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OK folks. This is a tech rumor thread so......

i see nothing new

RS Boxxer with a 3.2 damper. Couldn't tell from the red lowers?

But as i said, Asymetric rims. the xm1501 is built with a symmetric rim bed, so you are not getting that added strength. there i would say 32h would be the way to go. The Era wheel is a 4mm asymmetric rim bed which makes a MUCH stronger wheel (remember the whole idea of goign 150mm hubs back in teh day for DH to build an even spoke tension etc? that is what you are doing with the offset to a smaller degree). as for spokes failing. that can be a combo of not keeping up on even spoke tension...

These are rated for "Trail/All-Mountain" use, so yeah, literally aimed at the trailbike market.

28h built well with an assymmetric rim will be pretty damn close to the same strength as a 32h with a symmetric rim. a 4mm offset in the spoke location evens out the spoke tension drastically and makes for a MUCH stronger wheels. That and the increase in quality products over the years, there is less and less reason to need to run 32h wheels.

Pretty jazzed for Dakota. Some good momentum heading into the start of the season. Can't wait to hear some of those ''Goooooolly'' down world class tracks.

Maybe trying to meet a weight goal? At this point it feels like some of these production "enduro" wheels are more suited to the trailbike market than they are bigger bikes. That price too, ouch. $1600, why would anyone buy these over WAO at that cost?

You'd all be better off doing pushups, squats in the gym or actual training drills on the bike than worry about 10mm in reach For a 10mm reach increase on a 1250mm wheelbase (445 chainstays) we're talking about a change in weight bias of 1.81 to 1.83 or or 1.1% so for a 80kg rider an increase of approx 1kg of rider weight on the bars to support. I doubt anyone in a double blind could tell the difference of 10mm reach between bikes. I'd wager you start to notice at 20mm plus

So many comments recently with people being overly pedantic about reach numbers. (Not just here). 10mm is literally nothing. Swap a 50mm and 40mm stem , get narrower or wider bars, try a different back sweep. Get thinner or thicker grips, bar roll stem spacers, adjust your cleat position etc. H ell, the hand position difference between single collar lock on grips and double collar probably changes your torso position as much. Reach is just one aspect of bike fit. Writing something off because the reach isn't exactly a perceived magic number by 10mm without trying it is very close...

Size 3 is 471 (Mullet) and 475 (29¨)

I don't really care about in-frame storage and if my local bike shop carried Yeti but not Spesh (which is actually the case), I would happily stick with supporting my LBS over getting a SWAT box.

They have sales every other month for 25% off. Unless it's a super-duper sale, it's the same old thing...

Robert from The Loam Wolf here. I was the one who broke the Scalpel, and I’m not surprised I did - overshot the landing of a large jump for an XC bike, landing in the pocket between the landing and the flat ground after it. Huge bottom out. I corrected Kaz at Pinkbike’s quote - he had flatteringly guessed me to be 190lbs, whereas I am 220lbs. Nothing fishy. I wholeheartedly believe the Scalpel is fit for purpose and that it was my fault! Was having far too much fun and got carried away.

Sure, sure. But if a co doesn't cater to more than Typical Male measurements, a lot of the potential market will not be served well by the product. Maybe bad is an overstatement, but it certainly is an incomplete assignment.

If you read the pb article now they upped the weight to 220 lbs. seems a bit fishy

Yeti was taking pot shots at the scalpel too in a few of their new asr adds adds mage widget image widget