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I honestly think it’s holding up really well. I should be running a MaxTerra rear, which would fair even better than MaxxGrip. It would take me a few weeks of riding to get 15k descending back in SoCal, so considering the accelerated testing I’ve done in 3 days on some dry/rocky trails, I’m impressed.

RE: 2016: People may not remember this, but it was not a good year in the bike industry. Europe had terrible weather in March and April, Brexit was happening, there was an unforeseen glut of inventory (at the wholesale/distribor) level in the USA and China saw a big slowdown that caused their market to contract. If you go dig around you'll see stories on this stuff. As to the future, while I don't have a crystal ball, I do believe they'll hit their 2025 numbers. This is not inflation adjusted, just raw sales numbers. One thing I learned in working...

I've been running the new Dissector in the rear (MaxxGrip DoubleDown) the past three days in Whistler. Here is a wear update at 57 miles, 10,600 ft climbing and 15,000 ft descending. Initial thoughts: Sick rear tire for down country and trail riding. Side lugs have good support, transit knobs add consistency when leaning over, and it rolls nice and fast. It's also got deep enough knobs that it can grab traction in moderately loose/mixed soil. I've really enjoyed how it allows my rear wheel to settle through supported corners. My rear wheel will slightly break loose and whip around...

Having worked on a good number of bikes with these types of arches, I can confirm they don't get any more dirty than a "standard" arch. In fact, when it's super sloppy, it gives the goop a place to go rather than accumulate around the wipers.

Jackson really struggling with those straight side knobs 😂

That’s exactly what I’ve been running on my 130/140 Stumpy and it’s been awesome.

The new dissector looks pretty good! The side knobs are beefed up and the transition is filled in. The center knobs look highly ramped like Conti Xynotal. Will we finally have a well rounded fast rolling rear tire option from Maxxis? The new DHF v2 + Dissector v2 would be a pretty solid fast rolling setup. Link: https://www.maxxis.com/us/tire/dissector-2/ Images from Enduro MTB Mag

Your lost in the sauce bro. People are trying to discussing geometry, specifically reach stack and FC/RC and your dragging suspension into it. We know suspension kinematics change when you change any member of the linkage, they are just trying to discuss it in an isolated scenario as its simpler. No need to go swinging your "i worked in suspension for 25 years" dick everywhere.

Posted by noideamtber:

chainstay length itself is also the distance between rear axle and pivot point - this is why the actual length matters so much, that pivot could be infront of the BB or behind it. which has quite a role in anti squat, leverage of the stay etc - it also directly relates to where the BB ends up.

That's nonsense though, and nobody else I've ever talked to considers that word to mean that. There's no way to define that length for a virtual pivot bike in a way that makes sense unless you want...

Have you noticed over the past few years that there has been one frame dimension that people obsess over? One year was head angle, then reach, then seat tube angle, stack now it's chain stays.. Now seeing more people who are realizing that all those numbers have to work together...

last time i checked, there was no smashpot for inverted single crown forks so could you discuss this somewhere else?

Although I'm a sucker for all the latest rumors and innovation on the tech-front (which in between chainstay length discussion sometimes occur in this thread), as a company it just sucks whenever people decide to leak stuff willingly. There's people doing their best to create marketing & launch campaigns around new products, and most of the time go to great lengths to make sure it doesn't get public before. (Yes if you as a brand decide to go to Crankworx with an unreleased product it's up to you...) Usually there's a slew of NDA's signed, and more often than not...

Hm, I must be the only one of thinking "Julian, I just need a little propane propane" and "Lahey, you are peeing yourself" 🤷🏻

I am the liquor!

So your friend just jams in a hub that is 9mm wider than the chainstays are designed for? What shop does he work at? Just so I can make sure I never go there.

If two people can comfortable hit it and it comes with a huge time advantage it gets to the point that the entire field has to take massive risks to be competitive. The Jr's are just that, Jr's. They are not professionals and outside of a very select few I bet most are not getting a paycheck. Closing one feature will have zero effect on the racing for the weekend...... Having to chopper a rider or two off the course during practice will have a big effect on everyones race weekend.

@Jason_Schroeder What stood out to me was Dak saying that you have to work for the power on a Shimano brake when we have the reputation for having an on/off feel. One thing that's different about just about every pro bike is that they cheat out the pistons to get a super quick bite point. I don't remember specifically if the Mondraker mechanics said they were doing this but when I've polled teams in the past it was near 100%. Because the servo-wave is meant to quickly move through a lot of free stroke (relative to our super wide pad...

The X2? You mean the shock that every bike company and their mother spec’ed on their misaligned trunion mount bike that had about as much frame alignment as a couple of soggy noodles. Not saying I didn’t have issues with that shock (I blew up three of them) but as it turns out the bike I had it on ate pretty much every shock I stuck on it (3 x2 and 2 EXTs). I don’t want to absolve any company from making shit, I really don’t. But at least in the suspension word everyone I can think of and ridden...