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Looks like the love child of a Kavenz VHP 16 v6, and the Pivot lugged carbon prototype DH bike.

Agreed. But, that gets more complicated with so many bikes. They had 6 complete bikes, 2 ebike frames, and 10 sets of wheels. Thats a lot to haul around and find space for in most hotel rooms, especially if they were trying to be frugal (smaller rooms/etc).

"Oh look, through headset cable routing" I'm not in the market for an ebike, but if I was, this would be immediately off the list. Or the cables would be swapped to external with cheapo mounts, or tape or something. Anything is better than through headset cable routing.

@gearbo-x: Reverse arch patent expired a year or two ago. I imagine we'll start seeing more of it over the next couple years. I also had the same thought about Hexlock though. Maybe EXT is licensing it?

38.5mm stanchion diameter. That feels... like deliberate one-upsmanship.

Add the Continental Argotal in there too. IME, it actually compares really well to the MM.

Dario! (sorry, couldn't seem to get the @mention to work for you :/) Fellow PNW rider here, sometimes riding the same areas as you. How does the new wild enduro casing and rubber compound compare with the Continental DH casing/SuperSoft rubber compound? I have been REALLY liking the Continental DH/SS stuff, as it seems to be less affected in the winter time temps than many other tires, and the tracking across wet rocks/roots seems better. I also find the DH casing to be surprisingly supple/damped, and enjoying that far more than I thought I would on a bike that I pedal everywhere (a 40lb Banshee Titan :O).

I've always used steel chainrings because it was cheaper, but also lasted way longer. It was hard for me to consider ponying up extra cash for something that was way less durable. This is of course more expensive, but at least should last as long as the steel ones. Then it becomes a question of "how much do I care about weight and money". So its good to have these exist. Hoping these go on sale on as part of their annual black friday event :D.

Wayyy better than through headset routing. Also, I was curious, so I looked it up to double check. The Raceface steel chainrings weigh 154g in the 32t size, while this carbon one is 83g. So a bit over half the weight of the steel one. I know it mentioned "half the weight" in the article, but I was wanting the actual numbers :).