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I miss gearbox talk now. But Pirelli releasing 3 new tires very soon with some interesting names. Curious if they have jumped onto the radial train Scorpion Blacksting Scorpion Emperor Scorpion Red Claw

Can we just cut to the chase and pre-emptively ban Dougal? I thought this place was the last safe haven from his bullshit. The schtick of poo-pooing everything on the planet is old as dirt and he ruins every conversation he butts in on. Doogs, you spend an awful lot of time on forums for someone who claims to be so busy. Go farm downvotes somewhere else.

Yeah, it's been hard to get used to seeing negative rise stems on xc bikes. It's only been over a decade...

But if we did that then we’d have even less to bitch and moan about??

Must we, every 3 months, have this same tired drivetrain discussion. You like what you like, I like what I like. No one cares. Start a new topic if you guys want to duke it out about how terrible the wireless world is. Back to the rumors: 30T ochains on more builds in the future from a few brands.

Yeah Evil Following will be a 430 chainstay across the sizes. This way all the tall riders can proclaim how playful it is while the small riders get to feel what a balanced bike is like.

I've sold a small handful of XTR bikes this year, and we've had a fair number of them come back with broken rings. We have near constant complaints about Shimano brakes being significantly louder than other models, and have yet to manage a consistent way to quiet them down, even after investing in a bedding machine. Shimano went proprietary for their freehub even though it was extremely obvious that they could have used HG or paid into XD. Their road 12s systems are on HG still. The new "UDH" achieves nothing. The current UDH has a shelf at the bottom...

Shimano seems driven by engineers, SRAM seems driven by product people.

I think Shimano is missing the point- noise is the biggest issue by far. If my bike is loud, it's bad. I don't care if the suspension is actually working 1% better.

bro's gonna get murdered by big drivetrain illuminati after that one

Sad if true but I think Mondraker…basically only sell e-bikes in the UK.

In response to the latest Tallboy they're going to start making VPP bikes with interrupted seat tubes

The idea of a company that only does development cycles when they feel they have changes worth making does sound nice but you would think the new Di2 drivetrains would be better if that were the case

Blasting up fireroads at 20mph is SO sick. So rad.