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I don't like long levers. I can't explain why.

Technically, the rear end is the simplest single-pivot design, albeit an extremely short one. I wonder how it handles asymmetric torque, though. The standard 12 mm axle seems to be the only thing holding the left and right sides together.

Some people may have adjustable dropouts. You can get a very good idea from there. Exact same bike, only chainstay length adjusted.

Exclusively women's brands have been nonsensical from day one. Imagine car manufacturers selling the same cars with different paint schemes under a separate brand exclusively for women. That doesn't exist. Why? Because they did the math and realized that resale values would be significantly lower if they excluded a major segment of the secondary market. Men generally don't want to buy products branded exclusively for women, so you're effectively eliminating a huge portion of potential buyers.

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I like it, and I am excited to Zee what comes next!

Okay, now we need to see conclusive data showing that it is significantly better than 29" on a large majority of tracks, across most conditions and scenarios. Otherwise, I would argue for a UCI limit of 622 mm maximum rim diameter. I don’t want to live in a world where, in order to achieve peak performance, you need more than one bike for different races, courses, and conditions. Mountain biking today doesn’t exactly seem to be a sport that is becoming more accessible, affordable, and attractive to a wider audience. Over the past decade, since the introduction of 29ers, innovation seems to have slowed substantially. For instance, in 2025, you could still be perfectly competitive on a 10-year-old bike. The same could not really be said during the previous era of rapid development. The positive side of this is that bikes have stayed competitive for longer, making the sport more accessible. On the other hand, I would not want to stop innovation. If 32" bikes prove to be clearly superior to 29" bikes in the vast majority of scenarios, then that would be a different matter.

There was a preview of it https://www.pinkbike.com/news/first-look-the-zoceli-vysoko-the-high-pivot-with-a-hidden-chain.html

Looking at the Clorofilla bike brake mount must leave anyone with even a little engineering insight scratching their head.

@chrismac70: Yes but that can't be retrofited to any current fork.