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Anyone got a better picture of a Gamux proto with those new Dominions? What's interesting is that there are two hoses getting out, and I don't really see a shifter or something else mounted on another photo:

The rims on Calebs bike are aluminum, I saw them in person. There will be carbon wheels too. Should be released within the next weeks from what I was told.

This fella here shows the drag when talking about the sound and then goes on to mention they have some resistance. I put about 500km on a set before They started to spin free'er but still not flash - I definitly noticed it when i was used to Hope pro 5's. sluggish feeling - I ended up Selling all 4 rear hubs and went to 350's. I would 100% buy oneup's if they fixed the drag. - good group of people.

Yep, but I'll wager it's still one of those 'too close' relationships. OneUp started out outside of Pon, Reserve didn't. That little distance may matter to some PMs, but having a uniform cockpit & wheel offering will also bring a bit of pull. Bar tape matching the saddle if you will.

Any approx date for the release? I'm slowly shopping for wheels for my Transition smuggler and would consider that option since they often have very good price/reliability ratio

Bracketing with a new rider would be rough.. I usually just try to get a little feedback based on what they feel and look at what the fork a shock are telling me.. Make changes based on that and tell them to ride some more.. Repeat the next time you see them.. At that point, you are really trying to fine tune a set-up like you would with a more skilled and experienced rider, you are just trying to get them into a decent starting point that at least feels comfortable for them..

I think the issue is not being able to establish what the problem is because your riding isn’t consistent enough and therefore you don’t actually know what you are trying to fix. No one wants to try to problem solve a problem that they can’t even read. You shooting in the dark, unsure about the validity of potential solutions, and potentially don’t understand the complicated relationship between all the systems so you might actually end up fucking something up terribly. It’s not surprise many people don’t want to tinker.

Dan Booker the latest rider to announce he is stepping away from Enduro. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse. Should be a walkover for the Yeti team.

Mayb the thread should be retitled, something like “tech rumors and innovation… and bitching about it.”

I want to preface this by saying I'm not trying to pick a fight or anything, but it seems to me that people complaining that the bike wasn't made for them is partially what lead to the V6 Tallboy the way it is. It's become part of the homogenous mass of Horst link bikes. I remember times when people complained about a new bike coming out and it not being Horst link, like the g3 Kona Process. Or it's like every time a bike comes out and people complain that the chainstays aren't long enough, or the stack isn't high...

I also coach with the local high school xc team mostly to teach proper descending, but the kids either ride 50%+ sag with the rebound all the way closed, or zero sag and adjustments all over the place. When I raced in high school I paid great attention to my suspension, but some don't have a feeling for it.

Your high school has a bike team? Cool.

And that's the concern, not that the new Tallboy isn't a "good bike" it's probably pretty good for the average rider, but that SC is losing focus on what made them good. It's that cost savings comes before design and brand identity. I can see why Rob Roskopp left the brand.

Jesus, sorry I asked about a coil shock on the new Tallboy.

Running less sag makes a bike track poorly on account of losing contact with the ground anytime there’s an indent the wheel has to go over. You see the same exact issue with people lifting vehicles to drive off road. They throw preload collars on and all of the sudden they feel the truck is harsher. The spring rate hasn’t gotten stiffer so why does it feel harsher? It’s losing contact with the ground and causing the chassis to pitch to allow a wheel to drop into a hole as soon as a hole is deeper than the amount of...

That's good. I have said it before, but the phantom was a bike so good i bought it twice (with v1 spur in between). And now the frames still available were cheaper than EPing them. They better fix seatpost insertion. Otherwise, any other tweaks would just be icing on the cake.