Actually, Fox is proud for other people's findings and how they bought a patent. BoostValve is nothing more than the old SPV, named "a la Fox", since they brought in Roy Turner, the patent owner for the bicycle related SPV products.

To Noah: I had the chance to see a glimpse of the Scott 2013 lineup two weeks ago, when chatting with the local distributor. Cassettes go as wide as a 12-42 in the 29er AM segment. Hence the bigger P-knucle in that rear derailleur.

I'm with you on this. I still rock a X-9 1x9 setup, simply because I don't want to change my chain every 800 miles. I'd go for a 1x8 if I could get decent SRAM parts. A burlier chain stretches less and stresses less the rest of the drivetrain.

Hey Dan! Thanks for taking this trip again to our little corner of the earth. Being a guy who craves living in San Martin de los Andes and suffers a bad case of flatland-itis (I live in La Plata, almost as flat as Kate Moss' chest), I wanted to emphasise the ease to get there and the good will of the locals. For any average European or North American people it's a cheap trip. The most expensive part would be the air ticket to Buenos Aires. Anyway, if anyone wants some more info about Argentina's Patagonia, I'm open to share my thoughts and contacts!

The kid left the freeride scene just because nobody wanted to make the jump big enough for him to feel comfortable. That's why he's been riding Freestyle Motocross lately.

Interesting info! Could you point me to the French guy who modified his fork? A friend of mine has one of these, and certainly could appreciate the increased sensitivity!

Hey, a shaped head tube would teach a lot of people of accurately position their body in order to corner properly ;)!!!

Instead of merely vary the diameter of the fork/frame tubes, why don't the big gamers focus on creating a better steerer/stem interface? I'm tired of struggling to align the damn stem to the front wheel. A polygon-shaped steerer wouldn't add much weight, and certainly would help those of us with short stems... I brought this same point up to discussion in the Ridemonkey thread devoted to this new "standard", and got a reply stating the stem should rotate in a crash in order to avoid damage to the handlebar, etc. However, direct mount stems in triple crown forks were created to improve the stiffness in that area and facilitate the stem/fork alignment. Like I said before, stop varying the diameters and lengths. I think a splined or polygon-shaped steerer is the next step.