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A Life Alert button? Might be handy now that I'm getting old.

Everyone -"SC are just so boring and generic these days" Santa Cruz-"Hold my protein meal replacement shake"

But when? The last rumor I read said 9/25, but that was yesterday and was clearly wrong. I think it’s the last bike I’m waiting for before I decide what I’m gonna get.

2025 Hightower V4 dropping tomorrow. Santa Cruz Hightower - Are we there yet? (youtube.com)

Opinions are like assholes. Neither one belongs in tech rumors.

I guess the Yoke's on us......

Regarding “derailments;“ Every discussion in here is about tech and innovation. If we are discussing damper designs, rubber compounds, frame materials, etc. How are any of those discussions a derailment? Does everything HAVE to be a rumor? I haven’t seen anybody post a movie review, a story about a riding trip, or the current weather in Iowa. It’s all relevant. Funny thing about all those links people put up to discuss specific topics. Nobody engages with them. This thread is always active and always interesting. If rumors are sparse, what’s the harm?

Any more rumors on the new Santa Cruz bikes? Megatower/Nomad and Hightower/Bronson being turned into two platforms instead of four with flipchips for the rear wheel size?

If you met someone at the trailhead, asked them what % progressive kinematic their frame had and what is the leverage ratio they would look at you like you were an alien holding a rectal probe. "I bought it because it was blue" would be their response. Normal people don't care about this stuff lol. I've tried them all over the years, from literally Regressive designs, through to 45% DH monsters. I keep coming back to 25% been my sweet spot on a coil for an enduro/long travel bike. It's my goldilocks number. What is more important, is the Ratio...

integrated head tube badge Revolutionary.

I’d rather have traction any day. A couple centimeters doesn’t actually make it harder to get around a turn, and the overall traction you gain will make up for it many times over. I’ve been riding some of the tightest twistiest tracks and I find it’s only better now that I got a longer chainstay on the bike.

Ask a group of heavier, smashier riders about your assertion that the shock yoke thing is overblown. There's this funny category of parts that are perfectly reliable, even exceptionally so, for most riders, but flip into guaranteed issues above a certain weight and smashiness factor. Carbon cranks, long-travel single-crown CSUs and high engagement hubs from the likes of I-9 and King are other examples of this phenomenon.

Taller headtubes/stack feels like the next 'feature' trend that will spread across brands.

I'm holding out for Charger 6.9