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Buckets Up Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/9/2026 8:43am
John Tomac is widely considered one of the greatest (American) mountain bike racers of all time. During the early years of international racing he won numerous DH and XC events. He went on to be the namesake and involved with Tomac bikes. The 204 DH frame in the photo was their flagship model. The bike company then ceased to exist (in the late 2000s?). I also believe he helped coach several (a lot?) of racers over the years including Aaron Gwin for a time. Finally, if you’re into motocross, he is the father of Eli Tomac. Basically, John Tomac was...
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Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
1 day ago Seems like something you could make on your own pretty easily
Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/7/2026 12:22pm My only take away from that site is that Thomus bikes must be unbearable to ride if a fake vibration damping sticker makes an improvement.
hamncheez2003 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/5/2026 2:01pm
So from 1 to 10?
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Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/4/2026 7:51pm So are Ripley SLs, they've basically canceled all the XL sizes of the frame and the blue colorway, not sure exactly what is going on, but I've heard that something is going on with the carbon supplier and some government snatching up the carbon allocated for Ripley frames for themselves. Weird stuff.
Simcik Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/4/2026 7:48pm
Is the average rider these days actually adding weights to their bike for better descending?
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Eae903 Added a reply to Help a clip pedal noob pick out the right clip pedals
8/4/2026 7:45pm I'm all in on times, they work great, have less angular float than CB so they're easier to get out off and you can't bash the retention arms open in a rock strike like you can with CBs. I've used the same set of Speciale 8s for almost 6 years without needing to rebuild them and they're still going strong...
jsray Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/3/2026 10:49am
Welcome to the thread.
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Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/2/2026 5:34pm "It shifts perfectly under load every time because we decide when to let it shift, not you! We also hope you like input buffering, hammer that button and it will shift as many times as you pressed it, even it it keeps shifting for a while after you've stopped pushing the button!" In all honestly, the slow shifting and delay...
Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/31/2026 9:44am It is probably to reduce side loading and change the leverage curve. The pivot locations are in basically the same place.
Eae903 Added a reply to Two bike garage dilemma
7/30/2026 6:42pm Here's some help. Every single one I've ever worked on has had at least 1 thing about it that is a pain and a half.
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7/30/2026 6:40pm Superlative Fly
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/30/2026 6:40pm
Horst Link Knucklebox
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Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/30/2026 1:26pm From what I know, it's going to be like 140mm travel. What I don't know is if it's a flex pivot or a Horst link. If it's a Horst link they should call it the new genius because that what it'll be.
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7/30/2026 1:24pm Probably not renders, but quickly photo shopped images. Treks done that for years so they can show all the configurations quickly and update them if there is a spec change.
Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/29/2026 12:41pm I'm not sure, the bike with the diaper on it is clearly not using an idler.
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7/28/2026 6:14am I can't tell what it is, it's a bit blurry
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7/24/2026 7:20pm Bike rumor has a New minion dhx review up https://bikerumor.com/maxxis-debuts-a-new-minion-dhx-for-dry-plus-all-n…
nskerb Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/24/2026 11:56am
I’m thinking about starting a new poll thread. It will be called “would you rather” The options will be: Would you rather take the time to actually read and learn about “ecvt’s” in regards to bikes? Orrrrrrrr…. Would you rather smash up an incandescent light bulb and smash the shards into your eyeballs? This thread is getting exhausting with gearbox nerds.
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Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/22/2026 6:38am Keep in mind that the 68.3 HTA was only for the xc race version with a 100mm fork, the HTA on the Trail with a 120mm fork is 67.1 which the new one is a lot closer too