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sollie Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/9/2026 1:43am
Bike industry: 32" might make sense for tall people! Also the bike industry: Lots of small and medium 32" frames, no XXL frames.
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Humdinger420 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/5/2026 12:25am
New SRAM stuff is prohibitively expensive. Still buy and use GX Eagle. Why would I need anything else? I’m a gravity rider…my derailleur goes through hell. The last thing I want is to put a $600 derailleur on my bike. Upgrades to shifting? It’s a drivetrain…I click the shifter and the chain changes gear. What is there to upgrade?
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Ginger_SPICE Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/5/2026 12:18am
As a die hard mechanical X01 rider, which I still run on my enduro bike, I've been very impressed with the new XT Di2 on my XC/DC bike. It is a little noisier, but I find that the days it is the noisiest are the days I'm simply riding like a**. When I ride smoothly it's not that loud. Plus, the shift speed is insane, the ergonomics are awesome and the battery life has been fantastic. Factor in the numerous and costly issues my friend group has experienced on their Transmission setups, I'll be going to Shimano once I'm out...
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piratetrails Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/5/2026 12:17am
Shimano seems driven by engineers, SRAM seems driven by product people.
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Bobsmothersbrother Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/5/2026 12:17am
If an STFU is the price for that it’s pretty good though, right? I still remember when SRAM went from the 2.0 clutch to 2.1 without telling people and suddenly they couldn’t be adjusted or serviced - it would shred itself, race mechanics all over found out the hard way. That kind of fuckery sums it up. My current cabled Shimano can be rebuilt pretty quick, it’s adjustable, you can even turn the clutch off, and it works great. I know that’s not Di2, but the thinking is the same. When sram went public they released a portfolio showing their...
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Bobsmothersbrother Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/3/2026 11:09pm
It’s weird - sram can release an ecosystem of groups with proprietary cassettes, derailleurs, chains, rings, that have stratospheric prices and persistent issues (speed, shift calibration limitations, QC issues, cassettes that need to be installed multiple times to settle, battery pins corroding etc etc), plus compromises they try and correct release to release. Maybe that’s ok, it’s up to the rider. At the same time, Shimano releases a new di2 ecosystem that uses their existing(and awesome) cassettes, chains, rings, has the industry leading shifter for ergonomics. A sealed battery compartment, but its perceived to be noisy on some bikes, but...
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/3/2026 11:05pm
lebron and canyon prove 32" wheels are best for tall people 🤣 (non MTB...it's crazy how proportionally correct it looks)
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hamncheez2003 Liked a reply to forum topic 2027 Team Rumors
9/2/2026 11:16pm
Sorry to re derail the topic (not actually sorry). The top quintile for France, for total household consumption (all income, benefits, & public benefits) is about $49,000 USD. The 2nd highest quintile is about $38,000 USD. The average household income for the LOWEST quintile in the United States is $35,000 a year. The second lowest is $50,000, slightly higher than France's top quintile. This is the quintile that includes all French millionaires and billionaires. Keep in mind that the average household size in the United States is larger than France too. The average price of gasoline in France, converted to...
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Finkill Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/31/2026 1:43pm
I have a lot of time for the approach Shimano take to product development. A lot of the new stuff from every brand is not necessarily better than what came before, definitely different, but with compromises as well as advantages. Shimano just take a little longer to decide if the advance is worth the trade off. The great thing is we have a lot of choice of quality products from a number of brands, so no great loss if the Shimano offering doesn't work for you.
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Eae903 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/20/2026 2:11am
150/140, and it's supposed to be pretty light. Can't remember where I saw those numbers though
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Itsme Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/20/2026 2:10am
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maximumradness Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
8/20/2026 2:09am
Not a rumor: silver dorados are dope. Remind me of shivers so much. Not a rumor: carbon dorados are ( more classy) classic.
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fartsack Liked a reply to forum topic 2027 Team Rumors
8/16/2026 5:54am
please no, pleeeease not YT. 
Moimoi off YT was the best thing to happen. Obviously not for his wallet I guess.
Moimoi off YT was the best thing to happen. Obviously not for his wallet I guess.
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DontWorryImAPilot Liked a reply to forum topic 2027 Team Rumors
8/16/2026 5:50am
Stop using AI for frivolous shit.
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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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