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I would answer this question but we're not allowed to talk about ch__n__ay _ength in the tech forum anymore.

The suffering is 75% of why i ride, emtb can't give me that. For practical reasons eebs are good.

There is something to be said for our ability to suck up the high tension drag caused by idlers on high pivot designs but bemoan the low tension drag on chain guides. Been thinking of revisiting a guide just to see how the new leaving angle of the chain from guide to the derailleur affects cage movement during suspension cycling.

Quite the AI stuffed into this little whip.

Looks like top loading brake pads, nice

"So, you're telling me that Pivot came all the way to Golden Colorado, a mere 1.5miles from Yeti's HQ to telemetry test one of their bikes?"

Haha, yeah that was me! I saw it again two weeks ago, it was full of telemetry devices this time. I asked when it was coming out and the guy tried to tell me it was a Pivot this time 'round. Can't imagine how it doesn't get released later this summer/fall as a '27 model considering how tidy it currently looks and the fact they are riding it at high noon on the most popular trail network in the Golden. Might need to just post up in the bushes with a camera next time...

nukeproof DH bike from pit bits that will be fully live soon

I’ve had the same set of pre-production Edge Composites(later changed their name to Enve) xc rims since 2008. Way too stiff for xc, they are living out their days on the trials bike that I ride very poorly.

I can confirm the REEB SST works quite well with a coil. Did 40+ miles and 9500ft descending last weekend. It would benefit from 440+ stays but overall it rips!

Jesus, sorry I asked about a coil shock on the new Tallboy.

Interesting article, I’ll pull it tomorrow to check out at work when I can log into asme with my work credentials. Worth noting that anytime polymeric aging studies are done you typically need controls to compare the new vs the aged materials to determine if there was degradation or not. Sounds like they just rounded up a bunch of old helmets and compared their properties against baseline material standards, which is possibly a valid approach, but possibly not. When we conduct HALT testing on bespoke polymer blends at work we don’t just pull crap out of a drawer and pop...

You can run a coil on any leverage rate and never have to worry about bottoming out if you're willing to run a stiff enough spring. Pop a cool 700 or 800 pounder on that Tallboy 6 and I bet bottom outs won't be a problem.

@CascadeComponents right now...

I for one will welcome our new Crab link overlords!

This might help with placing it in history