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Cranks are current m820 saint cranks, rear rotor looks to be a RT-CL900 which is available in 203mm but center lock only unlike the MT905 that are 6 bolts. And brakes looks like current XTR brakeset that Jackson and most of the Syndicate last year ran. But that DHX2 looks to be the rumored MY2026 one.

If the Pivot is the only bike that breaks this week from that drop (which it likely will be at this point), then it's not a good look for Pivot. While hardline is an extreme use case, if all the other brand's bikes hold up, it shows that the Pivot is not as strong. For instance, there are guys like Bulldog, who probably outweighs BK by 30%+, coming off the same drop on his 'cheap' ARI frame and it's holding up. The Pivot frame is VERY light. I believe the lightest weight production frame (by far). I'm assuming Pivot engineers...

Bushing require tight tolerances and proper maintenance. The cycling industry is crappy at tight tolerances. Most cyclist are crappy at maintenance. It's a win win resulting in the horrible reputation that bushings have. Like press fit bearings, they are the correct engineering solution. But that would require the bike industry to stop being crappy.

It took 17 hours for a Turner Homer to mention pivot bushings… What a time to be alive.

When you think of a week in Vital time.....

It's like herding cats.

Why does every forum get taken over by ebike talk. How do batteries relate to team rumours?