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A classic.

Supernought full build is listed and it is eyewatering https://forbiddenbike.com/bikes/supernought/

Came for the tech rumors, stayed for the Team Robot Felt Decree press release memories.

Curious what y'all know about the new Specialized tires with tire dampening technology. Is that like a mud conditions tire for wet terrain? Or is it a dry tire, but it dampens the dirt so it becomes wet and tacky?

That's normal for XD and XDr. Hope does the same thing. been like that for a few years. XDr 12 speed uses 11-speed spacing between gears so it needed a bit more room - just shy of 2mm as it would happen. I am assuming 13 speed comes about by SRAM using a narrower-than-11-speed spacing on the XDr driver. Certainly, it's possible that if/when SRAM releases mountain 13, they need to go on XDr to get every little bit of room they can.

poll about a universal seatpost standard started here https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/would-you-be-favor-universal-seatpo…

Well,here’s one thing I can already say that is very positive about Padmelon. I placed my order yesterday but was hemming and hawing about whether to order for my DH bike or enduro bike. I decided enduro and quickly ordered as I was late getting out the door. Apparently I had mistakenly added the mount for my DH bike instead of my enduro bike but had ordered the correct damper. The Padmelon team caught it, sent me an email and told me they would hold the order until I confirmed. This saved me a lot of time and money and...

seems like Marin's DH bike got an early release on mtb-news : https://www.mtb-news.de/news/marin-quake-downhill-bike/ Build is 5200€ / 2099€ for a frame

Sram goes to 13 on the gravel. If you had a XDR freehub, and a UDH frame, would this work on a MTB? - combine the new mech and cassette with existing transmission chain and crank, and any AXS shifter of your choice? https://singletrackworld.com/gritcx/2024/08/sram-goes-1x13-sram-red-xpl…

I haven't listened to the podcast yet, but some shop guys (WAO dealer) was saying something about having to re-tool the molds because they were having issues. I know a ton of people with Arrivals and haven't heard of anyone having issues with durability, but who knows. If they already have molds, I think they should just make a super limited run of frames (Arrival and DH) each year and keep them super exclusive. Be like, the Koenigsegg of bikes. Keep the build kits top end and charge a ton. I'm pretty sure they'd still sell out each year.

inside line with dustin adams/weareone from whistler last year mentions no more bikes https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/we-are-one-inside-line-mountain-bike-…

A Propain employee was on Pinkbike saying they read the comments on their bike reviews and they got it wrong with headset cable routing as everyone didn't want it. So kudos to them for listening.

Ok, I've shit on Scott's internal shock designs on here forever and while if I'm being honest, the long travel bikes do look good, my minds not changing on the serviceability side of things and that their bikes are a consumer nightmare. Why are they pushing the internal shock thing so hard? Is it just to be different? Is it to have a selling point to some "needs the cool new thing" consumer out there because their bikes didn't have any real reason to buy them over another bike until they had a unique thing? That isn't actually that unique...

New manufacturer entering the brake market from the south west UK - Hel. Think they usually specialise in racing brakes/brake parts for cars and motorbikes.

Here’s a rumor I heard: sram and shimano said that you’re all going to ride singlespeeds until you learn to get along.

Maybe you guys can talk in french then? Reason 420 why we need gear boxes- we dont have to scroll past 10 pages of derailleur impressions

The issue is that Transmission "knowing" the time to shift is marketing BS. There is no hardware to allow the drivetrain to know when to shift. Transmission puts enough pressure on the chain to shift at a shift ramp/ gate, but not enough pressure to force a shift before the chain reaches ramp/gate. The drivetrain knows nothing. This is why it's highly unlikely there will ever be a cable activated Transmission derailleur. With direct cable shifting, there is no way to prevent forcing a shift. The key to the shifting performance of transmission is completely reliant on controlling the limited...