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It's a proprietary blend of vertical compliance and lateral stiffness.

Maybe compliance in general can be patented?

Yep! Gearboxes are THAT BAD that we'd rather put up with all the faffing with chains. j/k. The truth is I've never ridden a gearbox and have nothing against them. I just like making jokes. I'm down to try one as soon as they end up on a bike that I'd be interested in buying, in a price range I want to hit, at a time I'm looking to buy one, and designed with my specific use case in mind.

Here's a Slayer prototype frame built in 2018 IIRC. I have another example of an earlier prototype built with a chip that allowed a low or mid-height main pivot. I'll have to fire up my external drive (cough I'm old..) to get a photo.

I have to assume that an actual roller, will keep the un-tensioned chain tight enough that it will start to transmit feedback to the chainring as the suspension moves. I think the chain slapping around is the thing they are trying to fix, and a roller could fix that problem, but introduce a butterfly effect of other concerns. That bottom of the chainstay slap that SC-VPP bikes have, is way more significant then I've experienced it on any other bike. For me, I've run an STFU (on top) and then an ochain+stfu. From that experience, I've also just added an...

Garbaruk wheels are already on their website, not sure if it's visible globally: https://www.garbaruk.com/wheels-parts.htm

Without the lower guide the chain gets pretty slappy. He's been running this off and on for a bit. Benoit uses something similar, even with a lower guide.

Also, I'm sorry

Mineral oil swells EPDM rubber to about twice its size - and also reacts with certain plastics. EPDM is mostly used on bikes for DOT brakes but its commonly used in seals and foam that aren't in contact with oil but are exposed to the elements (nitrile rubber reacts with oxygen, and I think UV). Stuff like your fork sag o-ring is sometimes EPDM, but I'm sure a lot of other parts are too. DOT fluid does strip paint but its also water soluble so pretty easy to clean up and only an issue if its left for a long...

Garbaruk posted on instagram that they have a new product announcing tomorrow, but a guy that I believe is sponsored by garabaruk seems to have pulled the trigger on his post early. Seems like Garbaruk is launching their own wheelsets, hubs, and spokes. Looks like some nice pieces, and it also seems like they have done a spoke very similar to industry nines "system" spokes. Lets just hope they dont charge like €3k+ for a set, which is what a I9 System carbon wheelset with multiple colors costs here in europe. Post says "reasonable pricing" - Who knows what that...

But one of them doesn’t strip paint, ruin rubber durometer, or make certain plastics brittle.

Imagine the look on his face when he finds out people put gigantic shake weights in sky scrapers to mitigate earthquakes

Brand new open bath technology. Comes with the air already mixed with oil in a patented "OIR" blend so you don't need to worry about pesky seals and stuff.

22-52? At that point you need chalk mate as that's rock climbing not cycling.

Bike tech is a circular cycle. You know what else is a circular cycle? Crab.

Technically any slug that is not centred is also a flip chip 🙂

As I say to everybody with a view like yours, come to Slovenia. We have a few climbs here where it's likely you'll be wishing for a 28t ring up front to replace the 30t on your bike to pair up with that wide range, 50+ tooth cassette out back. There are some people that can push insane gear ratios everywhere, but they are far an in between. There are different terrains around the world requiring different approaches. But overall, for most people, wide range cassettes are a benefit, not a negative. Having more options is great, but catering to...

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.

light on tech but high on fun (and putting here b/c half of you never go to the homepage : ) our dirt jump bike test sesh - https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/6-dirt-jumpers-tested-and-compared-vi…