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If you don't give a shit either way, then you just don't give a shit. So the "not neat idea" option applies. For me this is just another example of how out of touch the UCI are. The sooner they are replaced the better. I pity the athletes that are taking part.

I don't know why this triggers me so much... but consider me annoyed bordering on angry.

Is it broadcast anywhere? There are some heavy/medium hitters racing.. I would watch it.. I'm not sure it's eligible for a wordlchamp title, it is strictly european..

Kindred spirits

He might get more as a non factory team. They can just throw money and product his way - they don’t have to pay the team manager’s salary, the videographer, the travel expenses, the mechanic, etc. It’s far cheaper to be non-title sponsor.

While I do agree with you, I do agree with IceIceBaby more. Only from the standpoint of comparing this bike to the rest of the market. If people want to buy this new gen frame, then good for them. But it kind of blows my mind that Pivot decided to stay so conservative with its changes, especially in comparison to the rest of the market. It just looks meh.

Yea definitely not the worst as it allows for a longer stroke shock in a smaller package but even with perfect alignment, the triangle pattern of the eyelets transmits significantly more frame/linkage flex into shock verses a standard eyelet. Shocks really shouldn’t be a structural element in a perfect design imo.

Not only that, but in the event of the shock hardware coming loose and being ridden, a standard eyelet shock is much less likely to suffer damage over a trunnion shock.

Does the "purist reason" include not wanting to spend the extra $3k+ on the eMTB? Don't answer that, let's just move on.

There is a measureable performance difference (not all positive, not all negative) when you change the diameter of a wheel. In the context of lightweight, human powered bicycles with a 29 inch wheel, changin the hub standard from 142 to 148 to 157 will not create a perceptible difference in ride characteristics. Maybe a wider standard makes manufacturing easier. Maybe trunion shocks are a bad idea because the cost of a near-perfect linkage alignment creates bikes that are too expensive. These are not performance considerations, like a 26 vs 29 wheel size.

For Geo I'd say Chris Porter of Mojo/geometron. The first Geometron prototype still would'nt look too out of place nearly 10 year later.

has it been discussed in tech rumors a bit? idea that yeti's carbon DH frame isn't a huge cost issue these days as they prob used a less-expensive aluminum mold to make a small batch of frames? cutting production molds (steel) are where it gets expensive.