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

ITT: People with no tech rumors arguing about how big their dick— er, uh, I mean how big their legs are

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

Classified hubs? Nah. I am testing one on a road bike, even in that application the extra weight on the rear wheel throws off handling enough for me to not be interested in the product. Adding all that extra mass at your rear axle? No thanks.

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...

Saw the new upcoming turbo levo out in the trail today. Passed by me so just enough visual to know it was a turbo levo and with no upper crossbar by the shock. Can’t say much else or specialized might take my post down

Current Gen XTR/XT/SLX all have a 10-45 Hyperglide+ 12 speed cassette option since their launch. It's also the same cassette that are used for current mechanical GRX 12 speed 1x with medium cage derailleur.

Tech: what appears to be a flip chip on the main pivot of the proto Session.

What catches my eye is that the mounting looks really "traditional". No direct mount / UDH style to be seen?

Should this be renamed to "Tech Rumors and Innovation, until a brand asks for posts to be deleted"?

I don't have any idea. Could be logical, hopefully we'll see it soon. Two further close photos (see e.g. the '12s' text). The cages seems to be different length on the two (?). Eagle-eyed people here might see some further important info, propably.

Some new photos from the new Shimano 12-speed wireless Di2 sets, posted here (no idea about the source): https://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=171477&start=45 It seems the set is full wireless. +1 pic from the new XTR crankset.

> production bikes aren't always optimised for racing, and race bikes aren't the best for mass production Since DH bikes have been dead commercially since about 2014, isn't any DH bike pretty much a "race only" bike anyways?

We've flown too close to the sun, back to CNC stem appreciation

Re the drop that broke BK's Pivot... As has been said, it's a fairly steep/groomed landing. 100% still a massive impact upon landing... But not that insane when compared to the forces put through bikes by consumers. Think, 225lb dude at Whistler, doing a 15ft drop to a more flat landing. Probably as much energy being transferred into the frame as what BK did on the drop that broke his frame. Or same 225lb dude coming up short on a 20ft gap and casing hard. Again, probably similar or more energy than what's being driven through BK's frame on that...

i get where they're coming from, but for those of us who remember what was stated - this essentially confirms it was not a rumor.

"the oil stays inside the shock... wtf"

Nobody is forcing these Manufacturers to participate. They can stay home if they don't feel like their equipment is up to the task. They COULD, and in Pivot's case, probably should be more thoroughly dyno testing their frames after their last high profile bike failure. You mentioned Evel Knievel and Harley Davidson... That combo of bike and rider was indeed groundbreaking, but there's a very good reason why freestyle riders and stunt riders have been riding Japanese and European motocross bikes, instead of HD's since the 80's. HD had no desire to keep up with the sport that E.K. had...

Brook and Bernard are pretty much the same weight, but thats not super important. There are much heavier riders using production bikes and they can still put some massive strain on it too! There should be more than enough margin for error in these frames that hardline isn't an issue. If it was an ultra light prototype just for racing I could understand but they shouldn't be taking that to hardline if it was, and that was a production frame being used which is not a great sign. This relates to one thing that always bugged me - production bikes...