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The weightweenies thread that was linked earlier with the XTR Di2 is now updated with the new XTR brakes as well. Looks nice https://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=171477&start=60

Tech: what appears to be a flip chip on the main pivot of the proto Session.

some info was gleaned about an upcoming fox fork. it apparently has travel, an axle, and a steerer tube. the information was apparently correct, which is why its gone.

For my info everything stays 12s, no 13s incoming...! Talk to a Manufactory insider a few weeks back. XTR / XT / Deore 12s Wireless - 10-51 and 11-45 And NO Saint incoming, all the Proto Brakes are new XTR 4 Piston...But thes just my infos...

Should this be renamed to "Tech Rumors and Innovation, until a brand asks for posts to be deleted"?

Some new photos from the new Shimano 12-speed wireless Di2 sets, posted here (no idea about the source): https://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=171477&start=45 It seems the set is full wireless. +1 pic from the new XTR crankset.

from neko‘s IG, all the specs on the new MY26 fox float x2 asa‘s is riding.

I would definably not be designing something like that under the radar!!!

Before I started making bikes, I had a variety of different designs, but had always preferred single pivots. They just felt more lively and engaging to ride. And even thought I was doing a bit of racing, I felt this was most important. It's never the bike that is slowing me down, so a bike that I felt most confident on was always going to make me the fastest. I think I nailed geometry pretty early on via quite a bit of testing of different variations. But pretty much for the whole of Starling's time, geometry has remained unchanged. We've...

Moi Moi pulled down his video and Spomer nuked the Fox info. Tech rumors forum bringing the heat this week.

i get where they're coming from, but for those of us who remember what was stated - this essentially confirms it was not a rumor.

I may or may not have seen this at Euro Champs last year.

Looks like Scott accidentally posted the yet-to-be-released Gambler's drawing to the geometry section of the current Gambler.

That looks like a Similar pile i seen of Supreme DH v4's. Also, While i've never been keen on Evil, my friend goes through a frame every 6-7 months. 200lbs and bang right by the downtube bolt... every single time(same place as VanCan's always broke)

Probably not the super marketing boost they were hoping for.

I'll see your two boxes and raise you:

apparently some guy mated a new front triangle to a balfa bb7 rear. pretty cool! (image found on fb):

I worked at a dealer during that time too and it was absolutely as bad as the internet thought it was. I don’t buy the “pre-production” excuse. They all exploded, pretty much every SB5c and SB6c we sold. Front end, rear end, they all broke. At one point we had two bike boxes full of dead triangles.

So one reason why I'm hesistant to share breakages of bikes online is that stuff sticks around forever.....I worked for a Yeti dealer at that time when the "pre production" frames had thin chainstays which cracked very easily. But it was just that very small number of initial bikes, I think we sold 2 SB6's from the batch and yeah they broke but the dozens that followed were fine in that regard (not perfrect bikes but the chainstays were actually fixed). But that reputation definitely stuck with Yeti which is a shame since it was such a small number of...

Ahh, the 2015 Yeti approach. That’s a bold strategy Cotton, let’s see if it pays off.