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screengrab of gracey's bike from pro downhill in NC today

Devinci just dropped their Canadian-made alloy Spartan. https://www.devinci.com/en/stories/product-launch/2026-spartan/ Top spec is priced at a very reasonable $5,999, it also comes with the newly updated 2027 Fox 38

Sounds like you've got DVO confused with Marzocchi.

lol it's a pivot

Just got this from Knolly: A Message from Noel Buckley I'm going to keep this simple because you deserve that. The last few years have been the hardest this industry has ever seen, and Knolly has not been immune. But we have been fighting through it: restructuring costs, tightening operations, and doing the difficult work of right-sizing the business to match a new reality. We were making progress. That progress was cut short. Our bank, RBC, has made the decision to call in our account. This comes at a time when RBC is posting record annual profits, $20.4 billion last...

Winner is whoever has the least amount of loctite on the main pivot bolt.

I hope Vital is doing a no holds barred Cascadia downcountry grudge match between the Spur v2 and Reya.

Our French-speaking colleagues at Vojo Mag reporting that Isabeau Courdurier is planning to come back to racing in 2026 (after the recent birth of her first child). She will race select enduro and DH events, with the focus mostly on the latter (coached by Cecile Ravanel).

You’re not the only one - although she struggled with mental stress last year and hope she gained confidence for the upcoming season!

Don't make @sspomer come yell at us again... Do we have a list of everything expected at Sea Otter this year?

This is what companies want. You need a new bike bag, a higher price train ticket, a new car, and a new house for your new 32” bike. The Consumerism dream.

My concerns over 32" wheels are practical not performance. My current bike barely fits into my bike bag, cars, trains etc. Storage space in my home is limited, a bigger, longer bike is not something I want right now. I doubt if uplift trailers and chairlift mounts are ready for the bigger wheels yet.

I cannot believe how inane the convo around 32 is. Please, people: you are saying the exact same things they said about 29.

It is refreshing to see a short travel bike without flex stays. This would be top of my list of I was looking for a full suspension down country bike.

so I have noticed that every single racer on a new Frameworks is using the new frame but the older style machined upper links instead of the one that comes on the new bike. I am curious why

I like how the dumpster is slightly smaller in 2024.

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It's easy to take for granted that surgeons can magically make things better, until they suddenly can't. It's crazy to think Emil might have gone from the top of the athletic heap to not being able to walk unassisted. Completely sucks. I hope everything in his hip and leg is able to reconnect and heal itself back to a working state. If there's anyone who can put in the time and think about this process systematically, it's Emil the trick machine. Wishing him the best.