I guess now they'll have to widen the bolt pattern and redesign the top fork crowns.. otherwise we're connecting big, wide stanchions to a big, wide stem and bars through a relatively narrow interface at the crown... why not push the bolt pattern out as much as possible and elimate any flexing through the crown.. transfer the loads more directly from the stanchions into the stem and bar... it's all just 1/2 steps i guess so they'll have something else to release in a couple of season.

unless they've changed it, the caption is correct.. i.e. the chain on the right is too long/slack as evidenced by the the der cage being all the way back.

Sick video mandil.. breathtaking and nice song choice. I rode here in Feb with some bad weather and your video makes me want to go back. Touching finish too.. nice work!

Mission accomplished, nice work.. Great report, great photos.

I think what's turning people turned off (myself included) is that the main focus of the article is the brash uplift poach.. Regardless of what technicalities the author wants to hide behind... the article screams "yeah suckers.. we poached it!!"... It's not a subtle background detail - it's in-your-face. I would have been way more impressed and inspired if you wrote an article about the first time you rode it... climbing, hike-a-biking, sweat, soul, and all. Many of us have harmlessly and discretely poached a line or access here or there, whether on skis or bikes... but keep the poaching to yourself.. it's kinda the code, no? Great writing, riding, and photos otherwise... but I think the article is potentially harmful to the community at large... although the amount of backlash counters it nicely.