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Bobsmothersbrother Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
23 hours ago Given how few aluminium fabrication joints remain in the the USA finding similarities between brands probably speaks to them being fabricated in the same places. If you factor in a belt (which has very specific parameters) it’s hardly surprising something looks very similar. It would be pretty cool to see this make it to production, it’s the hype we need...
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pete3dmunds Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/8/2026 6:41am
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Bobsmothersbrother Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/6/2026 6:44am Quite the contrast to sram sponsored enduro riders running flight attendant with it turned off just to please sponsors…
Bobs_is_better_than_A-line Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/5/2026 8:49pm
The middle ground is understanding that single shifts are best while using the option to go more if you need. Naturally you need to not be a moron when you change gears but it is a little bootlicky to imply that we are lucky to have more shifts at a time because they can't figure it out. Also e bikers ruin it by putting so much power and stress on the drivetrain while overrepresenting the demographic of people who do not know or care how to shift properly.
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Bobsmothersbrother Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/5/2026 2:43am Is that a painted or composite barocon?
Bobsmothersbrother Added a reply to Two bike garage dilemma
8/4/2026 2:51am Steel singlespeed with trail geo, built lightish, and a capable enduro bike built heavy. If I was adding a bonus it would be a cyclocross bike. The singlespeed means near zero maintenance, ride all year. The enduro covers everything else. This set up would mirror what I have but require culling a couple, and I think I’d be ok with...
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic Two bike garage dilemma
8/4/2026 2:48am
A 170 with burly everything and a 120 or 130mm true trail bike with medium-weight everything. If I can have one more, it's a dirt jumper, and if I get four I'm adding a DH bike. But medium is as light as I can go. I can't have light things because I break them.
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Bobsmothersbrother Added a reply to Modern Inverted Single Crown Forks
8/4/2026 7:33pm Sometimes seals are bad because the tolencing is inconsistent. The positive about the big manufacturers is that for better or worse, they’ve gotten pretty consistent at scale. It sounds like inconsistent tolerancing in the racing bros seals might be the issue here.
Bobsmothersbrother Added a reply to Brake Rotors!
7/29/2026 11:14pm I’ve had great results with Intend rotors, and counterintuitively they’re some of the cheapest on the market. Also consider your pads - some pads really don’t seem to cope with heat well. Galfer pads are great, and if you pick the compound for e-bikes they’ll cope with heat better.
noideamtber Liked a reply to forum topic Brake Rotors!
7/29/2026 11:13pm
" 220mm rotors won't change your power" In the world where physic's Dont exist huh?
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Bobsmothersbrother Added a reply to Washing helmet in dishwasher?
7/24/2026 5:15am There’s a particular type of athlete that’s compelled to do things like wash helmets in dishwashers, personally weight tyres, file parts and components to save weight, etc etc etc.
Bobsmothersbrother Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/4/2026 4:14pm You mean the OG Commencal Meta link? Those were such fun bikes for their time, so good.
marzbomber888 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/4/2026 4:12pm
It’s not. I don’t wanna ever have to have a relationship anyone in the warranty department. I just like my things to work well for years.
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Bobsmothersbrother Added a reply to Enduro Shuttle Racing
6/4/2026 2:14am Allowing and encouraging cars to race inside MTB networks? I can’t think of any reasons why it would be a bad idea?
Bobsmothersbrother Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/1/2026 6:07am So many of the problems and challenges manufacturers had to make compromises to accommodate, and in so doing, produce something that rode fairly uniquely, simply don’t exist any more. Shock tech, manufacturing/materials tech to make things small, light, durable, stiff, single rings, etc etc. these all drive most designs to the middle of the curve(s) with the outliers being the...
Goupil Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
5/29/2026 4:27pm
When everyone knows new bikes are to be tested in Transition's parking lot
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Bobsmothersbrother Added a reply to Derailleur Drama
5/29/2026 2:13am E-bike cable tourism is notorious for friction, it’s worth checking. You also should check hanger for alignment, a new hanger is not the same as a properly aligned hanger, and often the hanger will need tweaking to account for frame tolerances etc. set is up is right, things aren’t worn, and the hanger is straight, then cable routing is next...
Poleczechy Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
5/28/2026 6:21pm
Haha, yeah that was me! I saw it again two weeks ago, it was full of telemetry devices this time. I asked when it was coming out and the guy tried to tell me it was a Pivot this time 'round. Can't imagine how it doesn't get released later this summer/fall as a '27 model considering how tidy it currently looks and the fact they are riding it at high noon on the most popular trail network in the Golden. Might need to just post up in the bushes with a camera next time...
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Bobsmothersbrother Added a comment about feature Developing A Mountain Bike at 19 - Arid Cycles Founder Ethan Eggert | Vital's Bikes: Unaffiliated Podcast
5/28/2026 2:03am
This is the bike at the top of my ‘if my Arrival were to break’ list, and I’m reluctant to listen to the podcast in case the name of that list changes.
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GnarShred Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
5/26/2026 9:59pm
Very true, however you can also consider the other end of that analogy. You may be the best musician in the world but alot of that goes out the window if your instrument is out of tune.
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