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Eae903 Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/27/2026 12:50pm There are already those issues with the wired in version of AXS and Di2 derailleurs on ebikes, it's actually obnoxious to work on them because of it. An interesting rhetorical question about CVTs and MGUs coming into this space is when do these "bicycles" stop being "bicycles"? Automatic shifting and the removal of manual control seem to me like the...
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63expert Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/27/2026 12:30pm
2x4s are all 2” by 4” off of the rough saw. They become 1.5” x 3.5” after finish milling.
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/27/2026 10:43am
If you're not from the US and you haven't seen this yet, I can't recommend it enough. It explains a lot:
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Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/27/2026 9:34am Go out of their way to have a swing link and still put a shock extender on the thing
Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/26/2026 9:07am Nominal tire diameter vs rim diamater baby
Eae903 Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/24/2026 7:17pm And 43 watts is basically the power you put out by just letting the weight of your leg push the pedal. Almost no effort at all.
codahale Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/24/2026 3:56pm
600a, 650b, 700c, 750d I guess 32” wheels would be 800e if anyone needs a free reason to get mad.
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Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/24/2026 2:48pm I'm hearing similar talk about 30.5 (or 750d) from a small wheel manufacturer. 750d is out there already in gravel, but it might make the jump to MTB sooner rather than later. I've also heard about some brands size specific wheelsizes getting even more complicated, ie 27.5 on xs and s, 29 on medium, 32 on large and up, but...
FullSend Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/24/2026 2:44pm
Most of you probably won't like hearing this. I certainly didn't. Earlier this week I had a chat with a guy who works in a product management role for Ralf Bohle GmbH, which is the owner of the Schwalbe tire brand. Mainly I asked a bunch of XC racing related questions, about compounds, casings, radial ply, rolling resistance testing, wheter we'll ever see the speediest XC casing with a black sidewall and why they felt they needed to change their naming scheme for casings and compounds. The gist of it is that they are hard at work behind the scenes...
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Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/24/2026 1:02pm The only thing I meant to say is that there's no reason to rush out an update for the rear triangle when there is only a single drivetrain on the market that makes use of it, and one that would make the adjustments the current bike has more complicated to impliment. The next V10 should have it, because you're right...
Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/24/2026 11:38am The derailleur cost doesn't bother me, it's the 500 usd 7 speed cassette that does. They could go with bolt on drive side drop out and keep the adjustment, leave the non drive side alone. But yeah, changing the rear triangle design to accommodate a single derailleur is short sighted, maybe when mechanical DH transmission or a lower price point...
LTrumpore Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 South Korea world cup
4/24/2026 8:21am
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Eae903 Added a reply to Sea Otter Classic - 2026
4/21/2026 4:24pm I still ride around with my number plate from a halloween graveyard crit on my road bike. It's at night, in the cemetery, in the dark, and you've got to put a beer down every lap and it's rad as hell.
Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/21/2026 9:13am Wheel path and LR charts for the Demo
Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/21/2026 8:18am My god you're right, ISIS with extra steps it's 2005 again
Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/21/2026 6:24am It's likely for more consistent kinematics, namely antisquat. Someone mentioned it in the sea otter thread. By using this set up, you can change the effective gear ratio by modifying the size of the internal cogs, without changing the chains path and therefore anti squat of the bike.
Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/21/2026 6:20am Another wild thing about this Demo is that it uses a GXP spindle for its crankset. We're almost back to isis bbs haha. And it seems to me that you aren't locked into running sram drivetrains, just the special crankset and Chainrings, but you can run anything else on the back of the bike.
Eae903 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/20/2026 10:19am I think the confusion comes from the idea that anolog is the opposite of electronic. The extra stupid thing is that PWM (assuming pulse width modulation) is digitally controlling and analog output. So yeah, the motor is an analog output, but it's still an electric motor controlled by a digital signal sent by a computer, and not the same thing...
SRAM and Shimano engage in price fixing Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/20/2026 10:08am
Of all the dumb ebike comments in this thread, this one really got to me. "Ebike motors are controlled by analog PWM signals. So they are actually analog by the literal definition of analog." For the 18 people who up-thumbed this, care to explain what the fuck an "analog PWM signal" is?
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4/19/2026 9:23am
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