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As someone who chases noises on their bike, and with a friend who has the same bike with onyx vesper hubs, I can tell you they are sweet and you don’t chase other noises any differently. Because you hear all those noises anyways. He’s broken it twice though and he’s 170lbs.

I had a couple I9 Hydra wheel sets, went Onyx on my next couple and will be picking up a third next year, maybe for my birthday for my DJ bike. I9 hubs are beautiful, light and feel great, but I prefer silence and as the grease breaks down and/or dries out, they get loud. Bigger issue is they are just built too light. I cracked a drive ring on one hub, had it spinning in the shell of another. I9 was good on warranty, but including stems I've gone to them for warranty four times...that's too much. My Onyx...

what hubs do you prefer? Personally, have two sets of Onyx hubs(trail bike and dh bike) and have an absurd amount of ride time on both. absolutely love them! great company to deal with as well. I will be a repeat customer for sure. I share just as my experience but I do genuinely ask as I am always interested in.... well just about everything haha so Id love to hear what's up in the hub department!

I've never owned an onyx hub but I have met/worked on bikes for many people who now chase endless noises from their bike..... Also personally not a fan of Onyx designs anyway....there are much better hubs out there that can be pretty quite if thats what you want

Dak to Scott seems lame.

I will never not downvote AI slop

In honor of the 1000th page, we should vote on the best meme of 2025: 👍🏻 for “Crab” 👎🏻 for “6-7” edit: Carcinization is the antithesis of innovation. Maybe we should keep crab talk on the crab talk forum and keep this thread focused on MTB tech rumors and/or innovation.

As others have shared in this thread, the unknown six bar bike was spotted all the way back in 2023, before the newest Yeti bikes with the latest cable ports launched. To my eyes, the cable ports on that new mystery prototype are a dead ringer for those old SB165 cable ports. SARCASM MODE ENGAGED: Did you even read the thread before posting? Disappointing.

The cable entry design at the headtube, lack of in frame storage, and the overcomplicated pivot/link situation at the bottom bracket, all lead me to suspect Yeti. I feel like Yeti needs something complicated like dw6 or switchfinity is to convince people they are buying the premium suspension option. Meanwhile, suspension designs from 30 years keep winning every DH world cup

Your Druid v2 is an inverted crab

CRABFINITY

Yeti human powered bikes going to sixfinity👀

Well, I haven't heard this one before. 🙄

435 chainstay across the board... Brian Cahal has left the chat