Folks throw the term brake jack around without understanding it. Many feel a certain amount of anti rise is desirable to maintain geometry. A 'neutral' horst link typically has very low anti rise but the forward pitching with brake dive is unsettling. A single pivot can have very desirable anti squat (i.e., pedaling) AND anti rise (braking geometry preservation). The MTB media has hyped 'brake jack' as a bad thing.

Ever time yourself on the same track? I've timed myself down the same track with the same bike in the same condition in back to back runs and can absolutely guarantee I will see at least 1 second variance for every minute on course. Would a WC rider be more consistent, most likely. But one run proves nothing.

Appreciate the effort but I'll bet dollars to donuts if you do repeat runs on the same bike you'll see similar time variances. It is foolish to draw conclusions from single-run data.

Novel...really? Look up Maxxis rim strips circa 2000!

1x has rendered or reinvigorated single pivot designs as competitive. Multi link designs had some advantages with the massive chain line disparities of 2x and 3x but those days are gone. Besides the extra heft here, there is no reason a single pivot will not pedal as well as DW, VPP or other.

Helmet looks hot...literally

Leave it to SCOTT to ask how can we add more cables to our bikes.

Finally some sane thought on bleeding brakes vs the guys who think a bleed is needed every damn day for some reason.

First Ells I've ever seen broken...NOT. I'm sure they were stand up guys on warranty...NOT.

Right, funny...but in this case it's the 3rd or 4th Fresh Mex attempting to sell the same shitty burrito