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I now see what people were warning against in regards to @Dougal - SC...

There will be plenty of 32" traditional chassis forks. In the next 18 months would be my estimation.

I have been running a 32" front wheel on my epic all year. Started out with my normal 35mm stem and riser bars and I had a hard time keeping the front end under control. Tried out a drop stem and it brought my weight back forward and the front end was much better. Bike is very fun still and very fast. I personally think it still handles very well even in the tight stuff. Despite the wild looking stem it's comfortable and feels normal. The bigger wheel just raised the front end so much that the bars are in...

I'm 6'6" here and have zero interest in 32in wheel bikes, my XXL Spire is long enough on tight trails. I'm more concerned with the XXL sizes disappearing from lineups at a rather rapid pace with no explanation. I know we are a small market in the XXL frame size. But Transition dropped all XXL sizes for 2026 and their 2027 lineup won't see the size return. Yeti offered the SB140 and SB160 in XXL but are not offering it in LT or MT. It's a shame to see companies pulling back from this size as it nice finally riding...

Yeah, it's been hard to get used to seeing negative rise stems on xc bikes. It's only been over a decade...

Sorry for worlds worst geo chart. Not my fault, I swear!

Seems like Lenz has decided to make a 32er in the same spirit of the first 29er. When will they learn!!!

"Ride with confidence knowing PHOSGO AI agent is onboard, in control and listening ate every memorable moment."

When everyone knows new bikes are to be tested in Transition's parking lot

Maybe Im missing something but how in the right mind is a company like Santa Cruz releasing a bike with very little travel, high price point, and the rear shock comes stock with all of its tokens in use? If you needed more resistance youre just up shit creek until Cascade makes something? Im genuinely so confused how they go from a well done VPP to a simple 4 bar and screwed that up when every other company can do it. Like who signed off on this?

This seems like such a ridiculous thing for RMU/Dave to lie about when anyone can just take an image of the frame and plot the points with reasonable enough accuracy to check it. The CS grows ~6mm at sag when measured horizontally and ~14mm when measured diagonally.

Progression is only around 15%, so maybe with a good HBO or bottom out system? It was stated that there is reservoir clearance, but probably not really coil friendly. It is quite appropriate that Santa Cruz launched their new Smuggler in Bellingham. 😁

Should be May and some others specs trickling into June. Not sure what, if any, event they are targeting for a launch. Maybe just relying on the horst link brouhaha doing enough for them.