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Looks like a Maven caliper and an HS2 rotor on the rear

Did some estimations of yoke length based on difference in BB height between the regular and evo Levos since I don't have the evo yoke in hand. The yoke length is almost certainly off by a mm or two, but that doesn't change leverage curve much.

Huh, I'm not even mad. Unlike mountainbikes, a bikepacking ATB seems like the perfect application scenario for 32" wheels.

we've kicked off a sea otter forum thread that we'll update this weekend. throw in your finds too! https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/sea-otter-classic-2026

If only someone made a linkage that allowed a longer shock to to be run on the Levo and it yielded 170 mm of travel. That would be wild.

800 euro for the pair. No rotors. Also the new demo launch must be imminent, I presume these will be included in at least the top level build spec.

Hey all, I can finally take off my very sneaky blue tape camouflage to reveal that yes, I’m reviewing the new Nomad. Because I’ve spent so many years on the old Megatower, I’m framing this as a Megatower vs. Nomad comparison. Especially interesting for me because of the rumors that the Megatower is going away and the new Nomad does not take 29” rear wheels. I only have a couple rides in on the new bike, but so far the geometry feels really good and the bike feels solid and stout. Weirdly I haven’t been able to figure out the...

I think history has proven to never buy a first gen e13 anything

We built this one! It's a Mattoc Expert 🙃

Thoughts on the latest Forbidden clip? Also, interesting that Canyon have removed the Strive from the website entirely. No enduro bike currently advertised.

Looks like a mechanical version of the XT 12 speed is coming on the Clash Fox bulid

That makes a lot of sense, I appreciate that. I have been doing this so long I forget sometimes, honestly. I guerrilla marketed One Ghost Industries for the better part of 10 years and never got any flack for it. Different times now and I know I am a bit out of touch. I also don't have a lot of free time to spend in the forums, which sucks all the way around. Two jobs and a family with two younger kids each with an autoimmune disease (on top of my own health issues) makes it difficult. I also haven't...

I might be an outlier but I would love to go do one of these as a vacation and then watch the DH. The price is pretty good compared to BME or Rev.

There was a lot of damage done by adding the ebike race and cutting back on the pedal bike racing for organizational reasons. but it seems they fixed a lot of the issues with the racing with the exception of not enough new venues. However the fact so many of the well known names have dropped out is hard to fix. Which circles back to not offering enough of an experience for racers to for go better monetary options purely because they much rather race enduros. So the simple answer is lots of new venues with 2 day racing where...

The funny thing is... the garbage can is still the most important tool for cushcore install....