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1. More brands make radial tyres (got a sneak peak at a Specialized Cannibal radial) 2. 32in xc/trail bikes come out (Scott is already ready to go) 3. 32in xc bike wins a worldcup 4. Asa vs Jackson vs Loic for the title in Elite, Vali wins easily this year on Commencal 5. More 1000w ebikes with DJI or equivalent motors

Not sure it will happen but things I want to see in 2026. 1. Fox patent gear box on a bike 2. Pivot enduro mid pivot with dw dual idler system 3. More mid power e-bikes with bigger internal batteries 4. yeti sixfinity pedal bikes 5. Asa dominate elites year 1 6. New Bike Suspension Kinematics utilizing electronic shocks 7. More unique wood features on local trails 8. Smaller cassette 12 speed transmission 9. Resurgence of enduro multi day races and maybe even some blind races

1. 32" definitely being a thing. I'm not the guy to say it, I got my first 29er this year, but they're definitely going to be a thing and it won't take long before gravity orientated riding notices a little more. 2. Probably way off on this one, but marijuana businesses sponsoring more riders. It would be like an energy drink branding exercise. Of course I'm talking US riders probably racing continental series, but there are companies that span more than one state now and for outside sponsorship you could do worse. 3. More rad trails being built all over...

William to Atherton. Dan Brown looks like he's going to pop.

I was actually in talks to do some contract work at Pinkbike on their buy/sell page, but they stopped responding after looking thru my comment history. Then I got permanently banned.

Ronan to Mondraker. it's a Dunne deal.

Careful man. Unless you’re trying to trigger all the gearbox zealots on purpose…

Exactly, UDH rotates. Linking the derailleur to the stiff and strong UDH axle assembly strengthens and stiffens. This could change failure modes like many bike modifications (including a full mount derailleur), but the UDH dropout will still rotate on impact like it should, and the brace does not stick out past the derailleur body (it's not a new snaggy bit).

Are we talking about the same thing here? the UDH, is in fact a Universal Derailleur hanger, that is designed to be sacrificial. the new SRAM transmission mounting is designed in much the same way, with replaceable/rebuildable parts. What has been designed by @kroe can be thought to be a stiffner of sorts, that could also "shrug" off impacts, similar to what both specialized and Syntace has done in the past, but obviously not for UDH equpiied bikes, which would make his design novel in that it could be used on any bike with that uses a UDH. Does that...

It was already covered that this isn't a new concept, Specialized sold it as well, what is new is making for UDH so all bikes can use it. Down get so upset

lol, Vital gets more and more Pinkbike-ish. When presenting facts (like in the tire weight discussion) or prior art (here), you get downvoted.

But isnt the UDH designed to break to save your derailleur?

Guy is already lowballing before release lmao

Nice job, I would buy one for sure if you made a batch

I’m just here for the GaGas speculation.

That's right up there w/ Cat 3 masters roadies doping to win their local Weds. night crit...