride steep PNW-like trails down here, is a recipe for tire abuse.
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thresh Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/1/2026 8:58pm
Me: Can we stop and get a 6-bar suspension from Yeti? Mom: We've got 6-bar suspension at home: For older Amflows, but I suppose the new ones might be supported as well: https://www.mklinkage.net/
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trytochaseme Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
5/29/2026 9:50am
I made custom crowns for some dorados a few years ago doing the same thing
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codahale Liked a reply to forum topic Tire chat (nerds only)
5/27/2026 8:35pm
I’ve got ~100mi and ~20k ft of vert on the new Tacky Chan Trail Pro Radial 2.5 Softs now, and they’re my new favorite tire. Finding the right pressure took some work, but at 33/30 they hit the right balance of support and grip. They just straight hook up in the loose stuff, are really predictable on turn-in, and roll freakishly fast. As a “I hate Albert, all my homies hate Albert” guy, I definitely did not expect this, but here we are.
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tsewhsoj Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
5/26/2026 7:54am
I’m dying of thirst over here
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codahale Liked a reply to forum topic Modern Geo Talk: Chainstays, Stack, Reach, and Bitching About It
5/25/2026 6:59pm
A higher stack is going to be better than a lower stack, everything else being equal, but it’s not a full solution. With a higher stack, it’s harder to get your weight forward and actually weight the front wheel on techy climbs and into turns. It’s more comfortable because you’re not forced either into a deep squat or a pike plank position as much. But it’s not going to change the basic fact that a standing rider will always have the overwhelming majority of their weight supported via their feet and thus distributed between the two contact patches according to...
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Bobsmothersbrother Liked a reply to forum topic Mountain Bike Consumer - New Product Vitriol
5/24/2026 8:46am
@TEAMROBOT - I remember testing showing CX file treads were slower in almost every application, but still people buy and ride them because they look fast. Btw, while I’m here, I feel like a massive driver of mountain bikers yelling at clouds about product happens when product support doesn’t match the promise. Unhelpful warranties on stuff sold with massive margins, and a consistently terrible pattern of companies refusing to acknowledge issues until suddenly a new model pops up. It makes journalism more important, I get so irate seeing reviewers acknowledge issues in old product they simply refused to when it...
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codahale Liked a reply to forum topic Mountain Bike Consumer - New Product Vitriol
5/24/2026 8:45am
I’ve been mountain biking since I was a teenager in the 90s and the marketing material has never been as sober as it is right now and the products have literally never been higher quality. Thirty years ago you’d drop a huge stack of cash on 1.9” tires made out of QC-rejected pencil erasers and hay, they’d be hard as coffin nails and look leprous after three rides (several flats per ride), and the marketing material would be all like “God himself couldn’t make rubber stickier; this rubber is so sticky it’s gray; you can ride on the damn wall”...
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jonkranked Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
5/16/2026 5:22pm
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bigbrett Added a reply to Should You Reverse Your Stem? - Reece Wilson Setup Analysis
5/15/2026 9:28am Interesting about the gripping with the knees thing - having beaten the concept of “bike body separation” into my mind for the last decade, this goes against pretty much everything I’ve been working towards. Caveat: I’ve never ridden moto in my life, nor really watched a real moto race while focusing on rider position. On a mtb gripping with your...
mx31 Liked a reply to forum topic Should You Reverse Your Stem? - Reece Wilson Setup Analysis
5/15/2026 9:22am
I can comment on these setups. I have posted on vital MTB a little before and felt there was a closed mindedness to this kind of a-typical stuff... That seems to be changing in MTB circles. I am not here to change any minds. I have my own opinions, coming from the moto side of things and the trends in MTB just do not feel right in terms of front wheel grip and rider / body position. I post regularly on VitalMX and have been a motocross racer for most of my life at the amateur / expert level. June...
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Kanista Liked a reply to forum topic E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
5/13/2026 9:26pm
75nm is a light ebike now. Wow i need to process this
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
5/13/2026 9:20pm
political posts and responses deleted. take them to " off the bike"
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kperras Liked a reply to forum topic DJI's E-MTB Play: Avinox, Amflow and the Future Business of eebs
5/13/2026 7:27am
There's more going on in the background that most people are not aware of, but making good on our supply chain and manufacturing partners is a critical step to ensure our good standing in the industry and future brand viability.
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
5/12/2026 5:49pm
it's almost as much as your megatower.
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ebikepartyshirt Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
5/11/2026 8:32pm
Can we get a separate thread for requesting separate threads so it doesn’t clog up this thread?
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AgrAde Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
5/11/2026 7:18am
"To what extent to you agree with the following statements? thermoplastic carbon mountain bikes fit well with the way i go out and come home in my daily life"
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iceman2058 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
5/9/2026 1:12pm
Cartert Bilawchuck is a 16-year old who made his own bike, it ended up looking incredibly polished - and rad ( it was a lock for Vital BOD of course too)! This deep dive edit is full of insights into the trials and tribulations behind pulling off such a project, I figure it should be of interest to the followers of this thread:
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