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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...

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So... the new Altitude is using (Not actually) VPP and the new Vala is using Smooth link

You can get medication for that.

Seriously, the transparent marketing just hurts. SC makes nice bikes, VPP is nice, long link four bars are nice, but the cognitive dissonance in marketing messages is fatiguing.

"We know our e-bike customers don't care or even know what VPP is so here's a bike that says SANTA CRUZ on it." (Am I too cynical?)

I'll just leave it here.