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Used to be pretty big (and cheap) back in the DJ and huck-to-flat freeride days. Overbuilt, overweight stems, massive seatpost collars... that's what immediately comes to mind. 😄 Just Google Da Bomb Projectile and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. Da Bomb was 200% meathead before anyone even knew what a meathead was. 😄

Agreed. And shoutout to those crazy Cannondale/Fox DYAD pull shocks and later the Gemini shocks that changed stroke length at the flick of a lever.

I would love to see a deep dive on Orbea. I am fascinated by the basque style cooperative model and would like to hear your take on the advantages and disadvantages in comparison to a more traditional corporate structure.

Not sure it means anything, but for about a week or so now RCZ (by the looks of it a OEM gear liquidation store that @Karabuka mentioned a while ago) is selling A LOT of yeti stuff - frames and build kits and complete bikes. And we're not talking one or two models ready for a refresh, it's everything from ARCs, SB120s to SB165s. And all frame sizes and all levels of build kits.

Yeah, that does sound pretty pretty pretty gooood! I've thought about doing the same thing, either getting a closeout basic fork or a cheap used one, and just using the chassis to experiment with different internals. I go back and forth on it, as, on the one hand, Fox has a huge R&D budget, and exposure to all the pro athletes tuning preferences and the institutional knowledge therein, so you'd hope that after almost 30yrs they'd have their Sh*t dialed. On the other hand, most of the aftermarket tuned forks and shocks I've tried have felt great, and certainly better...

Not sure about 38s specifically but the air shafts between a 36 Rhythm/Marz Z1 are different than for a 36 Performance/Elite/Factory for the ever so slightly different thicknesses, had to navigate that recently to up the travel on my fork. Haven't checked the damper compatibility though!

I don't have the level of knowledge you want on that fork, but from what I recall the Rhythm forks are very similar in construction to the current (Fox owned) Marzocchi branded forks. I know the Zokes use 6000 series aluminum upper tubes, vs. the 7000 on the high end Fox forks, and thus have a higher wall thickness to compensate for the weaker material, so I suspect the Rhythm forks are using that same construction. Regarding interchangeability of Fox parts, you'll need to get someone with more hands on experience with them than me, but I did just want...

Would y'all want to see a 15-minute VitalMTB video with back-to-back testing on a section of brutal rocky chunder with different pedal kickback theories to see if the Ochain really works as advertised?

Right at the bottom of the pic you can read in the pizza box "Galicia cali..." It's a quality certification from Galicia, the region in northern Spain where Angel is from. So you know! 🤣

Angel was at Rock Creek two weeks ago picking up his bike. It’s all but confirmed in a press release at this point.