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Thanks a lot for the carification. I have to say, I find it pretty pointless of RockShox to hold on to the wrong labeling, even explaining things in their product manual, as if it indeed was a beginning/ending stroke setting. When looking for this on the web, you see that there is just a lot of confusion, mainly caused by...

Hi Andre, thanks as well for the very informative videos. I have one question concerning the difference of high/low speed vs. beginning/ending stroke rebound: In the video you talk about high/low speed, which makes sense, as you are talking about frequencies. However on the shocks I have owned and own (from the 5th element coil shock to the vivid air...

@drewb: liteville has been advocating this scaled sizing thing, but I'm sceptical as different wheel sizes make it harder to push through turns, as the point at which you have to put pressure on the wheel is quite different, which makes riding through fast turns a little awkward. I also remember that about 10 years ago a lot of people...

Just to clarify: 1) sspomer has been asking about the functionality of a 7" downhill oriented enduro 29er. The functionality might be there for specific types of trails, but it's somewhat questionable, if really necessary for most types of riding (like 99,9%). 2) AGR97, ralle and me (amongst a few others) pointing out that it might be better to keep...

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@AGR97: Sure, raising the handlebar helps with that, but at the same makes it harder to put pressure on the front wheel. ...and might require you to change your suspension settings, but you then might just stuff in a few tokens to solve that (see the pretty good blogpost Team Robot had on that issue). Point is, if you change...

...also the "in the bike feeling" that Steber refers to might be pretty valuable for rough and steep bits, because you don't get that "over the bars feeling" that we all know from back in the days. But it is just not as good if you ride flatter sections or trails with a lot of built berms, as your leverage...

@sspomer: What I've been trying to say is, that if you ride Enduro in SoCal, such a bike might be top of the list, but maybe not, if you're riding Enduro in the Italian Alps. It wont be a very good allrounder, but perfect for fast and open trails. I think current 29ers are still a fair bit from "...

Whether a tool is functional simply depends on the task you want it to be used for. Thus, depending on the trails such bikes could surely be functional; I probably would not want to ride it on an alpine goat path though. Also that's why I find questions about this or that type of bike, wheel diameter or bottom bracket...

I get that the expectations on Procore were pretty high; also due to Schwalbes own claims about how it would eliminate pinch flats. But I also buy Schwalbe's comment that they had much less mechanicals this year (I counted two flats in Fort Bill's top 20 qualifiers). Remember how many of the top female riders had flats last year. While...