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

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...

New Mezzer inbound?

Reach: 500mm Stack: TOP SECRET!!!

They won't even let us see their Lenkwinkel.

Honestly equally secret to Oberrohr for everyone too lazy to use a translator app, myself included.

it may not be faster but you’ll find yourself in a lone breakaway every ride

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.

What the hell is wrong with these companies? Both Stoll and DirtySixer think they can sell bikes without telling people the geometry. Is this just some kind of rug pull because they don't know what they're doing, and until Trek or Specialized or whoever comes out with a sorted 32inch bike they can trick people into being early adopters with the alure of new-new (be the first on your block!)? This is some fly by night nonsense.

Spect 5 to 10 years until geometry became sorted. It's the race to be the first to sell that new thing, prototyping is on the hands of the early adopter

Good to see Markdown Sellattaloss-man putting YT right in line with the modern corporate/customer relationship of "Hey customer, give us your money and/or go F yourself."

That's bananas.

The podcast with Jeff and Sponsel can be listened to below (or on any of your fave podcast channels...will hit homepage shortly, too) Topics Discussed 0:00 - Intro 1:22 - History of YT (note: Bentonville Mill was opened in 2024, not 2019) 16:38 - Disclaimers 19:27 - Restructuring/Bankruptcy Timeline 26:55 - Markus Flossmann’s Instagram Q&A Replies 30:44 - Is Markus a Sole Proprietor Now? 32:46 - Difference Between Debt and Equity 38:16 - YT’s Interesting Debt 41:48 - Did Big Spending Catch Up with YT? 47:09 - What About YT USA? 53:39 - Did the Change to In-House Bike Assembly...

can‘t read much accountability or learned wisdom/lessons from that answers to be honest… time will tell. but him still being on the helm is a big mistake IMO.

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.

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

About two meters.