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Could make sense, in conjunction with the updated Hope master cylinder with a bleed screw on it recently.

Definitely not the fork. Nothing to see there.

spotted on amaury pierron’s ig story, strange knob on the air stanchion of Amaury's fork, could be a spring damper Boxxer?

Isn't this the Horst pivot bike we have seen under Reece since the announcement?

Speedholes

Let’s see if this gets deleted as well

Interesting. A gearbox makes more sense in terms of justifying a total redesign of the bike. Because there's a lot more that's different in the bb/linkage/shock area. The lower shock bolt alone is at least 3-4" higher. If there is a gearbox under there, that doesn't leave a lot of space for the old 6-bar design so there would probably have to be a new layout, as well. Cool stuff either way.

Arkansas offers a bunch of incentives for people to move there and it’s also easier for companies to sell in Walmart if they have a store in Bentonville… (highly doubt a higher end direct to consumer bike brand is looking to sell in Walmart though haha) plus the Walton’s have been dumping tons of money into the bike industry, which shouldn’t be taken as a bad thing.. yes, they are not just doing it out of charity and are going to be trying to profit from their investment; however, they’re doing a lot of things that normal industry players never...

One of these days I'll have to get way from the Rockies to experience real mountain biking in Arkansas.....

Not a rumor but interesting: On the Downtime Podcast Dan Booker said he's on a 2-year contract w/ Santa Cruz that includes all the EDR rounds.

He's there to analyse the dirt after you crash.

TX has hills and a lift?😮

Spider is incredibly fun. Kids 12 and under ride and race free there, btw! They even have a super cute motel on site with a marina and a pool. Just across the street from Spider is RPR, which is a ranch full of sweet slopestyle and enduro stuff(and a niiice floodlit ds track)… 20 minutes away is Station mtb park, a tractor shuttle spot(that is getting a fresh DS track). When I go to Central TX to build trail every winter, I plan it all around how close my air bnb is to Burnett. TX Hillcountry winter riding is really...

If you bend any part of the frame, are you sure nothing else got bent? Overstressed? How sure you are you can only replace one part and don't need to replace the whole frame?

Kirk McDowall bike check at pb last year

That bike is rad. Teeny L-beam seatstays and pocketed (but larger) chainstays. Looks practical to machine and keeps the chainstay stiffer than the seatstay for more roll and less wag. Good pedal stiffness but also good compliance. It will always be heavier than a tube for the same stiffness but (turns out) it's hard to machine a tube so this is a great solution and will be stiff enough for its weight. and it's cooler than a tube. It's neat that they can machine all these parts and still make money per bike... that's a lot of machine time. Funny...

Hey so what kind of name is Prof Michael Posthumus? Am I just not getting a joke? Prof Michael Posthumus. What does this guy say to put on his cup at Starbucks? Prof Michael Posthumus.

Yeah not sure they got that right in the text. Clearly looks like its two separate halfs joined by the linkage and a "tube" kind of

re: one-piece rear end, this is from their PR, so i listed it as a highlight. i don't doubt that it's comprised of 2 pieces bolted together, however.