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hamncheez2003 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/6/2026 12:44am
https://www.bikeradar.com/news/add-weight-go-faster-orange-bucks-the-li… WHATS OLD IS NEW AGAIN. Chris Porter has been not-so-secretly adding weights to world cup DH bikes since the early 2010s, apparently. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=myFJTO8mdtw Then there's this from nearly a decade ago, TLDR Stott and Porter find that weights make average Joe's faster, but not his hand selected Pro riders (at least for this track)
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HerrMüller Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/4/2026 2:13am
Spotted an interesting DH bike in Verbier today, gearbox, high pivot and the rider was wearing what looks a Whyte Bikes t-shirt
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enigmas Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/3/2026 12:40am
Long time reader, first time poster. I've heard rumours of an an Ibis HD7 this year from my LBS, and just noticed that the Ibis Ripmo & Ripley have had their build specs updated with the new deore groupset yet the HD6 hasn't..
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monarchmason Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/3/2026 12:36am
They have nothing wrong with their bikes. Like remove the brand from the frame and Im intrigued. But you put ari on it and I just hate it. Astroturfing, diapers and basic bikes to look like theyre apart of the same boat as Canyon or Specialized, then they just have this design… they just infuriate me lol.
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AJW1 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/3/2026 12:32am
especially that blue hardtail... super slack effective seat angle. I don't have the visual cues to work out what size those bikes are, but taller people (their intended market) are going to struggle on that arent they?
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GumptionZA Liked a bike check Gullwing Bikes Gannet 175
7/26/2026 3:58am
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ebikepartyshirt Liked a forum topic Does anyone actually believe T Type shifts under load better?
7/21/2026 1:33am
I came from XTR 12 speed and now have XO T type. While T type satisfactorily shifts under load, there is no way it is any better than XTR. It still pops and pings and makes some shitty noises when you are really hammering on it, just like XTR. To be clear, they are both really good at shifting under load compared to others. Is there some Kool Aid that was supposed to come in my T type box?
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Evil96 Liked a reply to forum topic Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
7/19/2026 12:50pm
after reading of all these messing arounds with various brakes i'm happy i've chosen GR4 which have been consistent af in the last 4 months of riding
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seanfisseli Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/19/2026 6:38am
WONT SOMEONE THINK OF THE BRAAAAAAANDS! THE POOR BRANDS!
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dwhere Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/17/2026 8:46am
isnt that exactly the travel range the pike currently covers?
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midwest_gnar Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/17/2026 8:46am
Why would they introduce a new model when they have one with name recognition?
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CamNeelyCantWheelie Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/16/2026 2:18am
I'm dealing with the dreaded chain not seating/ skipping on the 3rd cog issue on my SO's bike with T90. Shifts great across the range then the ramps on the 3rd cog are too wide or cassette was manufactured out of tolerance spacing. Looking into a cassette warranty now. I find the new T type setup scheme to be more confusing and janky. I never had an issue adjusting a B limit screw or H/L stop. Jamming hex spanner into a slot as a setup datum and hand tensioning the "B limit" while torquing correctly, with EXACTLY the right (proprietary)...
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saskskier Liked a reply to forum topic Specialized Downhill Team Dynamics - Jordan and Finn Winning with Loic Absent
7/14/2026 11:37pm
Loic, Finn and Jordan dynamics aside, it's still wild to me that a company the size of Specialized doesn't have an elite woman on the elite downhill team.
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DServy Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/14/2026 11:34pm
Honestly, the lack of "fudgeability" by using the limits + b tension screws to deal with any cable/housing related issues puts a hell of a lot of pressure on the tension adjuster on the sram 90 shifter and its just... not up to the task. I think I'd be singing a different tune if it felt as nice to deal with (and worked as well) as the XO and XX1 stuff did in the previous generation. I recently put an XO DH shifter on a madrone DH jab and my god its so nice, and in my opinion what the...
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Poleczechy Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/14/2026 11:29pm
Babe wake up, Yeti just released a $5,000 frameset.
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midwest_gnar Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/13/2026 10:36am
Well, you would have to compare the spec radials to spec gravity tires, not grid trail since they are gravity tires and would weigh the same. I know a bunch of people on Schwalbe trail radials and they love them. Same with Schwalbe gravity. Only had one friend who complained about them being slow and giving up on them. And he def was on trails because he doesn't ever us dh casing, even when he really, really should. But he has lucked out so far, so good for him.
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Bananamoon Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/10/2026 1:37am
Sounds more like SRAM's approach to product releases.
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Evwan Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/8/2026 10:47pm
Nothing we haven’t seen at world cups, but proto saint is popping up on test bikes in Whistler
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Trocko Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/8/2026 10:46pm
Little insight I got. July release for yeti Avinox cvt system is not 100% and far out from coming to the market. Apparently issues with the system auto shifting down when rider puts high watts combine with motor. Sounds like System protecting itself. Not sure if this is just a software or the system not being able to handle it. We’ll see. Some high ups in specialized are not happy. A nasty email sent to engineers/ product developers to step it up and motor/gearbox combo bike priority 1 Specialized has an unreleased bike the industry will get to see at...
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
7/8/2026 4:44am
Let me say more clearly what was implied in my previous post: those old road bike rolling resistance tests tell me that our own internal rolling resistance gauges in our brains are not very trustworthy. I'm not convinced that radial tires roll slower because the only evidence we have is that they feel like they roll slower. 21mm tires pumped up to 120 psi feel fast as hell on asphalt. As you go faster, you get more and more vibration feedback from the tire, giving the sensation of greater and greater speed. A 32mm tubeless GP5000 pumped up to 60...
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