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What are the odds that BK is getting an appearance fee for this race in Indonesia? UCI points are a side benefit.

No offense, but my hunch is that a $900 no-name dual crown for Surrons probably rides like a $900 no-name dual crown for Surrons. If you want to jump on that grenade to find out for the rest of us, I salute you, but I don't imagine RFloXa is killing themselves to sort out the finer points of suspension dynamics for the mostly beginner, mostly pavement-pounder Surron market in the same way that Fox, RS, EXT, or others in the high-end MTB space do.

Zink Bikes is dropping a new 27.5” model, I have no clue on geo and specs but this is what I’ve gleamed from ocbikeworks on Insta so far. “150 travel and it’s possible to run 26” in the back, but all the material shared with us suggests it’s meant for 27.5 without any mods. $1650 retail for the frame.” And like all shops they hook up the discount on parts to build it up. Has me intrigued for sure.

Check the hashtag… 🤔

BK owns Pivot Factory Racing, gets support from Pivot. There’s nothing for him at norco

Hmmmm...4? Bernard Kerr Bas Keep Boic Kruni Breg Kinaar Edit: 5 with Bodhi Kuhn

I thought he was going to Orbea and Scott. The man is too good for one team to handle.

I think you can add Thomas Estaque to that list. Heard the rumour around and seems to be in Annecy hanging out with Laly according to the socials

Ratboy on Michelin

specialized saddles are some of the best. I know enough people who pick them over wtb, ergon etc

There's no shortage of Ranges in my neck of the woods, which makes sense because my neck of the woods is British Columbia, where there's plenty of Norco dealers and the current Range makes a bundle more sense for the average "enthusiast" level rider in a two bike quiver than the Shore or a bunch of other options. I don't think you're right in statement that it was "never going to be a bike racers actually used in enduro". Maybe it's not the bike that the pros use, but roll up to any enduro race in BC and you're guaranteed...

The life of the current gen range is super interesting. Came out of nowhere kinda received no end of praise but it was never going to be a bike that racers actually used in enduro. Super heavy and squishy. Maybe the existence of the shore at the same time hurt its overall sales since you could buy a squish monster from the same brand for cheaper. Probably tracks way better but if you're a "freeride" guy, do you care? Or do you just care that it has a lot of travel? Seems to have been a really good practice of...

Did Specialized just break a new record of the most expensive MTB from a big box brand? The non-motorized version (SJ15) is $18,000 CAD

Glad it looks good on paper because it certainly isn't a looker otherwise.

I appreciate how quickly commenters went for the Vala's throat. Not that we were any better with respect to the Vala/Crestline comparison. I am quite interested to see what Deviate does with the kinematics on this one. I'm a big fan of the Claymore and VPP seems like it could be quite a departure, while retaining the rearward axle path. Deviate is typically rather open with their numbers and hopefully this is no exception. They shrunk the Large a bit which is probably wise, the Claymore in large is a 490mm reach, which I am on at 6' 2" rather...

new Deviate E-bike on the other site, seems pretty good on paper!

Are brakes the crabs of tech rumours?

https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/nerding-out-brakes-shall-we-not-ano…

The clear best solution is to just make water-cooled capable calipers. Water gets cycled through by a pump driven by a little baby pulley wheel on the outside edge of the rotors.

Aren't the Shimano versions one piece though? Probably makes quite a difference.