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Came here to see some new tech news but all i got was a bunch of opinons about chainstay length no one really cares about.

https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/The-Internet-Was-Wrong-Short-… There is a forum for everything.

banshee is a small operation, IIRC 5 or 6 people. running that lean I would think they can weather tough times in the larger industry better than other companies. given how long their current lineup has been available I certianly hope the closeout sale is indicative that something new is coming. every time i'm in the market for a new bike they always seem to make my short list.

Frameworks sea otter bike check with Fox usd fork

Other Fox stanchion color options for the U.S. suburban market:

Cane creek joins the upside down party.

Possibly related, in the recent MBR video about the new Levo, there is this foam model next to the one of the designer's desks: In the (possibly relevant) rendering above the models, it looks to be a bike with a single crown:

I can't figure out why anyone making an inverted fork in 2025, especially a single crown inverted fork, wouldn't use the Manitou hex axle to add torsional stiffness. The patent is expired and it adds almost no weight. I imagine a 15mm hex axle is significantly stiffer in torsion than a round 20mm axle, and doesn't require a new front hub. Especially if you're already doing pinch bolts, you can do it the way the Dorado has been doing it since 2002? It's so simple! We'd finally settled on Boost 15mm as a trail bike front hub, and now it's...

Heard from a reputable source that the Fox USD is releasing in June.

Intend are going to seem like a bargain when Fox reveal that pricing of that bad boy

Or they just copied SCOR?

Me to forbidden after owning a druid 2 and they embraced the crab link convo from vital forums:

Forbidden went full gas on the crab link

New Revels coming in hot: https://revelbikes.com/bikes/

Did you get those launch coordinates from a group chat you were recently added to?

I'm aware, and have an understanding that 90% or more of riders have no business touching high speed compression or rebound knobs. There are many suspension company's making fantastic stuff for cheap. Suntour, Rockshox, Marzocchi and X-fusion all knock it out of the park with close to $500 suspension products for every day riders from XC to freeride. I love my Z1 and rarely do I find it unable to keep up to my 38 Factory while it does double duty on a hardtail on the same trails. And the Domain has been a reliable smasher of a park and...

or you could just tax the rich, but what do i know, right?

probably enforcing the existing tax code would be enough... but yeah, carried interest is complete BS, and loads of other shenanigans that should be obliterated.