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The guys who say clipless want you to ask them. Don’t pick up that feather. Like unicyclists or jugglers or unicycling jugglers, it’s best to ignore them. Let em have it. I have xt trail with the platform on a MTB and the classic little Shimano clippers on a gravel bike, I use the same shoes on both. Every time I clip in to the gravel bike I laugh at the little spaceship platforms on the mtb: they really offer zero support. But they look better. Less roadie, maybe. Flats on the eeb cuz that thing’s stuck to the ground...

Not necessarily heavier. I switched from a tricked-out 36 to an Essentials, the Intend is super responsive and as active as any coil I rode before, and 600g lighter than the 36. It is relatively simple - both the damper and the spring aren't as sophisticated as the 36, but the chassis gives it so much performance boost that I see no need to yearn for any additional upgrades. The Intend is a chef's KISS.

Also Orbea site is showing "new Saint" for the DH bike but it seems the images are with the current version.

Make a modular frame to reduce SKUs, then make loads of variants of it to increase SKUs. Smart plan.

And yet at the rear where most of the rider weight is and where most of the heavy hits are taken we comfortably run 12mm hollow axles at lengths that are 30% higher. Weird.