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Commencal have had their media / video / production done in-house for a long time; Leon Perrin who made that video has been there for like 10 years now I believe? In that case it is worth noting as a very different business approach to marketing from just about every other company out there. That's why ALL of the video production is so coherent, on-brand etc, they've actually invested in having that capacity rather than the "throw $X at filmer Y to make a video with athlete Z about product A" that most other brands seem to have.

I have, thanks for noticing!

I believe the two "oldest" bikes on the market right now are S Enduro (2020) and Banshee Titan (2019) and they are both still perfectly relevant going into 2026... I'd say Titan became even more popular as the time went by which is pretty funny in modern times but I'd say there are more and more of us who dont really buy into latest trends of blingbling marginal gains and are perfectly happy with a simple, capable, reliable and affordable bike and Banshee ticks all of those.

Have there been/are there any legit 200mm+ emtbs?

But Rulezman says.....🤣

I'm also from Germany, and I have to say that I was equally irritated by how casually people (or at least those commenting) dealt with all the YT fuss. I hope it’s just the people who comment. But outside the „real interested bike-people-bubble“, I think nobody cares if they don’t know the YT story.

Even if he was paying me, I wouldn’t be touching him. But, in the words of Neko, “He just won’t take no for an answer.”

Seems like a risky strategy for a brand, at any stage, but especially when trying to get back into the race scene.

Late to the discussion- but I think you'd have to be a pretty good rider doing A-B-A-B testing to feel 250g of unsprung weight on the rear wheel. The unsprung weight on the rear end is probably about 5kg- wheel, tire, brake caliper, cassette, derailleur, chainstay/seatstay, link etc. 250g is a small % change. Another thing I didn't see any discussion about is the fact that the tire is kind of suspension for the wheel. A heavier wheel might make the tire work harder and filter out some vibration before it can even get to the axle. Think about a...