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ebruner Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
10/5/2026 10:20pm
There are definitely some questionable things out there in terms of product manager decisions and some questionable false economy choices (aluminum nipples is a good example). There is also a mild amount of QA/QC and general quality issues still present in this industry... But if I can offer perspective on the journalist comment. " I can't believe some reviewers out there keep stating "there aren't any bad bikes anymore" or "modern geo is pretty good already"..." That's being said because it's pretty much true. 16 years ago, there was a large majority of bikes that were complete shit. Nearly every...
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kant weight Liked a reply to forum topic Lake Placid World Cup Downhill
10/4/2026 9:43pm
Big congrats to Neko Mullaly for everything he's done. Frameworks up there battling the big dogs and he Seems to be the perfect mentor for Asa. Great listening to him on the Downtime podcast and when he was in the commentary booth last season
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kant weight Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Whistler World Cup Downhill
9/29/2026 1:02am
Must have been the brakes
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Ride886 Added a comment about video Vital RAW - Whistler World Cup Downhill
9/26/2026 5:50am
Been looking forward to this one all season!
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Brian_Peterson Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/25/2026 1:01am
If the new Transition isn't spotted in the Santa Cruz parking lot, I'll be extremely disappointed..
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Ride886 Added a reply to Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
9/20/2026 6:39am Cool to see another moto brand crossing over. Will be interesting to see what they bring to the table. Bit of an odd decision going with decidedly non standard hardware for damper adjustment. I’d assume most riders would prefer something that can be turned with their fingers, or at the very least with a with a 3 or 4 mm...
Downtime Podcast Liked a reply to forum topic 2027 Team Rumors
9/17/2026 8:18am
Keep your eyes peeled on Monday and you might see a fresh Loic Bruni interview.
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FrontRangeFriend Liked a reply to forum topic Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
9/17/2026 8:01am
It was my 38, I was doing back to back testing of my TopHat and regular volume spacers. I would describe the resistance as “notable but not excessive.” I was able to bottom out the fork, it was just more force than I was expecting. I did press the bleeder valves before doing that to equalize everything.
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280driver Liked a reply to forum topic Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
9/17/2026 7:06am
My fork came that way for whatever reason. I have a few rides on it since bleeding the air off and it’s still feels great. I’m hopeful it was a one time thing.
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Ride886 Added a reply to Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
9/17/2026 6:16am Even if the exterior bolt is hand tight the foot stud itself is a press fit with the lowers, and pretty much always under compression, so I doubt that would be an issue. Even if it was, the lowers wouldn’t be able to exceed atmospheric pressure. Or did you mean the foot stud is loose from the air spring shaft...
Ride886 Added a reply to Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
9/17/2026 1:05am Was this on your 38? Even on the original Zeb which ramps up pretty hard compared to most, you should be able to bottom it pretty easily. With that fork off the bike just pushing down on the crowns with your hands is enough to bottom it out. With my 38 on the bike bottoming it doesn’t take much effort...
Ride886 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/15/2026 12:34am It’s Taichung Bike Week. Primarily it's an OEM and B2B event, but occasionally some new stuff can be found out in the open. Speaking of DVO:
Ride886 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/15/2026 12:01am DVO does their manufacturing and assembly in their own division within the Suntour factory. Suntour is also a massive supplier (not just to DVO) of forged components like crowns, lowers, shock bridge/reservoir mounts, as well as various tubes. Speaking to Bryson earlier this year he mentioned DVO has been helping Suntour with some R&D. He didn't elaborate, but it wouldn't...
Ride886 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/13/2026 8:34pm Noted. So as the in-house suspension engineer for your own small suspension tuning company, what expertise and experience are you drawing on to make such a broad, declarative assessment about large scale manufacturing and production and the brands that rely on it? Please spare us your tired feud with DVO. You've already poisoned the well in multiple other forums with...
Ride886 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/13/2026 8:03pm That's an awfully confident statement from someone with little or no experience operating a company with large scale outsourced production, overseas or domestic. Care to share a factual example? Also what and who is a 'marketing type brand?' Last I checked the bike industry is collection of honest brands, riders, and designers trying their best to make products of value...
Ride886 Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/13/2026 9:24pm The soft undercurrent of a few of these post seems to imply anything made in Asia or engineered by Asians is somehow of lower quality. Engineering really has nothing to do with nationality or ethnicity. You can find high and low quality products everywhere in the world. Quality is a reflection of the decisions made by the brand not the...
TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/13/2026 1:22pm
Maybe most of them know that would be inappropriate and choose not to be weirdos
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Stiksandstones Liked a forum topic 30 years ago-Deer Valley NORBA National coverage
9/12/2026 5:43pm
First post/link was blocked? US Open weekend feels like the right time for a 30-year throwback to the classic NORBA National era. I’ve been slowly digitizing and archiving all our old 90s VHS tapes so this history doesn't get lost. Here’s the 1996 Deer Valley National broadcast on ESPN. My better half, Leigh Donovan, took the double win in Elite Women’s DH and Dual Slalom that weekend! It was an awesome event, though as the team wrench back then, I vividly remember we went through some wheels and the dust was pretty savage on fork seals.
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AgrAde Liked a reply to forum topic High vs Low Anti Rise Bikes
9/11/2026 3:13am
I'm so glad I left engineering. Lol. This reminds me of discussions with my old boss who loved analysis and wouldn't leave us alone when we had anything vaguely interesting on the go. Trails have bumps. Bumps give momentary grip. the momentary grip results in a momentary braking force. The momentary braking force results in a momentary decrease in the effective spring rate if you have high AR. So the bike feels softer in the rear which is exactly what you want in the moment when your rear tire hits a bump riding down steep shit. Trails have corners. Even...
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Ride886 Added a reply to High vs Low Anti Rise Bikes
9/9/2026 11:04pm Have a look at Matt Beer's article from PB. At 2:40 in the video you can see his weight distribution changing in real time. That said, I don't need another Shockcraft branded drawing to tell me if I can use my rear brake on a steep trail. 30 some years of actual riding is a sufficient data point to know...