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As someone who has been on this thread a while I'll say: Leave the banter I feel like this thread does a good job of balancing Tech rumors and general Tech discussion that may seem off topic, of which Crab link is our proudest moment. The banter around the tech is just as important as the tech. If you just want a hot-list of rumors about stuff coming out, then well look elsewhere.

What about chainstay girth? Too far?

Came here to see some new tech news but all i got was a bunch of opinons about chainstay length no one really cares about.

"bUt I hEaRd OrBeA dOeSn'T eVeN hAvE a Dh BiKe."

I think most of us agree with you @sethimus

funny, same thing happens if i happen to stumble upon a post with your avatar next to it, coincidence?

Thanks for this format instead of a slideshow. Good stuff

No chance they are 5DEV, Loic wants to get to the end of a run with 2 crank arms!

@jessemelamed Derail? You are single handedly keeping this thread alive! With no racing this week other than sea otter I need something to do to distract me at work ;p That said, If I may throw my hat into poop that is this forum, I think the key word that most people are misinterpreting is support. Sram said they no longer wanted to support Jack. Meaning he was just going to get off the shelf products. If you notice, for the last several years Jack has had access to Black Box RS products. This shows that he had a close...

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...

I'm blown away by the engagement by world level pros on the major MTB websites in general and certainly don't want to take it for granted! There's a professional New Zealand cricketer who's known to lurk and occasionally post on Reddit, but I can't think of anything else like it in any of the sports I follow. Social media doesn't count, obviously. Edit: And I bet Jesse Melamed never expected his observations to lead to a shitshow...

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/

https://praxiscycles.com/hit/

does fahkeet (or whoever came up with crab link...sorry, i forget), get a free forbidden for doing their marketing for them?

In my industry (large commercial construction projects), we've had a few of our subs go under because the bank called on their line of credit. It's not rare for a sub that does 30M a year to be into their line of credit slightly depending on how the year ebbs/flows. For example, if a few projects get behind on change order approval and revenue issuance, and then they have 2-3 projects get started and ramp up before their billing/schedule of values provides positive cashflow, they can dip into that LOC. Just recently, I've had 4 subs with healthy financials and...

Wyn Masters posted video of Samara Maxwell coming into the finisher's corral after taking the victory in XCO with the caption along the lines of "Come on UCI, let them celebrate." because the UCI officials very awkwardly start bustling around her, shepherding her and the other finishers elsewhere, making them pick up their bikes, etc.. etc.. when the team/family is trying to hug them at the finish line. I wish I had the video still, as it's pretty uncomfortable to watch.

I know there's a shit ton wrong with that bike, but I can't help but notice that the seat tube angle looks to be approximately 56°

It looks like a trp before it hits the lathe and has all the extra material taken off to give it some style. It's just machine billet at this point.

Wow, a rare tariff supporter on the vital forums. I think it is actually an OK view to have, if you don't want global trade and the benefits that come with it, that's fine. Just be prepared to accept lower quality, more expensive goods, and worse work for the average person because now you need to man the manufacturing and textile plants yourselves.