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Digit Bikes Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/20/2025 8:20am
In honor of the 1000th page, we should vote on the best meme of 2025: 👍🏻 for “Crab” 👎🏻 for “6-7” edit: Carcinization is the antithesis of innovation. Maybe we should keep crab talk on the crab talk forum and keep this thread focused on MTB tech rumors and/or innovation.
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blensen Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/18/2025 5:46am It's definitely a raw rocker and appears to be a reworked swingarm. Slightly modified kinematics? It has different brake hose retention, at the very least. Would be nice to see it go post-mount native on the dropout forgings
tavaenga Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/18/2025 4:22am
Banshee UDH aftermarket perhaps? https://www.instagram.com/p/DORa0yFiZFB/?igsh=MW5hMXExM2o2N214Zw==
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blensen Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/17/2025 1:33pm I just took delivery of a Titan v3.2 last week. My legs are long enough to use a 210mm One Up post in my size XL frame and the thing rips. UDH compatibility is about the only thing missing IMO and that's easily upgraded with the modular dropouts.
blensen Added a reply to Modern Geo Talk: Chainstays, Stack, Reach, and Bitching About It
9/22/2025 6:28am Paul Aston's style may not be for everyone, but it seems like he's on the front of this balanced geo for bigger sizes wave. Here's the geo chart for one of his custom bikes. 490mm chainstays, 510mm reach, 1.84 F/R ratio. Some quirks in his setup since he's running an ultra-short Rulezman stem and the bottom bracket is 10mm above...
blensen Added a reply to Modern Geo Talk: Chainstays, Stack, Reach, and Bitching About It
9/19/2025 7:05pm I’m in the market for both an enduro and DH frame and now I have an excuse for why my buddies who ride mediums are faster than me.
blensen Added a reply to Modern Geo Talk: Chainstays, Stack, Reach, and Bitching About It
9/18/2025 7:22pm So for XL bikes what’s out there for enduro bikes close to the 1.8 ratio? Banshee Titan with long dropouts, Forbidden Dreadnought, anything else? From what I’ve been able to find there’s no options in DH bikes anywhere close with the exception of the Forbidden Supernought and some short-reach XLs like the Banshee Legend 29. Even a Santa Cruz V10...
blensen Added a reply to FOX airshaft assembly
5/7/2025 7:44am The lengths of these air shafts aren't published for the general public. The easy way to find out is to slide the seal head up to the top-out bumper and measure down to the top of the foot stud. The perspective distortion on this photo makes things pretty inaccurate, but I'm betting this is a 160mm travel air spring.
blensen Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/22/2024 4:16am Frame storage is not bottom access. That alone would be enough to pick it over the Tracer for me.
djjohnrodriguez Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/21/2024 11:46am
It looks like it's using their Ride4 chip at the forward shock mount, and is also using reach adjust headset cup/chips.
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blensen Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/21/2024 11:44am It's definitely funky. Adjustable for wheel size, lower pivot is concentric with the bottom bracket and drives the shock. Also includes in-frame storage and has some nice details like good access to the high speed rebound on Fox shocks from the non-drive side.
blensen Added a reply to Rear derailleur clutch reliability
1/29/2024 5:15pm I swapped my drivetrain from GX AXS to XT mechanical for this reason exactly. The pedal washer is a good idea. I was doing the Hall Lock thing with an o-ring.
blensen Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
1/22/2024 4:54pm Yeti bringing out a new bike. Return of the SB100? It’s got small rotors, single crown fork, and what looks like Rekon or Rekon Race tire combo. https://www.instagram.com/p/C2ax3meRLk7/?igsh=M2l2cnkzcWVwaG55
blensen Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
1/22/2024 6:10am Norco is bringing a lot of engineering firepower into the design of their new DH rig. There’s a ton of adjustability built in, and that level of maintenance is common, if not expected, at the World Cup level. If this bike sees commercial release, it’ll likely be dumbed down for the average consumer with limited adjustment. Neko is a smart...
blensen Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
1/14/2024 7:34pm Rebuilds and service for sponsored riders are the reason most of the vendors are there. Fox, RS/Sram, DT Swiss, etc.
blensen Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
1/12/2024 10:18am Tell me more about these bushings... Tried to send a DM but you have them turned off.
blensen Added a reply to Downcountry Choice - Specialized Epic EVO
1/10/2024 9:45am Love my Element, but if you're not into technical riding, I'd get a proper XC bike.
pedalpedalpedal Liked a forum topic Weight vs mobility in dh racing
1/10/2024 9:40am
I’m struggling to understand how cutting weight alone would help loic and other bigger riders gain speed. From what I see, it is not jackson’s lighter weight that makes him fast. It looks like his mobility and flexibility allow the bike to move underneath him. I read people talk about chassis stability and it makes sense that a rider does not want to get thrown, but using strength to smash through obstacles will always cost more energy and speed than a system that can articulate and flex. With jets, super bikes and open wheel racing cars, higher stability always correlates...
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blensen Added a reply to Weight vs mobility in dh racing
1/10/2024 9:40am I think both the rider weight and height difference make a difference. It's something that Minnaar talks about in Vital's interview. The difference in body position for a 5'7" rider (Goldstone) and a 6'2" rider is huge, especially considering the stack only changes by 10mm between a size M and size XL V10. A shorter rider can ride with a...
NoahColorado Liked a reply to forum topic e-Bikes and Number of Cassette Cogs
12/7/2023 11:55am
The trail you rode might have some short, steep sections, but it looks like nothing sustained. I could see not needing many gears as you could just power through those sections. If it bugs you too much maybe look at a 7-speed SRAM DH setup?
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