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CapnBlueberry Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

9/26/2025 10:23am

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPEZeysjEki/?img_index=1&igsh=NHd4ZXU1ZWNsa… No longer a rumor, YT is officially done

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owl-x Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

9/26/2025 12:27am

I’ve never been so anti-drop bar. That was maddening! Goddamn! Like, you can listen to cool music, you can do cool shit…just because it’s difficult doesn’t make it worth it! My friend says cyclocross is for dudes who want to get muddy without going fast. He’s right. Gravel is like golf: it seems fine in a vacuum but if I can still ride a mtb why would I choose to do that? I’m still gonna buy an egravel bike though. Whatever.

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seanfisseli Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

9/26/2025 12:26am

The gravel category is about to take a massive nosedive. People on the Radavist are commenting things like “woah you can build a bike to suit the terrain?” unironically! I guess if you insist on drop bars the checkout is cool, but the best gravel bike I’ve ever ridden is the epic hard tail. https://theradavist.com/are-mountain-bikes-just-faster

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Finkill Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

9/25/2025 4:22pm

There is a podcast on Escape Collective with the designers, they discussed it. The integrated shock doesn't work on a road type frame with a high top tube and big angle between the seat stays and top tube, the TT and shock need to be relatively parallel to the seat stays. So the integrated shock design works on a low standover MTB, not on a gravel frame.

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anotherbikerguy Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

9/25/2025 11:11am

Not technically a mountain bike tech rumor, but it's very funny to listen to gravel riders insist they aren't just reinventing 1990s mountain bikes and then see product releases like this... https://www.bikeradar.com/news/rockshoxs-rudy-xl-gravel-fork 60mm of travel and clearance for 2.25" tires. This thing would have crushed the NORBA XC circuit. All it's missing is some stanchion boots.

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