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MauiMax Added a comment about bike check Frameworks Enduro Custom Build
11/24/2025 1:55pm
Thanks! I pretty much put as much gold and bronze on as i could but also without going overboard and making it just too much and messy.
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Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/23/2025 11:30pm
The inside part is the one with the brake caliper mounted to it. On the Wilson that's the chainstay as it has the layout flipped to other models. In this case it's the seatstay so it's mounted there. The same part mounting the caliper also has the pivot bolt mounted solidly with the bearing on the outer part - you get more space to mount it that way. You need to do it that way because if you had the bearing in the caliper mounting member, under a locked wheel situation, the axle would rotate inside the hub. You don't...
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MauiMax Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/23/2025 9:38pm I take back what i said about devinci not putting the chainstay on the outside. Looking at the troy alloy and the chainsaw they definitely do with the alloy bikes. The angles on the seatstay still look off for a devinci to me but could be.
MauiMax Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/23/2025 9:35pm Im not sure about wilson just cause i havnt seen devinci put the chainstay on the outside of the seatstay like that. Could be but also that angle on the side of the seat stay doesnt look very much like and devinci ive seen. Almost more like a canyon but they just came out with a dh bike recently too...
MauiMax Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
11/19/2025 1:20pm That would probably be very difficult to do i think. Just for an example the trek fuel has 436 chainstays. The Fuel + has chainstays just over 440. Chainstays have to be made slightly longer to have space for the motor. Packaging constraints are the big issue there. But imagine a zink vacay in ebike form with a tq motor...
hogfly Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
11/19/2025 11:22am
I would guess that YT USA sold THEIR inventory to Jenson without his approval, so he's not keen on honoring that warranty, since he didn't bless the deal. Just speculation, though.
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
11/19/2025 11:00am
VERY rough notes from the insta Q&A Markus says yt usa will comeback, claims yt usa was completely independent and not effected by insolvancy - they purchased bikes from company at cost of goods and sold them. He says they ran into their own problems "why did he sell, will he sell again?" After 12 years of hustle he sold in 2020 to get something out of it. Unsure if he’d sell company again, “sees raw diamond in front of him, wants to develop brand but can’t promise he wouldn’t sell again, but says not his plan or intention to...
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MauiMax Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
11/19/2025 11:00am Really confused on what he means by more complicated warranty for jenson bikes but above that says Honor warranties? - “yes of course, 100% regardless of where you got the bike”. This doesnt make sense. Buying from jenson isnt a 2nd owner bike. Its still a brand new YT and warranty should be honored the same
Konda Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/15/2025 3:58pm
Whatever it is, it looks like the seat angle could be steeper. :o
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MauiMax Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/15/2025 12:41pm rocker link also made me think transition or kona but the linkage looks off for either of them
MauiMax Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/15/2025 11:56am Dont think its a gamux but the way they did that brace in the seat stay with the 2 cut outs reminds me of the 2023 gamux sego when it was all cnc
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/15/2025 11:42am
Going off @ therock911's cryptic comment to check out the headtube cable insertion for clues, it doesn't look like a Yeti SB120 or new Scott Gambler, but it does look pretty close to a new Norco Sight. I chose the newest bikes I could think of from each brand as a gauge of how they're doing cable routing right now:
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MauiMax Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
11/12/2025 11:07am I definitely will. Its quite the build. Not sure if this will feel weird or not but im running a reserve alloy wheel on the rear and they didnt have 27.5 in stock. I found a reserve 30 carbon on jenson thats probably a 2021 model. For like 250$. Couldnt pass that up.
LePigPen Liked a reply to forum topic E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
11/12/2025 11:06am
id love to see that FW in 275 when you do it. post a bike check. ez bike of the day!
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MauiMax Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
11/12/2025 11:03am Also those arnt ebikes. Dual 27.5 ebike is really a tough one now. Would definitely be voiding a frame warranty. Im surprised im not. I reached out and asked and they said it wont void the warranty and ill be the first person trying to set it up full 27.5 and asked me to let them know how it goes
MauiMax Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
11/12/2025 11:02am I think the 2 other bikes ive looked at that fit the bill kind of are the new bottle rocket although too heavy, and the zink vacay. Bit heavy but looks like a fun poppy short chain stay bike. Other good options maybe a pivot mach 6 although super boost. I wish i got the small mainly for a little...
LePigPen Liked a reply to forum topic E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
11/12/2025 10:58am
It seems there was a time where free riders and slope/slalom dudes had to modify bikes to be a bit burlier than what the market offered, to serve their riding. There was, in a way, a brief moment where the bikes those riders wanted coincided with what the market offered (or at least close to it). And now we have swung the other way, where pro slope/slalom/FR riders 'dumb' down their bikes from stock offerings to better serve their riding. Running smaller wheels, shorter cranks, angle sets to STEEPEN instead of slacken, downsizing frame size or for serious trickers sometimes...
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MauiMax Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
11/12/2025 10:25am I have to agree with this. I have a medium fw enduro and almost wish i got a small at 5'9". Reach isnt crazy long but its a big bike. Also at 41 pounds probably about the weight of a sl e bike so im guessing one of them would feel closer to a normal enduro bike vs a 50lb...
LePigPen Liked a reply to forum topic E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
11/12/2025 10:22am
Capable =/= fun (depending on the rider) Not much of a compelling argument to be made of would you rather bunnyhop/scrub/etc a 35 pound mountain bike or a 45-55 pound ebike. Not sure I'll ever have the privilege, but I do want to try an 'SL' ebike one day to see if it feels like a 'normal mountain bike with some climbing assistance' or just 'a slightly lighter ebike with worse range'. Canyon Spectral Onfly looks fun to ride. But considering how easy it is to drain a 540wh battery on a Decoy and how unfun it is to ride...
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MauiMax Added a reply to Dumb Bike Problems
11/12/2025 10:01am Fun one recently building up my frameworks enduro. Got the trp dhr evos on and went to bleed them. Front brake no problems. Back brake i went to loosen the bleed port on the caliper. Tiny torq bolt and it wouldnt budge. Kept trying and snapped a park tool torq off in the bleed port screw. After about a half...