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ORTOGONAL555 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/9/2026 12:34pm
New Unno, from Palazzari's IG
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anotherbikerguy Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/9/2026 10:16am
Long live the Diamondback Knucklebox, eh?
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Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/5/2026 1:57pm I bet the Ripley SL will come in an XL that has a reach of 540mm
Eae903 Added a reply to Frame Design
2/4/2026 10:06pm For now I'll stick to just horst link and ldsp for the sake of simplicity. Like I said on the other forum, the most consistent difference between a Horst link design and a LDSP design is going to be the anti rise. Anti rise is more or less, a suspension platforms resistance to extending under forward weight transfer. Less anti...
Eae903 Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
2/4/2026 5:25pm What's funny is that in all my time as a mechanic, I have very rarely had people decline repairs after giving them the cost estimate, I honestly can't remember a specific time they've done that. The closest thing I can remember is people opting for less intensive services, like not having the damper in their fork serviced and bled but...
Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/4/2026 4:41pm Nah man, I just could write a dissertation on this stuff and all of yall don't want to read it here
Eae903 Added a reply to Modern Geo Talk: Chainstays, Stack, Reach, and Bitching About It
2/4/2026 4:39pm Sure they might be maintaining the same standing body position on any bike that they've set up to have the same rad and rad angle measurements, and they're equally comfortable standing on either bike, but that does not translate to the bike having the same handling characteristics. You can't disregard the physical geometry of a bike by using Rad, you'll...
nskerb Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/4/2026 4:09pm
Mfw I drink the SantaCruz kool aid.
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Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/4/2026 12:33pm We can continue to talk about this over here to not derail this forum https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/frame-design But in my opinion there are benefits to a linkage driven single pivot design over a Horst link, depending on what you are looking for. The biggest consistent difference between Horst designs and ldsp is the anti-rise, where Horst link bikes are generally low (80%...
owl-x Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/4/2026 9:37am
My 2023 Optic is purple.
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Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/4/2026 9:33am An updated shore could be cool, I've been thinking of getting the current one and making it a mixed wheel DH race bike for a bit now.
Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/4/2026 9:20am That's fair, but the GX axs build is 6900 for the allied and the current Tallboy is 7149 for almost the same build... Unless the 4 bar Tallboy comes with a price drop why on earth would I get it over the allied? Or over a Norco Fluid or transition smuggler? Just going the long way around to talk trash...
Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/4/2026 8:07am Would take this over a 4 bar tall boy every time.
Eae903 Added a reply to Modular Bikes: Evolution or Devolution?
2/3/2026 6:58pm Very true, especially when it comes to the term modular. That can be taken to mean a single frame for all travel numbers and categories, like Kavenz, or a single flip chip that barely changes anything, like Santa Cruz's. It's not a black and white thing, and while I think a lot of modularity leads to compromises that I don't...
Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/3/2026 3:14pm It's a badge engineered Norco Revolver
Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/3/2026 5:05am It's a Pivot, so construction and QC is going to be immaculate and they have pretty dialed kinematics for efficient, aggressive bikes. That Bosch motor and the interface is pretty great too, feels pretty good and are reliable. Other than that it's an ebike with a special seat tube and seat post shim. Big numbers make ebikes happy, so the...
Trocko Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/2/2026 10:57pm
https://www.pivotcycles.com/en-us/bikes/shuttle-lt/ Adjustable seat tube angle is very interesting
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Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/2/2026 10:48pm "Our patent-pending Slacky McSteepTube™ design..." the hell were they thinking with that name
piratetrails Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/2/2026 3:56pm
Those 3 brands + others mentioned in the old thread https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub%2C2/2020-MTB-Tech-rumors-and-in… For Norco's new motor platform you speak of it's gotta be TQ right? They are all Bosch at the moment and launching with Shimano or Fazua would be suicide as those are old and hated motors. (I have no qualms with my Shimano motor) I'll eat my hat if it's SRAM Powertrain.
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Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/1/2026 9:52am That one is still great and will Be around for a bit
