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The only guy in my area that I know riding the new Di2 has it because it came spec'd on his bike, and had to put on STFU hoops because the chainslap was so bad. I have the exact same bike with Transmission and get no chainslap. Deleting the clutch is such a headscratcher considering how quiet bikes have gotten these days, and how much we care about bikes that don't sound like a shopping cart going down the hill.

My Italian is a little rusty, but it seems this was made using a servo from the RC world, connected to some kind of stroke measuring device on the brake lever blade. The idea being to change the compression settings of the shock under different types of braking events.

I heard the Yeti MT is being released on the 25th. It can’t come soon enough, I’ve held off on buying 3 different frames over the last few weeks hoping the Yeti will be “the one.”

from my experience, there is no preventative maintenance on an alloy rear hoop. You simply admit that you're into a new rear hoop every 12-24 months depending on how many times a year you Ef around and find out. I do that a lot... so I go through 1 alloy reserve or ex511 hoop per year.

A team replicer must be an Australia-only product.

I wish someone ( @CascadeComponents? OneUp? WRP?) would make a bash guard that's just made of lead or steel. No unsightly straps and would offer more protection than the plastic ones we have now.

Horst Knuckle?

A single bike quiver is somehow the easier choice, 140/150mm trail bike every time, and if I'm honest about what I ride the most the mix would be that same bike and something with drop bars and skinny tires. But sticking to MTB, for pure range of options I think a light, 120/130 trail bike with good geo and a 170 enduro bike built with bad intentions would be the way to go. This would cover everything from one off XC races, backcountry missions, enduro racing and park laps. Luckily, this is a false choice and a one car garage...

Brendog for the Down, Nino for the Country. makes sense to me.