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Eventually with even shorter cranks, even bigger bars than Dak we will resemble monowheels with our supreme upright posture. The stack increase is an interesting development, it's not a reaction to the extreme reaches some frames come nowadays, it's restoring a normal body position with the benefits of a long wheelbase.

Geometron wasn't happy about people finding a spot to squeeze a bottle in up front of the shock so they stick a brace in there. Any list of what has changed on this one?

Updated Geometron

Schwalbe bingo? I'd bet Albert Grindstein...

I downvoted you to keep the 69 upvotes intact.

Disagree, running medium to large pants/shorts (33 jeans waist) and I can't find pants that are nearly long enough at 6ft3. Tall people are severely undeserved in outdoor sports. Or at least anyone not fitting the general image of height to width ratio, whatever it is exactly. I'm running Norrona Fjora shorts that are over the knee by design, but I run them above the knee.

Bring back the gimp suit!

Also, is the bagginess mainly a product of trying to make sure it fits for a wide range of consumers, or because that's the intended style?

Looks like the regular Stumpy Evo to me

another thing I think would be cool to see is pick one caliper, then test as many different pad compounds as are available. would need to be a common brake (probably shimano or sram) that has the most aftermarket / 3rd party pad compounds.

for how old the current saint models are now that may have been considered elder abuse

Translation: Delivery time: Available from June 8th, 2024. First EWS is May 10-12 so it will for sure have to break cover there under Murray (I'm sure there will be spy shots before). New Enduro was supposed to be out before the new Stumpy, but as I've said a few times, they went back to the drawing board to copy the prototype Demo so it got delayed.

That is not the new Stumpy. It's going to lose the side arm like the current version. Like the Levo SL, which is basically the new Stumpjumper. Specialized is in a bind with the Stumpjumper EVO as they still have more stock to clear out, which is why the new model has been done and not released for over a year.

As someone who actually likes having to change tires so they can try more different tires, the Conti rear DH soft compounds have been wearing frustratingly (half kidding) slow. Grip is comparable if not better than maxxis maxxterra and the knobs barely show signs of wear after a season of northeast bike park and granite slab riding. Pretty impressive and good for the wallet. Just put a DH casing soft compound argotal on the back of my levo so interested to see how the taller knobs wear.

Maxxis take notes. We want a 2C in DH and DH casing!

My only complaint about my 2 rear DT's is that I regularly goon them by banging a new tire to re-distribute new sealant on my deck rail and send the cassette/guts flying.

Ah, my choice would be an Owen Wilson saying “Wow”. I like this completely unnecessary idea.