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U turn or DPA specifically was a bandaid to make bad bikes climb better. Bikes are now good as they are. I had a dual position air on a 15 Giant Reign and basically never used it. That was after years of using a coil Uturn Pike on the previous bike. And the Giant still wasn't a good bike by...

2supple Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

7/16/2026 8:58pm
All the Pivot and Evil guys reading this
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Except Sram's 11 SPD is 42t max and comparing granny gears you have to take wheel roll out into account as well as a larger wheel is effectively a harder gear. A 30t on a 29er is about the same as a 32t on a 27,5 and a 34t on a 26 inch bike. I also said if your terrain...
I've had my belt come of a few times in 2 years of general riding without "extreme" mud conditions. All were due to sticks kicking up and lodging between the belt and rear cog. I can see how a bunch of thick mud can buildup from coasting downhill and derail it. I honestly think that if the Gates sponsorships weren't happening the gearbox bikes would be chain drive, or switch over to chain drive when the going gets muddy. The belt is very quiet and smooth in non-extreme conditions but no denying the chain is a better option for ultra...
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If your terrain supports it it's a valid choice. There's a lot of terrain out there where the chainrings aren't small enough and 2 teeth less is not enough to cover the missing 50+T dinner plate though... It's kind of like not having a granny gear on a 3x system and making the middle ring just a few teeth smaller...
Based on all the problems Gates teams are going through to prevent that from happening in the mud (custom covers and similar, apparently not hard. Maybe an important thing to notr here. Belt tensioners in cars are pretty strong if I'm not mistaken. Gates belt drives were also primarily seen in hardtail applications where you tension it by moving the...

jones007 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

7/15/2026 12:11pm
I've got a buddy that does a lot of riding and a little racing on a 2019 Blur, and he's coming up on 18k miles on an XX1 DR on that bike. Still works great. I'm kind of wondering if my Eagle DR collection might outlive me. If not, I'll take Madrone over T-Type.
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But why run T-Type then, why not just runt he old Eagle stuff? And then when you're at it, why not run an X01 Eagle derailleur? Granted, at some point X01 derailleurs will be a thing of the past, especially with Sram replacing the Eagle gen with 'new' derailleurs where the best cable actuated option is essentially GX, so that's...

DServy Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

7/15/2026 11:25am
Honestly, the lack of "fudgeability" by using the limits + b tension screws to deal with any cable/housing related issues puts a hell of a lot of pressure on the tension adjuster on the sram 90 shifter and its just... not up to the task. I think I'd be singing a different tune if it felt as nice to deal with (and worked as well) as the XO and XX1 stuff did in the previous generation. I recently put an XO DH shifter on a madrone DH jab and my god its so nice, and in my opinion what the...
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I'm also 190 cm and also on a large, but the Aeris 9 is even larger than previous models. I was on an XL AM9 before (I have both bikes in the bike check section) and started feeling the XL is too big so I went with the L Aeris 9. Sadly it's zoo much bike travel wise for my...

gibbon Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

7/15/2026 5:00am
That is a fine choice of dandyhorse there Mr P . I like my Aether a lot but even at 1.90m on a large , 20mm of spacers and 30mm bars feels pretty good (a longer cs would be nice though ;o)
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jofish Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

7/15/2026 12:58am
I know I’m in the minority here but I’d take a slightly cheap feeling shifter that feels like a shifter over one that feels like adjusting the volume on a cheap bluetooth speaker any day.
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gibbon Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

7/14/2026 10:27pm
It's a shame there is no way to adjust the height of your handlebars.If you bike's stack is 10mm lower than you'd like you just have to put up with it.It's really unfortunate.
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jones007 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

7/14/2026 10:27pm
Yeah, my iPhone even warns me that there is an AirTag near me on most flights I take now, since a lot of people throw them in their luggage. Of course Apple does this since people have used AirTags to track unsuspecting people for nefarious purposes, but this makes it difficult to use them to defeat all but the stupidest of thieves.
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storm.racing Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

7/14/2026 10:26pm
I know I need to take this to the Geo chat... haha...So after this, id be happy to discuss over there to keep this for its intentions. but I think with higher stacks and longer chainstays, the front end doesn't need to be as long and the therefor the wheelbase can start to shorten back up. Calculating the rider triangle and sizing, mathematically, we can fit similarly but just change the hinge at the hips and body positioning. Bringing the leverage back higher with the stack, you gain back some 'agility' and being able to ride 'active'. You can still...
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jones007 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

7/14/2026 11:49am
Carbon is conductive, and hence a pretty good shield for RF. Placing an Airtag inside of a Carbon or metal frame would degrade signal strength pretty severely.
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