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@sspomer I totally get your decision from a web resourcing point of view. Things get really expensive really quick when you need to tack on more power. A lot of cloud hosting providers price exponentially instead of linearly. That being said, I think not pinning a v2 and keeping this way of chatting about rumors is a mistake. This thread works because it allows for banter along side rumors I wouldn't ever care about. Prime example is the Santa Cruz Vala, a bike I have negative interest in. However that did prompt the carcinization of bike suspension discussion (that prompted...

Crabification, forum edition. I'm honestly just thankful that there is still a place to discuss things that are meaningful, that are not facebook groups. Thanks to all for staying committed to the gen x/millennial form of endangered internet discourse that is the forum.

650b, 700cc, so that means 750ddd right?

Unsure.. in downhill we went from 26 to 27.5 to 29, and then back to 29/27.5 - it kind of seems like we found the ceiling.

32" front and back is only gonna be unequivocally better for people of a certain height or better, and peeps gotta keep it real in that regard. With the technicality of modern XC courses, a 32" wheel for someone too short is gonna be a liability I.M.O. We need a new term for 32" front 29" rear. How about Mega-mullet?!

New Mezzer inbound?

They won't even let us see their Lenkwinkel.

Reach: 500mm Stack: TOP SECRET!!!

One thing that became almost immediately clear in the relatively short time that I have been reading and participating in bike-related internet forums is that the proportion of posters that are good at math is extremely high. It seems that 1 in 10 is an actual engineer, and the proportion of math-brained folks among the remainder is way higher than the public at large. As such, holding back geometry information strikes me as misguided because one's efforts are destined to be futile unless they also refuse to release pictures of the product. From the moment the bike is portrayed in...

Thanks for the math award. I don’t even practice so it’s double nice. We are also very handsome here on the messageboards. That bike is super dumb looking.

The linkages are like crabs in a bucket, climbing all over each to actuate the shock.

The chainstay of the guy your girlfriend tells you not to worry about. My lord that is a long one.

Interesting. I never would have thought mountain bike tech would evolve around your derailleur collecting data, then your phone sending it to sram to then create a firmware update to better optimize it.

The problem with that prototype was that it didn't use enough aluminum.

Back to crab related rumours. Kavenz has started prototyping their VHP V8 which will be carbon tube and cnc’d lugs. They will be posting a series following along with all the details, similar to what they did when they created the first version of their frame.

That pic is from a graphic artist on IG who does MTB related stuff. Pic is a few years old now but definitely not Ai slop

The mental image of the guy hiding in the bushes is hilarious

Peeked the prototype sixfinity Yeti SB160 while on my ride today. Didn’t get the greatest look as they were being sneaky-sneaky with it. I chatted to the product manager (who was on SB140) a bit, all he’d divulge was that it was the SB160 and that it’s a “sweet bike”, while the guy on the 160 was hiding in the bushes. But what I saw was a vertical shock orientation, and frame storage door, looked sleek AF and could be close to production ready...

About two meters.

To celebrate making it to 1000 pages in the Tech Rumors thread, here's some news about the one "innovation" no one asked for: The UCI just communicated that they will allow 32" wheels for use in XC mountainbike competition for the 2026 season. Though they very specifically stated only the 2026 season, so here's to hoping they will come to their senses for 2027 and beyond. For the 2026 season this will probably mean lots of frankenstein'd 32" prototypes at the races.