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On the other hand, compared to large players, it's not really unreasonably priced. It's not much more expensive than what Fox charges for their top of the line products in many cases. But it is a lot more niche.

I don't even like playing the "Who has a 148 rear wheel I can borrow [with my preferred freehub interface and/or a cassette of similar size and # of speeds that's compatible with my chain]?" game. I don't think I would like the 157mm SuperBoost version of that game.

No doubt about all the pressure on the pinky fingers. All my grips are worn down to the plastic underneath (meaty paws) on the pinky ends. Doesn’t help I overlap my pinky fingers over the ends of the grips. Always been my comfort spot but it’s weird. I’d be curious how this would feel since I wouldn’t be able to overlap but would def give me more area to pressure with how I grip. Hmm

Prediction for the new Ripmo AF: all frame sizes will come with an 87mm head tube length.

I don’t mean to make light of a bad situation, but this felt inevitable. Anyone with any level of inside knowledge of the bike industry could look at YT from 30,000 feet and perhaps wonder if they have long had a money tree or maybe the operation was a money laundering front for the cartel.\ Some head scratchers, in no particular order: -Aggressively low prices (like...how is this possible low pricing) -Bloated SKU count (for them, its mostly the number of builds they have per model of bike) -Complex global supplier web (true for everyone, but their vendor count is...

I've been fretting over stuffing a Frankenstein'd wheel with 150mm spacing into a standard boost frame for the past week. Between having a bright, trustworthy industry individual tell me not to sweat +/-1(or 2) mm at the axle, and reading your comments, I feel not so worried 🤣🤣🤣

I'm in agreement. They look pretty tidy all things considered. The adjustability/morphing factor is kinda the same reason that drove me to nab my first carbon rig, a V3 Ripmo. Swap a link n shock and kerpow, Ripley. Slap in a 27.5 for more jump filled days. Really, it's thinning the herd as one bike is replacing two, which will make road tripping with it a lot easier.

Typical Dave with his absolute claims. Things like 15mm stems are the only way and anything else is too flexy and unusable. Using XC tires on his "enduro" bike. Claiming everyone should have a bike 2 sizes up with 1300mm+ wheelbase and any bike with pedal kickback is completely useless etc etc. Granted he has some interesting theories but the way he dismisses everyone in the industry gets old real fast. This rebranded product is the perfect example of his attitude. He's numero uno and we're all plebs.

This may be a good indicator of when as they're all cagey about it.