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That's also because Codes were god awful and the sram riders were so happy to get on an actual brake. I recently felt some older codes on some bikes I was dealing with and they were shockingly worse than I remembered. Say what you will about Shimano brakes, but they've been consistently good for a while.

Domi M4. Mineral oil all but confirmed?

Hoping the vital pit bits is Spec doing proto hillbilly radial. That and the cannibal in radial would rip, but radial hillbilly is first on my wish list.

Some new helmet tech coming from Kali in their latest Shiva Nano model called Full Nano Technology. The main benefit being how the material can manage multiple hits without needing to be replaced, which has always been a downside with commonly used EPS foam. It is wildly expensive at $1000 USD, and subjectively a bit hard on the eyes. But I do appreciate the effort to keep advancing helmet safety. https://www.kaliprotectives.com/products/shiva-nano?variant=42818840526…

That Levo X is weird with that parts kit but put Deore level stuff on it and paint it camo and they'll sell an absolute shit ton of them.

Consistency and rolling speed (in the case of 2x kryptotal fronts). I personally dont like dhr f/r because i don't care for the cornering knobs on that tire or the rolling speed. ymmv. I think kyrptotal fr have a more pronounced cornering feel and also roll faster than the assegais that make them a better candidate for a f/r setup. I think someone else in here ran the kryp fronts f/r as well and didn't like them because its harder to use the brake to adjust your cornering angle mid corner compared to a kryp rear/dhrII type of tire -...

I'd love to see someone attempt a hydraulic damper/viscous coupling type thing rather than using friction in the derailleur clutch. Dunno if it could be made small/light/reliable but it would certainly improve shift quality and might not feel quite so gross through the suspension.

Renthal’s DHC pedals

Banshee up to something new, the shock cage looks different. Maybe a metric shock uodate?

From Minnaar’s lastest instagram post: a couple screenshots of the Team DH proto. I can’t wait for this bike to get released for us pigeons.

You are correct, thanks for making mention before I could catch up in this thread. On longer climbs I would take the chain off but most times I just wouldn't care to. The bigger problem was the chain length in my largest rear cog when using the lower guide, only a problem during climbing though. The system was great while descending. But I just run the ochain now instead of the lower guide because it's manages the chain whipping and is less faff.

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.

I'm pretty sure @jessemelamed was running a lower chain guide on his race bike last year, IIRC. The chain was taken off the guide for climbing and back on for descending. I could also be very mistaken...

New cable XT and Deore drivetrains for Shimano on the new Orbea Oiz. Looks like they use the new clutch style like on the new DI2 derailleurs...

I will probably get flamed for this, and will offer the caveat that I have only been skimming this page, but I feel like these bikes are great propositions and are in my eyes cool bikes because they’re made to be cheap and practical workhorses for younger demographics that don’t have as much disposable income and want a playful park bike that they can maintain themselves. Maybe I’m just haven’t been following the thread well enough, but I don’t see why the ebike bit is necessary to explain the appeal. Not everyone can afford bougie boutique racing machines, or ebikes...

Every time I hear sixfinity

If the new ranger was flexstay, I wouldn’t be surprised, but that red rocket is a obviously their standard CBF 3 bar

Me: Can we stop and get a 6-bar suspension from Yeti? Mom: We've got 6-bar suspension at home: For older Amflows, but I suppose the new ones might be supported as well: https://www.mklinkage.net/