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It's borderline nothing but a piece of pepperoni in the box after the pizza has been demolished.

Ha, asking someone online about their climbing volume is like asking how big was the fish they caught

I'm gonna go cry in the corner because now I can't hide from the reality of what's about to happen.... Pump and dump economics apparently are still viable

I think you're pretty much dead on, except point 1 should say something about added synergy and removed redundancies. Why pay the money to support a whole another streaming service when you can, dissolve it and roll it into your "flagship" streaming services? Think of all the money you can save by laying off the tech and support staff, the content editors, and all the supporting roles of a streaming platform and just keep the brands and a few names people know. Oh and would you look at that, we now have a bump in subscribers! Synergy up, redundancies down...

intense m1 is official. no deets on price or geo yet though.

ain't nothin but a G thang

It has a pretty “G” on the side of the caliper. At least 10 braking* horsepower added in with that. Its impressive really

So lessee: 4-piston, top-loading, moto/Hope style levers, Shimano/cup bleed, 2-piece caliper, 1-piece clamp, looks like reach (and maybe bite-point) adjustment (tool required), what else am I missing?

Not terribly ugly, albeit maybe a little odd compared to the big brands we’ve been using forever. Galfer rotors and pads are really good. I recommend them to anyone looking for something outside the regular offerings. Considering their position in motorsports, I’m sure their bicycle brakes are going to be solid.

Not my fault if vital on the phone sucks and didn’t upload the pic, anyway, there they are

The LSC is a really interesting thing to note. I tend to ride a good amount of LSC on coils anyways, and I felt like I needed/benefited from running a good amount on my Dreadnought to prevent it from wallowing. Its also worth noticing that, as far as I can tell, both of those bikes has less of a rearward axle path than a lot of others on the market. To which I was more wondering if their performance was more caused by the lack of pedal feedback due to the HP, and if that was the case if something...

Yes and no - I find that lighter tyres need to be pumped up more to factor in the lighter casing, which means you deflect off features far more than a heavier, lower pressure casing, which can conform to said features and make it easier to maintain momentum (the key to technical climbing imo). I went from WTB Vigilante/Trail Boss Tough tyres to XC (for a charity ride) and honestly I noticed the lack of conformity and grip more than the weight savings. But they sure do roll well on fire roads!

I'm all in on the reward axle path half way through travel, then back to 0 at full travel. I think this is the best of both worlds if you get your dynamic sag and average position correct, you use the best of the axle path. Trek Session Commencal V5 Frameworks Crestline RS205 Atherton AM200 *I'm going to assume the new Intense M1 will be close to this. Here is an average axle position from a run at Killington during the US Open on Supreme V5. The average ride was between 40%-90%, This window has 4-5mm of reward axle path...

your experiences are on the money. I rode high single pivots in the early 2000's when I was racing DH seriously, they were shit lol 20 years later, I'm at Thredbo and a guy I knew from Sydney just got a Supreme, we swapped bikes (I was on a Meta AM29) and within 100m the rearward axle path took my heart. There is a section on the top of the Thredbo DH track that is a small kicker but lands into some big rocks, every other bike you need to brace for impact pretty much, the rear end shortens and...

Man, this rant, so good on so many levels. I think what's interesting about Nico's DH bike (and from listening to his podcast), is the emphasis on the rear axle maintain as much of its "length" as possible (e.g not growing or shrinking too much). However, we accept (and almost prefer) our telescopic forks move our front axle backwards as it goes through its travel. For me, and this complete conjecture, a bike that has both of its axis moving "parallel" to each other through a majority of its travel leads to this really odd shifting feeling underneath the bike...

What you describe sounds just like super-short chainstay bikes, not necessarily a high pivot. I'm super curious to hear your feedback on that Dreadnaught to verify your theory. LONG RANT INBOUND From my limited experience, it sounds like one of the main benefits of high or mid-high pivot bikes is that the idler pulley on most designs acts like a chainless rear suspension- it is typically tuned to reduce any chain pull and subsequent drag on suspension performance. Its hard to sus out this difference along with the change in axle path. A more rearward axle path will obviously help...

I ve had a Deviate Claymore for a little less than a year, and now the Highlander 2. I test rode the Cannondale HP, and didn't like how "soft" and vague it felt like described above. However both Deviates are riding a lot closer to a 'normal" Enduro bike. For reference, i ve had an SB160, a Scor4060 and a Stumpy Evo to compare to. Between the 2 bikes, the Claymore is much more of a big bike, in a good way. tons of traction, confidence, and move forward despite any chunk. i do not feel any vagueness, and it...