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Go for it.. the Infinity EN solves all Enduro bike issues.. same hub, no adapters.., same stem.. low weight.. this one is the same I used on my canfield one.2... and the Spire with the CClink was 90% a DH bike.

Yes I'm tootin' my horn here but the winning Rampage bike would fit right in here. That's a regular Altitude frame with a few low key mods that anyone can do.

Here's mine @ 180 mm, fork also has the Shockcraft Rockeater home install kit, incredible fork

Ran my G1 with a triple clamp last year, formula Nero. Definitely a lot stiffer up front, but felt like the fork worked more consistently through the bigger hits. No creekty csus either!! Downside was tyre clearance as it’s a pretty short fork axle to crown, so squeezing it on a 130mm headtube was very precise and too close for my liking. Fox40 and a boxxer gives a bit more room on the headtube, so will pick one up at some point.

Firm believer in the enduro dual crown setup ever since I had a Super T. on a VPfree way back when. Now on a long-stroked G1 with a (slightly) lowered and reduced offset Dorado.

Here is mine: Loved this one, very pedal efficient but made me looking more into a full DH bike so I switched to a Phoenix v5.

I much prefer DC forks for burly enduro trails, lift assisted dh or bike park runs. If the daily uphill ride is over 500m vertical, then I’d rather take another bike or modify the bike for these long, one day epics, w/ a sc fork.

I feel like this could work on my ebike: Looks super wide

This is a non-issue. You simply buy a race for your dual crown (its different) and you leave the race on your single crown. When you switch, these should stay put. I see no reason you should be swapping entire headsets. Maybe I'm misreading?

More pics and info about Kayaba fork. Coil + air spring (like in old Marzocchi?) 20mm axle, weight 2900g, price ~1650$ https://mds.co.jp/news/2025/07/18/24687/

The Entourage was one of the funnest bikes I ever owned. The "mini-DH" bikes of that era, like the TR250, were so rad. Probably too niche to make it back into bike brand lineups, however, especially in these times and with many in this demographic moving to ebikes.

Kind of sad about this While I’m waiting for the release of a bike to put an Intend fork on I noticed they replaced the travelizer with the Travel Ranger, I loved the idea of running the fork lower most of the times and bump it up 10mm for trips like Whistler and similar

Respectfully, it's more accurate to say " Pro tip, your super enduro will absolutely be acceptable for DH trails." No matter how good long travel single crown bikes are these days, there's still no replacement for displacement.

I suspect we'll see more of the one frame Enduro/ DH bike moving forward. Orbea proved the concept can work, and it spreads the development cost over a larger amount of bikes. It's better for the manufacturers. Riders like the concept of being able to swap out the fork and shock for the once or twice a year park day, even if most riders never do it. It's the same as flip chips, most riders find the setting they like and stay there. I'd bet a good bit of riders never change the flip chip from the out of the...

This might be of interest to some, this is how rolling your bars 10 or 20° backwards affects the geometry of the bar if you have a 35 mm riser bar with 8/5° of sweep. The stack and setback (negative reach) are somewhat specific to the case, but it still gives some good insight on how some values are barely affected (backsweep), while others are greatly affected (the setback basically makes your bike almost a size smaller reach wise): More backsweep and less upsweep both contribute to pushing your elbows inwards, giving you a less attacking position. Is this part...

Not exactly an innovation per se; but Raaw has started offering the option to rent a toolbox full of all their adjustments included. You get it for two weeks so you can decide if any of those adjustments make sense before you buy. And, get a discount when you do decide to buy something afterwards. Pretty cool idea. https://raawmtb.com/en-us/collections/parts/products/raaw-factory-suppo…

Actual Knolly prototype, or just Knolly stickers on a Santa Cruz/Crestline/similar? Would be quite surprised to see Knolly make such a drastic move away from their existing suspension platform, design language, materials, etc.