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That does feel a little steep for a traditional drivetrain frameset, but then again.. pricing is all tarrific these days 🙄. I’m sure if there were no tariff war, these would be a lot less expensive.

What are you going on about? A bike is only useful for a region because of some made up ratio keyboard warriors use to justify their geo. Been riding EVILS for years, all over Europe , US, Canada, South America. They ride amazing everywhere. If you actually learn how to ride a bike with a short chain stay, your mystical golden ratio of bike useability is a crock of nonsense. That's coming from someone who has ridden 1.7-1.93's. You can ride the rubber off all of them, they just require different rider inputs to maximize the handling characteristics. Full stop...

Absolutely love my V3 Following. Ditched the RS Ultimate in favor of an Ohlins ttx air. Best upgrade! Sad to hear a V4 is not in the works. Given the current state of the industry, totally understandable. Love the updates on the Offering! I would have called the lunchbox ( lame.. ) “the coffin” though. Otherwise looks primo!

Alright - this is the first that I will entirely admit did not cross the idea board. Solid thought on that one. 10/10

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You win this round.

Our friends at Deity Components own this one. It was one of many names that were brainstormed & axed because it had already been used.

"or fell outside respectable social norms..." Would love to see that whiteboard.

I think in the past we had short travel and long travel versions of bikes (i.e. LTs, evos, lunch rides) and now it's moving into long chainstay vs short chainstay bikes. Distinct handling characteristics that riders are choosing a side and sticking to it. Funny you mention arizona - arguably the most arizona bike of all has a 1.88 to 1.92 f/r ratio depending on setup (size large, redacted bike name). Needless to say, I think the Evil bike looks good and I think it would be a lot of fun to ride.

All good & we're happy to help as best we can. Poppy, playful, stable, and confident are all subjective in their own right. Agility & stability are somewhat at odds with one another - bit of a tradeoff, you might say. With this bike, we've tried to strike what we feel is the "perfect balance", or somewhere in the middle. Compared to it's predecessor, the Offering has gotten longer, with a slacker HA and longer CS. Thus, leaning more towards stability. We didn't go crazy with these numbers, because we wanted to carefully preserve the agile character Evil is known...

Agreed - we whiteboarded a bunch of ideas for this one. Everything we came up with was either too corny, already used by another bike brand, or fell outside respectable social norms. Thus, we went with the simple answer.

Plenty of folks out there running the Insurgent with a dual crown, actually! Works perfectly well. If running a dual crown fork, 180-190mm travel is best w/ 29" front wheel. 190-200 is best w/ 27.5" front wheel. DJI SL ebike - maybe someday.

I woulda called it the Crypt Keeper.

Bike looks good... However, calling the in frame storage the lunchbox has got to be one of the least Evil sounding name possible...

If anyone wants to invest a few hundred grand with no guaranteed return, anything is possible.

When will Dak first be shown riding the new Undead?