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Now that's a proper spy shot.

One reason might be to prevent flats. I've only had 2 flats in the past year and a half, but both were from breaking a spoke, which then pushed back through the hole in the DTSwiss rim and punctured the rim tape. Regular rim tape (stans, mucoff, etc) isn't good against spoke impacts, but it doesn't leave residue when you peel it off like Gorilla tape. If combined, you get no residue, but also better resistance against spoke punctures.

Nothing really new here, but EXt working on some "normal" looking mud gards! Hope that fox offers a similar one in the future. Gives the USD fork kind of a more "normal" look. (I say normal just because im not used to USD forks in mtbs, but they do look good)

I'm working on my own lap timer iOS app and handlebar mounted bluetooth button called Cyclaps. The bluetooth button mounts on your handlebars and communicates directly to the Cyclaps app to start/stop timing and mark segment times. Just hit the button on your bars next to your thumb. It can be MUCH more accurate than any GPS and you can time anything/anywhere you'd like. The Cyclaps app can be set to record simple times or segment times. All lap times are recorded to a file on your phone that can be filtered and shared. Cyclaps does not use any data...

Peak bending moment occurs at the axle end of the seat stay. This snapping is unrelated to the flex stay if it's happening at the linkage end. Looks like it's a compression failure in the tube that wouldn't be fixed by adding.the bearing. Also given the brake mount location the actual angle change on the flex stay is negligible and the 6 bar description is more academic then actually measurable. That said I've not modelled the kinematic myself.

That rear brake mount can go fuck itself though.

Forbidden went full gas on the crab link

Looks like the Forbidden eMTB (I'm assuming) will be 'landing' at Sea Otter.

" why do bike companies spec such short dropper posts on their bikes?” Brands have to spec a post that functions when fully inserted, or else folks will fully insert it, have it not work, and complain. Maybe attempt to sue them when it comes up while riding, and they get hurt. Thank your local Lawyers. So they have to spec to the smallest rider, not the tallest.

Looks like a new Radial tire available from Schwalbe too, Tacky Chan joining the party. I haven't seen that mentioned anywhere yet.

Manitou owners don’t seem to have any issues with the front of their seals being exposed.

Theyre running a bunch of cool s$%t. It'll be nice to finally see the manitou/hayes/sunringle group get rewarded for building really good stuff . Looks $$$ on that frame

Reynolds with a new prototype

Shout out big privilege, he's a good dude. Always up at mountain creek, just a normal dude that likes riding bikes (with a rap career). I love that it he brings representation for a minority in our sport.

He smokes weed and rides his bike… If I knew I could’ve got a sponsorship off it that I’d have tried a long time ago