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Just a hunch, but I doubt Santa Cruz is letting YouTubers/Instagramers test out new stuff... especially with Specialized tires. Willing to put money that's just a XO RSV Bullit with a wrap on it.

I really like that new Marin - the peoples' XC bike!

I agree @DontWorryImAPilot, paint looks sick on there too.

Hope HB.912 Hope’s new HB.912 trail bike looks awfully sleek. 120mm rear wheel travel, 130mm fork, four-bar linkage, and in-house-made frame. Definitely one of those bikes that can fly under the radar, but the longer you look at it, the more you appreciate it. The bike should be available closer to summer, with the frameset starting at ~$5,400 USD.

This has me wondering what a 32" bike with 29" wheels would be like. Thinking it could be Long (CS) / Low (b b) / Tall (Stack)😽 Also 32" means 29+ ain't dead

Huh, I'm not even mad. Unlike mountainbikes, a bikepacking ATB seems like the perfect application scenario for 32" wheels.

If I like this does it mean I might be a closet singlespeeder ?

we've kicked off a sea otter forum thread that we'll update this weekend. throw in your finds too! https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/sea-otter-classic-2026

If only someone made a linkage that allowed a longer shock to to be run on the Levo and it yielded 170 mm of travel. That would be wild.

Cane creek usd fork announced https://www.canecreek.com/products/invert-enduro-deposit

I know it’s a bit short on travel and many consider it “down country”, but I am sure loving my new Epic Evo. It’s light and pretty damn capable on the trails I ride in Virginia.

Evil having some fun.

My buddy asked this morning what I thought about all this stuff, and my response was: this feels like a bunch of marketing numbers BS, like the bad old days when one of the key highlights of a new bike launch was how much it weighed. (Nevermind those numbers were often massaged - I remember instances where there was fine print about it being an unpainted frame, no tubes/sealant, and no pedals.) The power wars feels like it's purely about having a bigger number to have in marketing stuff, to appeal to uneducated consumers... to try to distill the product...