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Bike industry: 32" might make sense for tall people! Also the bike industry: Lots of small and medium 32" frames, no XXL frames.

Not sure if it's vertical compliance or reduced shock transmission, but my Berd-laced wheels definitely feel more compliant.

Weighs too much /s

Ok you dingleberries. Rather than debating the merit of which way to mullet your rotors, why not just run 220 front and back?

photo PIT BITS from World Champs https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/pit-bits-2026-world-championships-val…

Well that sucks. I was hoping for something new.

USD dual crown in the Rockshox pit? From pit bits.

This is the topcap of a Charger 3.1 Flight attendant........ Not saying its got RS internals, but the layout is extremely similar

Looks like whatever is going on, they’ve now removed it while the bike is on display. Honestly not 100% sure what I’m looking at with it removed. Possible just an adaptor to fit it to the stanchions, as well as drop it lower into the stanchion to accommodate the dual crown? The “air” cap on the damper side is likely just a cover for the electronic damper?

Given the talent, the talent in opposition to Hattie, and the hard yards she's done, it's pretty bloody well earned!

Speaking of prototypes, in the vital pit bits the Santa Cruz mechanic dished out a ton of new Saint details. 12spd chain, 8spd microspline cassette. Must be close to release...

Came across this on Loic’s bike from Les Gets. It looks like the sub-chamber from a push 9.1 modified to fit the Öhlins dh38? I know it’s been rumoured that Loic runs a coil fork, so interesting if he’s play with the sub-chamber on a coil fork now too.

They do. Scott makes terrible bikes. They're a nightmare to work on, fail at multiple points and the finishing touches are utter garbage.

Seriously, the bikes are not bad, but the headset shit needs to die

Just found these absolute gems! Why can’t someone make a proper flat shoe again. It’s insane how much better these dinosaurs are then my current ride concept

This sounds interesting, especially the last part about Shimano! Maybe I'm just extrapolating from my own preferences here, but I feel that most MTBers who have been in the sport for a while thought the previous-gen Bosch motors were already powerful enough, and that they'd rather have the lightest possible motor + battery package at that power level than even more power and bigger batteries.

I was told no new Enduro until at least 2027, I figured it was going to be a Sea Otter release given most companies wouldn’t want to release a bike in the dead of Winter in the US. Did anyone else working at a Specialized dealer get any “When’s the new Enduro coming out?” stickers? My rep claimed he made them, but I’ve never gotten a single piece of swag from that dude in 10+ years, so it made me skeptical that Specialized was drumming up a very slow marketing campaign. In other future product news from the grape vine...

I hope it sells better than the Stumpy 15 for their sake. Big Red "updated" the Stumpy Evo — which really didn't need updating — and made a proprietary shock nobody wanted.

Couple insights Yeti MT coming very soon. Some shops already have them New Specialized enduro coming. My guess is march/april 2027. Apparently specialized believes it will sell better than the stumpy 15 which was one of there best selling bikes. No clue on design, just being told it’s coming

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