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Biking will continue to be a lot of fun and selling bikes will still be pretty dang rough in the woods and streets.

PS: I blatantly stole this from pinkbike

Have we finally found the ideal chainstay length, or is that for 2027?

I have a trail bike with 170mm drop and no switchgrade. I also have an enduro bike with a 160mm drop with a switchgrade that was limited by insertion depth. I'm shorter so these lengths are good for me. The switchgrade probably won't make you faster, but it will provide more comfort. Ask yourself "do I ever get a numb taint climbing?" If the answer is yes, the Switchgrade will help. The Switchgrade provides an excellent seated position when tipped down the 10% on steeper prolonged climbs, but sometimes I feel that is too much. If the climb is <8%...

Kinda sounds like specialized should revisit their dropper post and make it longer travel...

With a saddle angled nose up, it is much easier to move the bike around underneath you and get your butt more towards the rear axle. Don’t believe me, that’s fine. Look at all the World Cup bikes or even bikes at a local dh race. I don’t love the idea of buying something else additional for my already expensive bike(s). I did try this though with a bike that has a 210 dropper, but needed a 240. It now makes it much more rideable and keeps me from having to slam the seat when things get steep going down...

She’s Parton ways with Canyon

Whelp, that rounds out a crappy year for me. And so the year finishes by hamncheez posting something that I actually agree with!..... Fuck. 🤯

tech rumors forum update - you've spoken and have been heard we'll lock out this thread at the end of the year (no matter what, it's just too darn big now), and will carry on with yearly tech rumors threads that will be stickied for easy participation. the 2026 thread is already underway here (not yet stickied) i just want to thank everyone for their feedback and insight on what this piece of the vital community means.

So basically a version of the Spesh Command Post BlackLite that works? (I know you're talking about a separate component but to me it makes sense to integrate into a dropper so it can share a remote/battery)

You do realise that: A) Atherton is closely working with Renishaw to handle 3D printing of the lugs, so Compotech wouldn't give them the advantage you think they would (it would be a clash of interests in fact) And their aluminium bikes are cnc milled precisely to avoid the hydroforming/bending of tubes and subsequent welding.

Intend dropper features in their happy holidays newsletter.

12 speed til´infinity

I'm a multiple bikes that match the purpose type of guy. I could likely trim down to just the hightower... but I do like having a long travel bike for park duty. XC/Gravel = Kona Ouroboros Trail/AM = Hightower 4 Park/Shuttle = Nomad 6 Ebike = Bullit 2

My Druid V2 can technically do it all, but I lack the skill to really let it buck on black trails at the bike park and on rowdier stuff. It always seems like my skills are the limiting factor... 🤔

Warning! AI Slop Forbidden testing out their new high-heel suspension platform:

Any particular reason you think these are radials?

Quarter HP just did a revisit on the Titan, and seat post insertion was one of the knocks on a six year old frame.. Considering that 170 was long at that point, that's not bad..

I believe the two "oldest" bikes on the market right now are S Enduro (2020) and Banshee Titan (2019) and they are both still perfectly relevant going into 2026... I'd say Titan became even more popular as the time went by which is pretty funny in modern times but I'd say there are more and more of us who dont really buy into latest trends of blingbling marginal gains and are perfectly happy with a simple, capable, reliable and affordable bike and Banshee ticks all of those.