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CamNeelyCantWheelie Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/23/2025 11:46am
“RLS is first and foremost designed to protect what makes you, you”, says RLS founder and CEO Jamie Cook. --->Image from RLS site 😆
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DServy Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/23/2025 11:46am
Not going to lie, if this works as well as they say then I'm buying one immediately, along with a full face if they ever make it. This is incredibly cool tech.
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Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/22/2025 1:09pm
Looks exactly the same:
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seanfisseli Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/21/2025 8:46pm
Gotta love people who write an essay about wireless shifting who then tell everyone else to stop talking about wireless shifting.
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earleb Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/19/2025 2:45pm
Hasn't that been happening for ages?
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piratetrails Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/19/2025 2:44pm
Guess the DB8 is over. The Hayes using DOT has been one of the things holding me back from swapping to them. (lifelong Shimano/TRP guy) My dog is a weirdo and licks the floor and while I do my best to clean up I'd rather him accidentally come in contact with mineral oil than DOT. (yes I know both are not good)
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his dudeness Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/19/2025 2:44pm
No issues with waterproofing in mechanical systems. Odd how mechanical is still more precise, faster, and cheaper than electric but everyone needs “new tech.”
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AndehM Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/19/2025 2:44pm
Rusted solid shift / dropper cables/housings are a thing. Especially dropper ones drip-fed by toxic ass sweat.
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Jotegr Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/18/2025 12:21am So now we get to drop the motor when we need to fuss with that end of the dropper cable? Joy of joys, we've come full circle to when droppers were fresh and you had to pull a press fit bottom bracket to install them.
Jotegr Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/18/2025 12:19am You don't need to caveat that stuff posted here is rumour, that is why we are here brother.
trexyz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/18/2025 12:18am
I think they will release a Bosch version of the Rise… Something tells me we won’t be seeing a new engine from Shimano anytime soon. Based on recent patent applications, it looks more likely that they’re working on a motor gearbox unit. But again, this is all just rumor, so take it with a grain of salt.
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AgrAde Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/18/2025 12:17am
We should talk about chainstay length to celebrate
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jalopyj Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/17/2025 10:35am
Isn't this the same crab layout as the older gen Rocky Mountain Altitude and Bird frames?
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beeeom Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
9/16/2025 11:18am
Just a buncha butthurt Yankees in here. Finding it hard to celebrate a young Canuck on top of the game. The irony is that if Jackson were American, those same butt hurt yanks would be being obnoxiously chanting ooo-rah USA! USA! with hand guns blasting in the air
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Jotegr Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/16/2025 8:54am LEGACY of the 38?? That shit is like 5 years old, this isn't some 20 year anniversary edition or something.
stefkrger Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/16/2025 8:52am
People in Europe have started to receive their flash sale bikes, and they are actually getting the exact models they ordered. There is some speculation that these bikes might legally be treated as gifts from the new investor in order to protect the brand name. This could also explain the no-return policy.
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piratetrails Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/15/2025 8:12pm
Apple sells a $2,000 iPhone and a $600 iPhone and their premium image is just fine. I'm really not seeing the brand erosion you're talking about with Ibis. What I am seeing is tons of riders, new and old on Rimpos and utterly stoked about them. Every single weekend I'll end up riding the lift with someone on a Ripmo. 1B people have iPhones, so access to the product alone doesn't erode the brand. We cannot ignore the god awful rebrand Ibis did recently, taking their iconic head badge and making it look like a sticker from Costco. The new...
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Jotegr Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/15/2025 8:14pm In fairness, I'm guessing the price-performance-reliability triangle was better on a per-unit basis for Vitus to swap everything to carbon from Flybike than it would be to try to get decent quality alloy equivalents. RE: Ibis+Trek+Specialized alloy frame storage. I would also hazard a guess that most manufacturers are "locking" it behind carbon because it's a much easier feature to...
breadplusbutter Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/15/2025 2:33pm
They do, which I think has actually severely impacted their image and position within the high-end market negatively. It has two problems; they have specced them (largely) as lower-end models, which has devalued their higher-end carbon models and brand as a whole, leading to the question we are currently discussing. People who buy a Ripmo AF with Deore do not have the same experience as someone who buys the Carbon high-end spec. I've ridden both versions and can unequivocally tell you the carbon one with better parts is noticeably better on the trail. They also conversely are not that good...
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