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Nobble Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/27/2024 6:48am

I think the “enduro” bike as we know it is dying. We keep seeing enduro bikes creeping towards DH bike territory with longer travel and dual crown compatibility, while trail bikes are creeping up on enduro bikes from the other side. I can see the classic 160mm enduro bike going away and being replaced by 170-190mm descent focused bikes with dual crown compatibility like the Spire and Spindrift. Then riders with more mixed trails will gravitate to slightly shorter travel “all mountain” bikes like the Ripmo, Stumpy, and Bronson.

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tarekfahmy Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/27/2024 6:47am

Couple of leaks here and there, it's ready and the production frame will be shown very soon

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nskerb Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/27/2024 6:44am

What is the new progressive geo that small brands are doing? There’s a lot of interesting stuff small brands make but geo genuinely seems to have found a relative figured out equilibrium.

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Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/27/2024 6:44am

One of the upcoming things also seems to be optimisations around compliance, stiffness, adapting it to different styles, etc.

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Suns_PSD Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/27/2024 6:43am

I prefer climbing with an 11 speed, even when I travel to CO to ride bigger stuff than what we have locally, as it prevents me from dropping in to a too low gear. Especially with the MX rear tire being smaller and providing some gearing advantage. Also, the extra ground clearance of the shorter derailleur combined with the MX rear wheel is appreciated. The weight savings off of the rear wheel (cassette & derailleur) is a solid 300 grams (2/3#s) which I'm convinced is enough that I can tell a difference in suspension performance, but maybe it's just in...

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gibbon Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/27/2024 6:42am

We can finally buy a $15k Pivot......rejoice!

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SteveClimber Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/27/2024 6:41am

Yes. It's hard to see as currently they're more expensive, but the price will come down in real terms each generation whereas labour cost in general, stays constant or increases in real terms. Its why straight pull hubs exist, its why a lot of things in the automotive world are the way they are, so robots can do the assembly. Would I say its on the only reason, no definitely not. A big driver in the performance bike world is aerodynamics for road bikes, and because of the UCI weight limit has been hit for over a decade now, road...

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anotherbikerguy Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/27/2024 6:41am

Was just reading Escape Collective's article about security researchers hacking a Shimano Di2 drivetrain (tl;dr it's possible but highly unlikely in any real-world scenario) and this quote about wireless drivetrains jumped out at me: "Wireless shifting has also made aspects like installation simple and easy to do. In fact, that’s the primary reason we have it, said Wakeham. He pointed out that riders aren’t the main customer for big component brands like SRAM and, especially, Shimano; bike brands like Specialized and Trek are. For the rider, 'wireless isn’t innovation for the user except in aesthetics,' he said, because shifting is...

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ZAKBROWN! Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/27/2024 6:37am

It definitely exists - I saw Matt Hunter walking his through Whistler Village, and then again climbing Blackcomb during Crankworx last month. That bike in the pic looks like it has the full Neo treatment - new coil shock and brake sensors are visible.

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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/27/2024 6:37am

I know I'm late to the Scott Gambler shock heat discussion, and I know our resident experts have said shock heat isn't a big factor on performance, but... what if they put the shock inside and then decide to put part of the shock outside

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hamncheez2003 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/27/2024 6:36am

Spy shots of the new alloy stumpy, that has cable ports, on an ad for a wireless dropper.

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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/27/2024 6:36am

fwiw, kona is pretty open about their bikes launches being "late" with all they've gone through on the business end of things.

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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/27/2024 6:36am

"Sorry guys, can't ride, I forgot to charge the battery for my shock fan on my new Gambler."

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Roost Caboose Liked a comment about bike check Demz

8/26/2024 10:29am

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piratetrails Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/20/2024 7:39am

New Bronson: - Somehow poking an extra hole in the frame isn't suddenly too hard/costly! "Premium" wireless only for the top end frame only where it belongs. - Solid build kit with OneUp bars/dropper and DT 370 hubs you'd actually want. - Lifetime warranty wheels on all builds (even alloys have the lifetime warranty and I've had friends successfully warranty bent ones) + solid SC frame/bearing warranty - $5K entry level build. No price increases from what I can see? (CC frame still $3,900) If that study Trek did that showed that SC blows everyone out of the water above...

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