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I can’t imagine this thread will be officially cooked until Tippie shows us his new bike, and it’s a slow morning at the bike shop, so I’ll share something very dull: I got an email from our Burgtec distributor this morning advertising the new Minnaar signature grip. I thought to myself ‘Doesn’t CAST make grips?’. Lo and behold, they ALSO have a Minnaar signature grip… that’s a grip double dip!

Spoken like someone who hasn't spent any time on Marin County fire roads

Sadly, I'm no longer surprised by the deafening level of whining from people about pro level equipment being expensive.

I'm as excited for new saint as anyone, but lately this is how I feel waiting for them at this point:

Wandering bite point + wandering pistons = a broken clock is right twice a day Jokes aside, I have had no problems with my Mavens, and would be really happy to see a Shimano equivalent for those that prefer Shimano.

Woooo! I've always wanted Maven power with the lever ambiguity of Shimano's wandering bite point! Count me in!

There's a lot of Shimano sponsored riders who are reducing their drivetrains down to 7 speed from 10, it would be smart of Shimano to make a dedicated 7 speed Saint for that reason, 7 speed linkglide saint would be rad

It is the name for their 6 bar linkage... https://yeticycles.com/en-us/technology/sixfinity?srsltid=AfmBOoraVaid8…

Man I've got some terrible news for you about mountain bikers and the word "loam:"

Well, for starters, crab link Is a Horst link.

Mountain bikers HATE that four bar doesn't mean what they think it means. horst? 4 bar. DW? 4 bar. VPP? 4 bar. Maestro? 4 bar. linkage driven single pivot? 4 bar. Delta? 4 bar. First gen Yeti Switch? 4 bar. It goes on. It's a pointlessly generic term to use and if you use it then nobody is really sure exactly what you mean. It's like calling your tire a wheel. "but mountain bikers use the term differently!"... Differently than what it means? Cool...

Not sure that would make the chainstay much longer

Because nobody is going to patch a tubeless tire on the side of the trail. Especially with an insert…

So you're saying it's time to bring back the Eliminator

Cuz when a friend gives you the levers and keeps the calipers you end up with the levers and not the calipers

It's a linkage driven single pivot...

Still waiting on 36 😩 🍆 💦