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Alu Stunty has been seen out in the wild under sponsored riders.....complete with holes for analogue gears!! It's all gone a bit quiet on the enduro front though.

You mean like, downhill bikes from 25 years ago? They were still a shit load of fun to me. 🤷‍♂️

I agree that's it's a 'motor-bike', by definition. But ya know, pedaling uphill at 2 mph on a bike vs. 4 mph on a mid-power e-bike, ain't such a big deal in absolute terms. You are still crawling up that hill, nothing like a 55 hp KX450F. As far as 'cheating', I ride by self 97% of the time when riding the e-bike, so not sure how I'm 'cheating' when there isn't even a race going on. I mean bikes are also 'cheating' hikers by your definition, but only if you are racing them. But I certainly get the resistance...

I think the “enduro” bike as we know it is dying. We keep seeing enduro bikes creeping towards DH bike territory with longer travel and dual crown compatibility, while trail bikes are creeping up on enduro bikes from the other side. I can see the classic 160mm enduro bike going away and being replaced by 170-190mm descent focused bikes with dual crown compatibility like the Spire and Spindrift. Then riders with more mixed trails will gravitate to slightly shorter travel “all mountain” bikes like the Ripmo, Stumpy, and Bronson.

Couple of leaks here and there, it's ready and the production frame will be shown very soon

Has anyone noticed that the Pivot DH prototype now has a full carbon rear triangle instead of lugs? Kerr and Walker new rears before Crankworx Whistler.

Just saw this from Wheel Based. New caliper from Shimano.

New Bosch gen5 motor and components due out at the end of sept. New 800w and 600w batteries and top tube integrated screen. The 800w battery is lighter than the current 750w by about a pound with more advanced cells. The motor is roughly the same weight as the gen4 with the same 85nm and 600w peak power and 2 bolt attachment rather than 3. A slight evolution, not the leap DJI and ZF are bringing to the game . There will however be many bikes with new/updated frames due to this change.

One of the upcoming things also seems to be optimisations around compliance, stiffness, adapting it to different styles, etc.

Looks like a new Spindrift drops tomorrow.

Saw a 2025 catalog this weekend that peaked my interest. It looks like Bosch might have a new generation CX level battery coming out. Size 800 maH, and has a much lighter weight for its size. Granted the bike that it comes with has a major design change to the frame, but they’re claiming a whopping 10 pounds lighter weight over the 2024 model…

Attitude.

We can finally buy a $15k Pivot......rejoice!

can't be too long

Spy shots of the new alloy stumpy, that has cable ports, on an ad for a wireless dropper.

"Sorry guys, can't ride, I forgot to charge the battery for my shock fan on my new Gambler."

lol, i was merely joking when i said „1k dropper incomin“ a couple of pages back… 1100€ GTFO!!! fox has absolutely no sense for reality 🤯

Review is up on OUR site!!! 😘

The FOX Transfer Neo wireless dropper is officially out - here's everything you want to know about it: https://www.vitalmtb.com/product/guide/seatposts/fox/transfer-neo-facto….