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Single compound on Ultrasoft! Not 100% certain on the others (Soft, Mid, Speed), but I believe they are single compound as well.

In my experience, the side knobs of the MM are relatively small and squirmy when leaned over on hardpack, compared to an Argotal or High Roller. Those 2 tires do pretty well on mixed conditions summer trails that go back and forth from blown out loose to hardpack. Also, because those tires have a small open transition zone, there's feedback to the rider when you've got the tire onto the big side knobs. In those conditions, the TC is a closer comparison, but is not ideal due to the exaggerated transition zone (notice how the sponsored athletes almost never run...

So I can give a similar ride report for my continentals: 2000km and 60km vert over 10 months (1,200 miles, 200k feet descending). No racing and no bike parks this year, but I ride hard enough. Absolutely blown away by the Kryptotal rear downhill soft. That tyre has no right to still be alive today, with some side and middle knobs still present. The main issue is the casing, the grip itself is ok enough that I would run it until the rain comes in October. My front tyre is actually a Krypto Rear downhill Supersoft on about 11 month...

The Race Pro line will come out next year. For the most part this would be tires with the previous 'Super Race' Turn-Up casing. A 29x2.4 Nobby Nic Trail Pro ( 11654142.02) weighs 1000g. Not a Radial though. They 29x2.4 Romy Trail Pro Radial (1040g) is quick despite what you might think of the weight number, and it is great for trail riding.

Sights staying HP, optic back to a low pivot, it would be sweet if they could shave a bit of weight off of both the optic and the sight.

A few bits I've heard from my LBS, and dealer reps at a recent demo event: New transition lineup coming next year. Will involve flip chips for wheelsize to consolidate frame SKUs. Smuggler going. Patrol/spire replacement coming first. Ibis IB7 next year, along with an avinox ebike. Specialized enduro replacement finally happening before bike park season next year, alongside a new levo. New Forbidden's as in the above posts. No megatower replacement. Nukeproof potentially bringing out some new pedal bikes, definitely an avinox gigawatt.

I'd bet $3.50 forbidden moves to the ebike suspension layout for druid/dread going forward. What update are you expecting from transition? I'd be a bit surprised to see they move away from the horst link. That said i have zero insider knowledge.

There was a post here that a Forbidden bike (non-motorized) was spotted with the vertical shock / HP layout that their ebikes have, getting rid of the tunnel. I could see that. I'm over shock tunnels personally, make setting rebound a PITA and limit dropper insertion.

well that has some definitive SAINT gold on it...

from whistler world cup yeti pits just now

I really like the 130mm 34SL with Grip X Not flexy at all and excellent dampening. Mine came with some air in lowers that caused it to ramp up at the end of the stroke. Once I bled that out, I’ve had no complaints.

The 34SL is a really great fork with GripX. The chassis is fairly stiff, and the weight is really impressive. It really suits xc-light trail, but it’s not the same as a stiffer trail fork. If you wanted stiffer you have lots of options, the 36SL is going to be really amazing if you want to point and shoot. The Helm is a great fork for this too. I was on the fence between 34SL and 36SL when sorting my singlespeed to be more racy (had a helm coil). I went 34SL, and it’s great. I occasionally wish I had...

I've been very happy with regular chassis Fox 34's with Grip X and Grip X2 dampers on my "down country" hardtail and short travel bikes. I never really feel the need for for a chassis upgrade to 36. If you go Fox, avoid the Fit4 damper as it is not usefully adjustable, under damped and "Unfit4 aggressive riding". Grip X seems to be the sweet spot of having lockout and good damping. Just need to keep an eye on where the HSC knob is at as a couple of clicks makes a big difference and it's easily displaced from an...

I looked into the patent and unfortunately they have you beat by a few months. Provisional was filed in March of 2025. Provisional patents are a great way to buy yourself time to fully decide if you want to pursue something while getting a foot legally in the door and not spending a ton of money. It gives you a year to decide if you want to proceed with a full on patent and doesn't have to go through the same review process so pretty much anyone can file one.

I have literally been trying to file a third-party preissuance submission with the US Patent Office for 2 hours but their website and phone menus are dogshit so I'm giving up. It would have been hilarious if submitting a pdf of vital comments is what got a patent not approved. Anyone got contacts at SRAM? Would be good to at least contact them lol.

True - norco S5 numbers are looong

Must we, every 3 months, have this same tired drivetrain discussion. You like what you like, I like what I like. No one cares. Start a new topic if you guys want to duke it out about how terrible the wireless world is. Back to the rumors: 30T ochains on more builds in the future from a few brands.

Clutch on the Eagle 90 has me intrigued plus the UDH. Traditional hangers bend so easily. Thanks for the tip. My two cents. Marginal gains are for professionals. Mere mortals benefit from gym, good diet, sleep, and riding your bike more not drivetrains that have batteries and cost a month of rent.

don't know if this is the right place to post this but- i've had my eye on an orbea rallon for quite some time. I'm seeing the 2026 frame on sale, then again at full price except labeled at " 2027 frame" does anyone know if there is a difference? I've read that there are horrendously flexible at the rear end, including the custom bridge you guys probably saw from last WC then upon google searching Orbea says right there "stiff carbon frame" i remember them clearly saying last year it was "compliant" can anyone do a deep dive and...

I may be mistaken but it looks to me like there may be an off menu item for those who wanted the MT to have all the adjustments of the LT. If you put a 160 fork on the LT and shortened the shock stroke to 60 or 62.5 instead of 65, you could get approximately the the same geo as the MT with the rear travel reduced to right around 150, you could even go 57.5 stroke and get really close to 140 rear travel. The seat angle would be around half a degree steeper, head angle would be...