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Can’t believe the new Levo has the same short chainstay length for all sizes in 2025… Was this designed before the Stumpy 15? 🤦

Wow I've never considered an Ari until that new Timp Peak. Nice to see an ebike being sold as a frame, even if it is expensive, but transferrable lifetime warranty?! (this is a first for a DTC brand to do lifetime warranty at all right?) Also, 600wh or 800wh battery that can be swapped or range extended, so all of us should be happy in some configuration. Vertical mount crab link without trunion. It would be really hard to buy a Vala or a Regulator over this if you can come to grips with owning an Ari.

Looks like the Forbidden eMTB (I'm assuming) will be 'landing' at Sea Otter.

When printing 7075 stops being exclusively for NASA applications, that's when some truly insane bikes will start to hit the market. I'm hoping to start prototyping my own alloy lugged rig from September and I'll be updating this forum on how it all goes!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DH1PmP5C2QW/ just registered for this. Seen/found at mtb-news. Propain light eMTB 160/150 travel with TQ. About to release end of season.

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I feel like this is also very worth to mention. The new crankset comes in a bunch of different lengths, and is very reasonably priced. Instead of buying some aftermarket €500-1000 crankset, here you get both a chainring and a crankset with built in bash guards for sub €200 euros. Might even be good for people or shops to buy, and just let people run them as test cranks in the shorter lengths. https://r2-bike.com/SRAM-Eagle-90-Transmission-DUB-Crankset-55-mm-Chain… Edit: Forgot to even check, the Eagle 70 crankset is just about €100, available in the same lengths, with a chainring. Seems like actually a VERY...

https://bikeshop.no/fox-factory-inc/nyfoxfloatsl36/fox-float-sl-36-perf…

Looks like Norco quietly dropped the new generation Sight VLT. Probably to keep up with Transition dropping the Regulator CX recently. 800 WH battery under 50 pounds? Very cool. https://www.norco.com/bikes/e-mountain/e-all-mountain/sight-vlt-cx/25-s…

Dreadnought E bike

Word from a lot of media is that the next 30~ days are going to be busy on this thread. Happy spring/sea otter season to all those who celebrate the relentless innovation we all don't really need!

While we're discussing dropper seatpost consumer behaviour rumours, Merida has it figured out. As anybody who's been paying attention to Merida knows, its current FS models have a straight seat tube so that every single frame size comes with the same adjustable post that can be set to drop anywhere between 30 mm and 230 mm. I don't think it's available aftermarket yet, though.

another awesome frame stiffness topic with @Ryan Burney https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/can-you-fine-tune-frame-stiffness-j…

I have a little note about Leatt grips, the idea of them on paper looked great, they say “maximum vibration damping”. The plastic is cut out and has a material in there which I thought would work great. The grip material itself is pretty stiff. Unfortunately I thought they added more vibration to my bike and bar set compared to OneUp grips or the Diety soft large grip. And in other news, I’m trying the Rimpact TMD vs countershox. My first impression is that Countershox made a bigger change and much easier to install. Total weight is similar, but rimpact...

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