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DH bike really just need more chainring protection like below (Myriam Nicole's bike). I used to do similar on my DH bikes- ran the OG Evil full bashring on the outside of the chainring and a taco style guard on the inside. Or this- DIY bike: This thing is just a loop of steel tube welded to the DT/BB. Would probably support the weight of a car. Guessing 75% of the chain issues we see are due to riders smashing the chain into rocks...

Congrats on pulling off a cool and interesting project. I hope it's a killer ride!

New Specialized Enduro will drop early summer of 2027. It will come specced with a genie zeb fork. It will have a Genie vivid air, that is mounted vertically directly in front of the seat tube. The rear layout will look similar to a 2012 era Demo 8, but with a link that comes around the seat tube to the top of the shock.

all the proto shimano parts from whistler - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/all-prototype-shimano-parts-whistler

Smoking the chainring (+ chain) against a rock can do that. It's not a case where it snapped out the start gate or something where it broke from pedaling torque.

You can still delete this slop.

Lawlor caught a different angle of the “Saint” brakes. New bleed port location

I'm going to take a stab in the dark and guess that cassette was loose

It’s Taichung Bike Week. Primarily it's an OEM and B2B event, but occasionally some new stuff can be found out in the open. Speaking of DVO:

I’m assuming the three downvotes mean “this thread was never good” lol

There are like 3 completely idiotic conversations happening at once here.

Can we just cut to the chase and pre-emptively ban Dougal? I thought this place was the last safe haven from his bullshit. The schtick of poo-pooing everything on the planet is old as dirt and he ruins every conversation he butts in on. Doogs, you spend an awful lot of time on forums for someone who claims to be so busy. Go farm downvotes somewhere else.

This thread used to be good.

This forum at the moment (not actually just poking fun)

Maybe most of them know that would be inappropriate and choose not to be weirdos

Commencal quietly dropped the Tempo "V2" with the only revision being they got rid of the headset cable routing. (praise be!)

That is honestly all that bike needed!

Yeah, it's been hard to get used to seeing negative rise stems on xc bikes. It's only been over a decade...

IDK, looks like a bicycle to me...