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DontWorryImAPilot Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
1/30/2026 10:55pm
A flip chip plus a swappable/adjustable dropout (or some other chainstay lengthening method) is "the answer" to a lot of people's questions. Brian Chainstayhill and others can have their long chainstays and Santa Cruz can reduce the number of different triangles they need to make. I think Pivot has a proprietary dropout that allows for length tweaks. I wonder if there's a way to engineer a similar approach without infringing on the design...I'd bet there is but I don't really know anything about that stuff nor have I looked at any filings.
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whitesq Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
1/30/2026 10:41pm
We shouldn't really be surprised, I would say the vast majority of bike companies are mostly just marketing companies, not manufacturing, engineering or financial companies. So when a buyer comes along, they're going to do what they do best.
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sweaman22 Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
1/29/2026 11:14pm
I keep on thinking I should subscribe.. how "road" is it vs these sort of articles (that I would totally pay for). The recent velo shenanigans have only added to that line of thinking.
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Losifer Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
1/29/2026 11:13pm
Here's a gift link: : https://escapecollective.com/layoffs-overstock-retail-decline-and-debt-… If you value some really great (albeit primarily road focused) cycling journalism, you should totally support Escape Collective.
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SteveClimber Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
1/29/2026 11:13pm
Wish I could read the whole article. Thanks for the link. It's still staggering just how many people though people would buy 2x the amount of bicycles per year indefinitely during the COVID boom, and purchase rate wouldn't return to the long run average.
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Losifer Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
1/29/2026 11:13pm
https://escapecollective.com/layoffs-overstock-retail-decline-and-debt-… More on Trek's troubles
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
1/29/2026 7:31am
If any of those 2021/22 bike industry investors are looking to recover after getting crushed from the post-Covid sales slump, I have some mixed use commercial and residential properties that I'm putting on the market. **and yes Jeff, I realize this prop/facade joke isn't a fair apples-to-apples comparison for bike company valuations in 2021, like Rad Power estimated at $1.65 billion. But in hindsight... it sure feels like this.
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piratetrails Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
1/29/2026 7:29am
It would be a total tragedy because we're finally in this utopia where you can have a quiver with totally mixed genre mtbs and be able to grab a wheel from any one in a pinch. (RaceFace or Hope hubs for 20mm conversion, tons of DH bikes now 148). I really don't plan to give that up even if the gains are more than marginal. At the end of the day it's all about no missed rides for me.
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DevlinCC Liked a bike check Devlin Demon XC - full steel 120f/120r
1/27/2026 8:44am
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ishouldridemore Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
1/26/2026 7:34am
I think it’s interesting Reece is pushing all of the novel ideas now, but when he was winning races he was on a typical cockpit setup.
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TimBud Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
1/26/2026 7:33am
That guy continues to strive for the asshole of the year award. Any validity of his opinion has been removed by that kneepad/short gap and that’s even before we talk about his “low IQ” dismissal of everyone who dares to disagree with him 😂
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bizutch Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
1/26/2026 7:29am
Holy crap. I wished for Sam on an Iron Horse painted Empire. Instead he pops up on an actual Iron Horse !!!
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iceman2058 Liked a product review Affordable Excellence: EXT Vecta Coil Shock Tested
1/26/2026 5:04am
We’ve been testing EXT products for quite a few years by now, and we’ve always been impressed by their performance and “trail feel”. There were of course teething problems with some of the early versions, like the overly harsh tunes and air spring setups of the first ERA forks or noisy, clunky rebounds on the first generations of the Storia shocks. EXT has learned a lot since those days, and the current crop of products is nothing short of excellent. When the company launched the Vecta, they stated that it was built by “recycling” some aspects of previous designs...
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Wipperman_95 Liked a reply to forum topic UCI grant Discovery WC rights from 2023 to 2030
1/25/2026 8:30am
Having DH, Enduro & XC all under one Promoter needs looking at. I'm not sure it works.......Ski-ing is an example; you don't see Downhill Alpine in the same venue as XC, do you? They are under the FIS banner, but run separately....... And Enduro seems to have been trashed to fit into the new deal; get it back to what it should be; a multi day event similar to WRC, or EnduroGP in motorsport. Start the event with one live stage on the Friday evening, and end the event on Sunday afternoon with the same stage live. Everything else is...
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gibbon Liked a reply to forum topic UCI grant Discovery WC rights from 2023 to 2030
1/25/2026 8:28am
He kept talking about Gravel racing too, like they own that too now.
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All-MTN-MTB Liked a reply to forum topic UCI grant Discovery WC rights from 2023 to 2030
1/25/2026 8:25am
Definitely disappointing to hear and seems very short sighted. I wish they would sell the gravity disciplines off as XC seems like the only format where they could accomplish those goals and not kill the sport. Maybe a new series separate from the UCI and Warner Bros could sprout from the ashes? It feels pointless to have the series governed by the UCI if it’s not an Olympic discipline.
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gibbon Liked a reply to forum topic UCI grant Discovery WC rights from 2023 to 2030
1/25/2026 8:24am
To be honest he's closer to Saruman. Good interview. The closest Ball has got to any form of honesty. Bullet points. 1. Confirms that they want Wc to be Elite only. 2. Says it's not their job to support a pathway to actually becoming elite. 3. Their goal is 'growth' to 'increase value'.......but only in casual viewership and value to themselves 4. The path to this is 'simplifying' the sport ie making courses shorter, shorter broadcasts. 5. That everyone needs to stop complaining. Wb are not in this for shit and giggles. They are here to make money. It's value...
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Explodo Liked a comment about Feature 32" Wheels—You're Kidding, Right? Bikes: Unaffiliated EP.5
1/24/2026 9:16am
I've been on real mountain bikes for 35 years now. The jump up from 26 was a good thing. I think I'm at my limit for bigger wheels. I was 5'9" when I was younger. Making the wheels bigger is just going to give me less space on the bike, or the wheelbase would have to be stretched to get me more between them thereby worsening my ability to get around tight corners. I have no issue with dual 29 and I'm sure I could get used to dual 32, but I don't see any benefit. The "wheels carry more...
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ebruner Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
1/23/2026 2:37am
Chainstay talk again... This is why we can't have nice things
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