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slimshady Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/9/2026 5:07pm The one they use on the Vampire bikes? It's an idler/no idler thing, but it's still a Horst Link.
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slimshady Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/9/2026 2:55pm You should also call out Canfield while you are at it. Patenting three holes in a frame or a variant of the Horst Link is as bogus as Tony Ellsworth's claims.
slimshady Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
2/23/2026 12:49pm Nah, The Industry™ will widely adopt the same marketing/design paradigm Orange wielded for so many years, moving the main pivot a couple milimeters up, then a couple milimeters to the front, then machining it before heat-treating the frame, then afterwards... Circle development, seasoned with a subtle price hike on each stop.
Digit Bikes Liked a comment about Feature Comparing Shimano XT Brake Performance - M8100 vs. M8200
1/10/2026 3:45am
If I were king of the world I'd've made the XTR levers magnesium/carbon. It'd be frivolous, but a weight advantage would put the R in Racing.
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Stiksandstones Liked a comment about product review Tested: Akta Trail Knee Guard
1/1/2026 10:03am
Really proud of this brand to have started during the most crazy time to start a clothing and protection brand and it appears to be making good stuff with a solid fan/customer base. Bravo to Akta, I am impressed.
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slimshady Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/27/2025 7:21pm You can only have so many incremental steps before The Industry™ goes full penny farthing.
Konda Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/18/2025 11:43pm
A water bottle *is* a range extender. And it gives you more range than any battery 😜
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Evwan Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/18/2025 5:16pm
The cable entry design at the headtube, lack of in frame storage, and the overcomplicated pivot/link situation at the bottom bracket, all lead me to suspect Yeti. I feel like Yeti needs something complicated like dw6 or switchfinity is to convince people they are buying the premium suspension option. Meanwhile, suspension designs from 30 years keep winning every DH world cup
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slimshady Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/5/2025 1:48am A thicker outer tube isn't a bad thing in my book. Less prone to suffer from excessive clamping, less prone to binding. This is particularly bad with PNW droppers, where they of en come over-machined and you need to tighten the seat clamp to avoid them from lowering/twisting. Out of tolerance frames (I'm looking at you, Giant!) are another contributing...
Dave_Camp Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/24/2025 2:20am
The wiffer is only in the air spring. Cone valves are in the damper. Maybe chasing the same performance or ride feel. Yes very similar to ramp control, but used for fairly different reasons
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slimshady Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/23/2025 6:16pm Isn't this something similar to MRP's Ramp Control? An adjustable bleeder into a secondary chamber, but more restrictive in one way than the other.
slimshady Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/23/2025 6:47pm Cane Creek had the Cloud 9 shocks, no oil at all. RST had the Aerosa forks also, an all-air cartridge with adjustable rebound control. Spoiler alert: air heats up with successive compressions, so your damping gets temperature dependant. We're back to the nineties baby!
jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/3/2025 6:32pm
Its just excited.
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Big Bird Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/3/2025 6:32pm
So is that mythical fork a single crown 40? Takes me back to the slalom version of the DHO. I've got a few of those. I used to know people at Rock Shox when they were still in Santa Cruz. Our team at Another Bike Shop got our OG Boxxers before the sponsored riders did. Sorry Peaty.
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jonkranked Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/3/2025 6:37am
pardon my french but how fucking stupid are the people running strava?
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slimshady Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/3/2025 6:38am
linhares_brazil Liked a comment about bike check Zerode G3 "Beltless"
8/21/2025 2:45am
The G3 is by far my best bike; the only thing that bothered me was the belt on very muddy days. With this chain conversion, it's perfect for my needs. Besides being better in the mud, I can find the chain and standard gears at any store, and the belt parts are only imported. I see improvements being made with the belt every day, thanks to the teams using it in the WC. So, who knows, maybe after these improvements, I'll go back to the belt.
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AgrAde Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/7/2025 2:52am
It's really nice to be in a place where newer bikes aren't necessarily better, and we're not sure of the obvious path to take to make a bike better. Not good for brands, but certainly good for us.
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Simcik Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/6/2025 11:42am
Yeah had the Azonic headlock, Rock Shox Turncoat (more about routing cable for front brake and barspins), and even the Chris King one when 1.5" headsets first came out. None offered up claims like this...
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Finkill Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/6/2025 10:48am
Looks a lot like the Azonic Headlock, a headset preloading product from 20+ years ago.
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