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Most of you probably won't like hearing this. I certainly didn't. Earlier this week I had a chat with a guy who works in a product management role for Ralf Bohle GmbH, which is the owner of the Schwalbe tire brand. Mainly I asked a bunch of XC racing related questions, about compounds, casings, radial ply, rolling resistance testing, wheter we'll ever see the speediest XC casing with a black sidewall and why they felt they needed to change their naming scheme for casings and compounds. The gist of it is that they are hard at work behind the scenes...

The rocker looks different. Much lighter Raaw XC bike? Madonna SL?

Oh you gotta get out of your riding gear ASAP, and that's whether we're talking XC, DH, whatever. If you're doing it right your riding gear at a race should be gross, and you should want to get out of it.

I always saw VPP as Santa Cruz's USP. If it's Yet Another Plain Old Horst Link, what am I getting other than the name that makes it exceptional?

Specialized dropping a highly anticipated elite level S-Works product, and you’re surprised…?

That it's not for the tech section.

I'd buy neither as they're both compromised. This is getting old BTW.

should have known, thanks for the link.

Now this is the type of journalism I am here for 🤙

it's freaking rad that so many are contributing to this! we could only do so much while we're there. keep it coming!

It's 140mm I was told. Custom made air spring from Fox.

Hii. This is great! I don't know how you guys were everywhere at once! Don't want to step on anyones toes or steal anyones thunder but it seems like the coverage is starting to slow down so I thought I would jump in. Here's a couple things I cool things I saw this year that I haven't seen covered. Unreleased Wolf Tooth Hubs It does seem to use a ratchet system, doesn't appear to have any drivetrain feedback mitigation system, will be available in straight pull or j bend and offered in the common gravel and mtb standards. And in...

Microshift Advent MX Groupset One thing to note: Microshift only sells Cassette, Der and Shifter so chain and cranks and chainring will have to be found yourself.

Some close ups on the new E*thirteen Components Sidekick Cool how low drag their hubs are.

*HUGE* Crankbrothers Stamp EVO Pedals Not to much to say here other than they are huge come in two sizes and are made for people with really really big feet.

EXT Vecta EXTs more budget friendly coil shock based off the Stoira. Not brand new for 2026 (came out last year) but I like what EXT does and the craftsmanship is always incredible!

Stinner Frameworks Romero LT Uses the licensed 3VO suspension system from Ministry Cycles