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You are looking at the right 3 bikes. Right now is a buyers market for outdoor goods, not a sellers market, meaning that relatively speaking, a new bike is better value if you can afford it. Many brands are projecting shortages next year, so if you need to offload it, doing so next year will be much more favorable.

Oh, this is my specialty. I make data sheets and written guides about buying a bike. Your best bet is finding a Giant Fathom, Trek Roscoe, or Specialized Fuse secondhand. I've even seen that base Fuse with the coil for under 1k on their website. If you're REALLY struggling to find anything you can always fall back on the Poseidon Norton as a bottom of the barrel stock build that you can basically upgrade frame up long term. The wheels and drivetrain are more solid than I thought however so yeah you're basically just looking at fork, brakes, dropper and...

Please buy my DH fork that's been ridden super hard and never serviced. The oil seals don't leak because there's not enough oil left in the lowers to properly lubricate the bushings. If you can deflect a 35mm Boxxer to the point it's truly an issue, I'll be the first one to cheer for you on the WC circuit or at Rampage.

i never posted it here but the slowmo vid from MSA below has some fantastic examples of bikes/forks flexing, especially in the slab section with slow-but-big curb-like hits on the front wheel. rocks start around 4 mins i think. sometimes the forks flex, sometimes the frames do. energy has to go somewhere (and yes, i know everyone wants the fork to absorb the energy through its operation).

That's right. They are trying the same approach as Cannondale's "FlexPivot" by encouraging crab-link design feel without the bearings. Most other flex pivot bikes have equal amount of flex throughout the rear triangle.

If you thought Brendog's line was all about the rock, there's a chute of death to deal with as well...

looks like a bear

Other than the cable ports the front triangle looks literally identical. Credit to taprider on the NSMB forums. Apparently my LBS has them in stock, built, and hidden in the back, but I haven't been down to look.

"That’s why a 38mm single crown works like crap compared to a 35mm dual crown fork." 35mm dual crown fork 🤮 I always casually browse the used bike listings for DH bikes I don't really need.. After seeing this pic in the G Out Project, anything with an oldschool boxxer is immediatley ruled out unless the bike is a screaming deal.

Accidentally I've noticed a photo in this article where Dario Lillo is appararently racing on a prototype Fox 34 (?) fork with completely new lowers. Pinkbike article: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/xco-photo-epic-mont-sainte-anne-xc-world-… ...after some research, turned out, BrujulaBike guys also noticed it and posted some more close-up photos - the crown is very likely also new: Source: https://en.brujulabike.com/new-fox-fork-spotted-xco-world-cup-lake-plac… I tried to find some more close-up pics for spotting e.g. a Serial Number (which, in case of Fox could tell us hell a lot of more info ) but haven't found anything yet. (Sorry, if this has been already posted, tried to double-check but I haven't...

It's like your brain takes one year to forget just how big the hits are at rampage, then the first hot videos come out and all the excitement turns into "wtf are they doing, chill!!!"

THE AIRTIME!!! Bikes are flying at Rampage, first day of training has no chill haha.

what?

Absolutely gutted for Matt Walker and the Madison Saracen guys in their last race

There are a few reasons why we haven't done crowns. 1. To be honest unless you go really wild with offset, it's an adjustment you get used to and no longer feel. I've gone back and forth between 50 mm offsets on my trail bikes to match my DH bike and then 44 mm offset on my DH bike to match my trail bike and found it takes less than a day to get accustomed to the change. I actually spoke with the guy who did the Outsider adjustable crowns about this and he had the same experience. So to...