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Hate that my thought about this is "Back in 2010 people couldnt immediately get used to the looks of 29" so we needed the in-between step of 27.5. Now we need 30,5" in order to get used to the 32" looks." Haha

That’s it, Shaft driven bikes. Shafted Purse 2028, I’m calling it now.

The pivot team has been ripping whistler laps and a few of them have custom lugged rear ends. It has a chainstay length flip chip built in - shown in middle setting here.

She's was interviewed somewhere (or maybe it was an Instagram post) and said she's doing good but not going to do hardline Tasmania this year to focus on getting back up to speed for the world cups.

Enduro is not dead. It just can't be viewed and marketed like DH. If Pivot doesn't pull the plug, Moi Moi is a great choice.

Damn, nice work! This makes sense now. I pictured the back of the swingarm somehow being cut and re-welded, but you extended the entire thing. Crazy. Very cool story with your son's bike as well. You've got some skills. I fully agree with your point, but hearing of a 35mm increase in CS seems massive and hard to visualize. I had a Cascade Link on a Bronson, which increases the CS by around 5mm, and I thought I was gonna hate that. Turns out it was fine.

What modern bike have done is move more of your weight through your hand (longer reach) while moving rearward your center of mass in relation to your wheels (longer front center, but similar rear end). It pushes you to put more weight through your hand to keep traction on your front wheel. What you can do to still benefit from the modern geometry is to put a higher rise (50 to 80mm) bar to enable you to push your front wheel without behind in an uncomfortable position. Also, choosing a bike with a longer chainstay will allow more of the...