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RMU NIGHTTRAIN Highlights: 170mm of rear wheel travel // 170 or 190mm fork travel Mid-pivot, 6-bar flex-stay Orion suspension platform with dual idler drivetrain layout 6066-T6 aluminum frame 63° head tube angle Size-specific chainstay lengths 12x157mm SuperBoost rear spacing Four sizes: S1, S2, S3, S4 Lifetime frame warranty Weight (size S2): Deore - 37 lb (16.78 kg) | XT Di2 - 36 lb (16.32 kg) | Saint DH - 40 lb (18.14 kg) | Frameset w/ FOX Factory X2 shock - 10.2 lb (4.63 kg) MSRP (USD): Deore - $4,999 | XT Di2 - $6,999 | Saint DH - $6,499...

Gott damn, Dave Weagle sure does love his short chainstays! Also the increase of ~3.5mm per size is near pointless. And yes I know CS length will grow at sag.

I will never understand the “it’s a whole separate sport” thing. I ride my ebike exactly like my analog bike just do more laps. Literally every other person I know with an ebike does the same and is not going out and climbing up downhill trails in boost. I see plenty of e-bikes on the lift at the bike park being ridden like analog bikes. The innovation is happening in the motor and battery because the “bike part” of the tech has plateaued. Amflow proved this by making a decent riding bike out of thin air.

Stinner Frameworks Romero LT Uses the licensed 3VO suspension system from Ministry Cycles

Be More Bikes prototype Bronson was showing off the fifth iteration of his prototype bike. It’s a wild bike designed to test the limits of geometry and amplify the benefits of their RR stem (made famous by Reece Wilson). You can find plenty of details about the goals behind the stem and bike on Instagram , but here are some details of the bike: Steel frame 500mm chain stay 445mm frame reach Reach to bar is ~350mm 100mm stem rise / -15mm stem reach Stem + bar back sweep puts handlebars ~40-50mm behind steering axis Custom drop crowns to accommodate...

Love those new Deity grips. Push-ons are king for comfort.

Hear me out: Mountain Bike!

If only someone made a linkage that allowed a longer shock to to be run on the Levo and it yielded 170 mm of travel. That would be wild.

Vital forum detective level just hit a new high...

what, they didn't wanna make tens of dollars?

Man I've got some terrible news for you about mountain bikers and the word "loam:"

TQ powered Sight. Should see info on the builds this week.

Starling Big Bird 32/29 mullet!

It's just nice to see them finally making a slow creep towards a more modern f/r ratio, though a 460+mm stay option in large and xl sizes would have been welcome. The 450mm is a step in the right direction for the size large at least, xl is still a bit whack.

Higher stack, not overly long, better ratio XL bikes (1.8-1.82 range)

Heres a Vid of the suspension in action...this something I have been meaning to get done for a few months now but have been so busy with experimenting with a number of different front suspension configurations with 27.5 and 29 front wheels, fork travels of 160mm 180mm and 200mm giving total travels of 215mm 235mm and 255mm and their associated steering geometry's. I have settled on a Fox40 setup of 180mm travel with a Smashpot coil conversion with the Blue secondary spring and a 60lb main spring....the X2 damper remains as received but I am finding it best to run...