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Anna to Frameworks sounds amazing, but I'll admit to wish fulfillment on my part with this one. I want that to be reality just because it sounds right. Feels worth noting that Anna and Abby are two peas in a pod and it's hard for me to imagine Anna joining any team without Abby. So the two of them might be a package deal? Come on Anna, you have a Vital account, throw us a bread crumb in here! Also, you still owe me a Beyond Racing jersey...

Spotted on Instagram 😂

Just passing this along: Article on Canadian MTB about Jackson Goldstone racing (and winning) at the OneUp DH SORCA race in Squamish on Oct. 27. Looking forward to seeing him at full health for the 2025 WC season. https://cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/jackson-goldstone-is-back/

Afaik, USAC moved collegiate nats to Bentonville without actually asking anyone on staff at Rock Creek if they could host on the new date. Things are just fine at the venue now and Henderson County in general is open for bussiness and could really, really use the tourist dollars. The DH race will be at Coler Preserve. Even the 1999 Helen, GA collegiate dh track is more in line with DH racing in 2025 than anything in Coler. USAC is on the ropes pretty hard right now trying to please “varsity” collegiate programs, which are mostly made of of small...

All the best to Zink, but doesn't that post sound like he's just throwing shade at all the brands he's worked with in the past? As if they were not "what he was looking for". Or am I reading into this too much? Someone like Gwin would thank the brand they last worked with and move on...

What are you talking about? The zero stack 56 headset all allows for the largest room of any headset that’s available. You should be able to do 8 mm front and back with a straight. Fork and five mill front and back with a standard tapered fork The only thing that offers more is that stupid ZS66 that a few companies use for E bikes for some reason.

One of the millions of companies selling billet pedals and stems should start selling spacers for 29er forks that optimize geo for 27.5 front wheels. I've heard of many pro riders using these, but I'm not aware of any company currently selling them.

The memo to bike biz went out over a year ago. Dual 27.5 is dead except on XS or sm frames. But don't say anything till u get rid of your inventory.

Is the scout dead? It isn't even on the Transition website. I would be sad, but also wouldn't blame them for killing it. I was a scout fanboy. I went with a Norco sight in 2020 because of reasons, but one of them was because they also had a dedicated 27.5 bike. I was still a hold out, but the next bike I buy will be 100% be a mullet. It still makes me sad and slightly nostalgic though. I remember when 27.5 felt like big monster truck awesome size.

Saw this EXT Vaia at Sundance loam pass event on an Ari, talked to the ext guys for a bit about it. He said it’s internally adjustable from 170-200, meant for heavy enduro and dh. He said they’ll start selling hopefully in November for around 2k USD

New Sentinel is up. https://www.transitionbikes.com/Bikes_Sentinel.cfm Looks pretty much like exactly what I was hoping for. Now to decide if I want to open up my wallet.

That 10-45 12speed XTR cassette is definetly not vapourware. Ran one for 2-3 season and currently running a SLX 10-45 12sp cassette (there is also a XT 10-45 version) with the same XTR GS 12 speed derailleur. They are also the cassette used currently for the 12 speed GRX gravel group so plenty of stock available. But there is no SLX GS derailleur, only XT or XTR version. My next build will be XT GS derailleur and 10-45 SLX cassette with XTR chain. The vapourware stuff was the 10-45 11 speed hyperglide+ cassette that was mentionned during XTR launch but...

That 9-45t cassette from shimano is neat. I've wanted a tighter 12 speed option for a while other than stuff like e13 and garbaruk. I ran e13's 9t stuff for a while and on most bikes it worked well, some bike shapes didn't play nice with the 9t for the most part it worked out well. Shimano had that XTR 10-45t cassette but as far as I could tell it was vapourware; I've never managed to see one in real life. But 9-45t allegedly coming on a bike? XTR LINKGLIDE being 11 speed? This is crazy. it's like they listened...

Carbon cranks and carbon bars both seem a bit sketchy to me. Ive seen quite a few snapped and it looks like it could hurt if your in a bad spot when it does snap.

Honestly, Cranks are the last place I think I need Carbon on my bike. Frame, Bars, and wheels is where carbon is good for the average rider. Let them keep doing the aluminum hollowtec II cranks, they're my favorite in the market anyways.

They will launch Di2 GRX 1x ,XTR and Xt together because they all share the same architecture.

New Sentinel tomorrow, not sure how much is changing, but in-frame storage will be there. There may also be another model, potentially the Scout?

Looking forward to quoting this post when it drops.

Sorry Shimano, but there's more: Shimano Deore XT Di2 M8250-12 GS shadow+ Shimano Deore XT Di2 M8250 Shimano Deore XT M8200-12 30T Shimano MT800 pressfit MTB Shimano Deore XT M8200-12 / 9-45 Shimano M8100-12 And M8200 brakes. So at least XTR and XT will be moving to the new lever shape?