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haha you are right and I am sorry, I didn't mean to derail the thread so much. All I really wanted to do was defend Enduro as I agree with a lot that has been said above, it's mainly a perception issue, so I am trying to shift perception and bring some positivity into the discipline. That was the reason for the Jack/Sram comment and trying to make it less about Sram pulling Enduro funding, and also the Chris Ball comment, which did not go over well, but that one I'll accept and I will keep trying with him. I'll...

Starting between 60-80, but without a measuring tape, some callipers and the bike in hand I'm afraid it's just my guess. I keep churning results of about 40-50% progression out which can't be right either.

As somebody who's tested this variable back to back on the same chassis (not two totally different forks), the juice wasn't worth the squeeze. Maybe we need to do a fork stiffness deep dive like the excellent frame compliance analysis Burney did. But in short, forks also have roll and wag. Everyone usually thinks of only wag and they test it with the wheel between the legs, but I'd argue this is only a valid indicator of stiffness during full braking on dry pavement. In this situation, the hex axle can offer a small benefit in reducing wag, but in...

Similar to the Enduro patent drawing found a while back...

Here is what I drew up, it has a pretty high anti-rise, axle path is rearwards for around 2/3rds of the travel. all the fun stuff

Possibly related, in the recent MBR video about the new Levo, there is this foam model next to the one of the designer's desks: In the (possibly relevant) rendering above the models, it looks to be a bike with a single crown:

I know what's going on down there. Give me 30 minutes and I'll have a rough linkage model to post

Man that forbidden Eeb looks good, ticks all my boxes. A frame option would be sick if possible. Also lol'd at this, tip of the hat from Forbidden to us goobers. "Darwin once stated, “The crab is the highest form of evolution.” Alright, we made that up, but there’s no doubt you’ll recognize that we’ve gone to a new suspension layout on the Druid E." That chainstay length is banana's though, my Range VLT has a 462mm rear end and it only gets shorter through the travel, for me even with huge stack it's a touch long. 470mm on the...

Msrp of fox suspension in europe is about the same price as the intend essential fork right now so, its close already. Often easy to find deals on fox though. But if they are selling the production version like the one in the pictures, with cnc'd parts, its probably close to the regular intend stuff

Intend are going to seem like a bargain when Fox reveal that pricing of that bad boy

So it was Fox after all! Now looking forward to the 38SL Src: PB

Fox USD fork confirmed (or at least they are showing it as a prototype) Pic borrowed from the pink site

Saw a post on his IG where he said he's been off the bike for 8 weeks. My guess is concussion at hardline. But, still great to see him back.

The product releases are coming in fast & thick today.

New rubber from Conti: https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/continental-launches-three-… Very curious to see what the gravel nerds think about the Dubnital, which replaces the Race King (for context: The Black Chili Race King 2.2" is the current darling of the gravel world because of it's low rolling resistance and durability)

crawled the forbidden site for this one.... new bike is looking mint and geo on poiiiiiint. what a good crab https://forbiddenbike.com/introducing-druid-e/

Neko and Asa were talking about it on the downtime podcast. Looks like there is coming a new Fox Rampage Pro helmet this year. I think this is it on Anna Newkirk. Looks similar to the new Moto V3 RS helmet, kind of like the currect Rampage Pro looked very similar to the old Moto V3 RS helmet.

https://praxiscycles.com/hit/