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Obviously, it's the cousin of Boaty McBoatface

Smart design on the pivot! Also noting the performance elite podium. Looks nice.

https://www.pivotcycles.com/en-us/bikes/shuttle-lt/ Adjustable seat tube angle is very interesting

Of course the Avalanche kit will be significantly better. The issue is the 10 hours of phone call you have to have with craig to get anything.

I’d love to hear Steve’s thoughts on Craig’s hybrid coil/air setup.

more insight with Vorsprung

Few speculations: New Sram stuff: there is currently a countdown at this page https://www.sram.com/en/sram/mountain/campaigns/dh for February 23rd-24th, that is most likely Transmission AXS DH and new Boxxer E1 with linear XL air spring add-on and Charger 3.2 being launched. There is a possibility new Zeb B1 get launched at the same time they share the Linear XL air spring add-on. New Lyrik would most likely be only updated to charger 3.2 so could be soft launched at later date (possibly switch from D2 to D3 in Sram product nomenclature) I hope the new Pike D1 doesn't only get the updated...

Madrone Cycles was named after the Madrone trees that grow in the Oregon region that the company calls home. It was founded in 2023 by Aaron Bland, who had become disenchanted with the lack of good rebuild and repair options for rear derailleurs. After initially launching a series of replacement parts for SRAM derailleurs, Aaron realized that Madrone could easily make a whole derailleur by themselves. The Jab was launched in 2025, and it sports a number of unique features that made us want to test it – after several months on the trail, this is our report! Madrone...

https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2026-team-rumors?page=25

are these the new bars we might see? maybe some 40mm rise 7 backsweep burgtecs scope the bar label

Could depend where you are looking for gravel. This ultra-style rando gravel riding is what I first thought of as a place for 32" wheels. https://www.instagram.com/rufus_here/ rocking them at the Tour Te Waipounamu https://www.instagram.com/tourtewaipounamu/

Why isn't Gravel the segment championing and leading this 32" development? It's the place where this will make the most sense...

current speculation on MTBR is that the Mega and Nomad will be merged into one model with a flip chip to convert between mullet and 29. Makes me kinda sad to see the Megatower nameplate die as an owner of gen 1 and 2. I want to add to the Transition quality discussion: they have some of the worst paint I have ever seen on any bicycle, ever (worked in a shop for 6 years). Absolutely terrible. I like a lot of what their brand does but dang, get better paint please.

Don't know if this was mentioned. New tallboy is no longer VPP, 140 130mm

It's working, when was the last time you heard reports of the Germans sinking a Manitou fork?

Manitou has selected this particular paint scheme to make it so German U-boats will be unable to accurately estimate Manitou riders' speed and heading.

I once sent PVD an honest question by email about a technical drawing on his website and he answered : "W hat your asking falls into the 'that's a stupid question' category. Only a terrible person would answer a stupid question." Such a nice guy

Who’s Douglas and what did he do?

Soooooo, anyone got any rumors or should we rename the thread to "Hot takes and arguing"...?

New Boxxer on eBay https://www.ebay.com/itm/257257043602?_skw=rock+shox+boxxer+29&itmmeta=…