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Wonder who denied my warranty claim for the broken rocker link? The overlords...or the former overlords turned new overlords? They're one of only a few companies still making a full 27.5" 150mm bike so I kinda need 'em to get their act together.

Jake and Dan just pulled the Dave Portnoy/Barstool move: sell out to the corporate goons at peak value, watch them tank the brand to within an inch of its life, then step in at the last minute to buy it back at pennies on the dollar. Kent is stoked to be rid of the sinking ship, while Jake and Dan now have the profits from the original sale to reinvest into the brand. Perfect! IMO they should bring back the 2000's styling and model names. Not many brands have been around long enough to go 'retro', but Kona has. Bring...

What if the buttons don't do anything but the engineers tell Loic and Finn they do? "Okay big guy, you can choose between boost-blaster setting, super boost-blaster setting, or ultra boost-blaster setting. Now go fast!"

Avalanche fork, Hadley Hub. What year is it?

Taller headtubes/stack feels like the next 'feature' trend that will spread across brands.

Looks like RockShox quietly released the next version (A2) of the Reverb AXS. Minor changes, lower price (but remote is not included any longer) and 170mm is still the max. https://www.sram.com/en/rockshox/models/sp-rvb-axs-a2

WTF is going on here? Direct link: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6yDjJ-s7Ac/?img_index=8

That i assume is a proto Formula fork, might be a 38mm enduro specific fork i guess looks cool with this livery

They're this years o-chain.

Competitive Cyclist shared this electronic Transfer via email today (oops). I found this private page on Cambria's website via google. Maybe one of you nerds can figure out how to get better photos. idk.

That's a really valid point. It should either be autonomous or rider activated. I think it's great they are testing this stuff. Enduro bikes wouldn't pedal as well as they do without the racing, XC bikes wouldn't have lockouts without racing pushing it forward. Imagine in the future your DH bike is actually enjoyable to pump down a green trail on your way to some black gnar in the bike park. Because currently it feels like riding a trampoline on pavement.

I am fine with electronic stuff in MTB, provided that these are all triggered by the rider during the race. As soon as these become programmable or remotely triggered by a guy pressing buttons in the pits, then I don't think it should be used during competition, in my humble opinion.

With all this 6 bar nonsense, testing cromo chainstays, electronic compression, etc I want someone to (re)try the V2 Magic Link. V1 was a flexy prototype, V3 only used a single shock, so I think V2 was the sweet spot (its a shame I cracked two of them back in the day). Yes, it pedaled better, but thats not its most interesting characteristic. You would set up your suspension rather stiff, with the compression higher than normal, allowing it to be rather firm when pumping. When you hit rough stuff, the rearward forces on the frame increased the leverage ratio...

I'm not persuaded that lockouts make as big a difference as many think. Tire choice is far more influential. Of course the top riders will be on the top technology by their sponsors. But I just think the correlation is the other way around- 4 of the top 5 riders were on electronic suspension because they are the top riders, its not making them meaningfully faster.

I find high-speed tracks less interesting to watch. Just my opinion. It's harder to notice the details that set the best runs apart. I like watching weird turns, off-camber lines, sloppy carnage and maximum creativity. I'm fine with one track like Ft. Bill per year, variety is good. I just hope they keep it weird for a bunch of other races.

I'm holding out for Charger 6.9

At what point does the cover on Loics bike violate the rule about fairings on bicycles? it’s quite a thought out aero design, I’m surprised nobody has challenged this

May not be on the bonded frames for a bit. Neko said he wanted to test the new frames himself. I believe this is to relieve his riders of the stress of whether or not new types of frames will make it through a race weekend.

I did not see photos of them racing the bonded bike this weekend. Pretty sure they were all on the welded frames.