Were here at Sea Otter, and there are quite a few new 32 tires, wheels, and frames to be found floating around the booths. And while plenty of rumors have circulated about major suspension manufacturers working on 32 mountain bike suspension forks, we havent really seen much beyond some spy shots and some some franken-forks with cut and bonded lowers. Earlier today, Cory spotted a rideable Fox 34 SL 32 fork on an Ari Signal Peak 32 prototype bike in a Quarter HP post.Aris prototype on display in their booth.Before even being made aware of Corys article, I wandered over to the Ari booth at Sea Otter, where the Signal Peak 32 alloy prototype was on display. The fork didnt have any stickers or branding, but it looked suspiciously like a Fox 34 SL with its generative arch design. Then I noticed the distinctive blue compression knob with the words Grip SL printed on it, along with the blue air spring top cap, which were a dead giveaway. Still, the Ari folks were very happy to talk about the bike, but remained very tight-lipped about the fork.Not so subtle hints that this is a Fox fork.Shortly after, while visiting with the Fox suspension folks, they happened to have another of the Ari Signal Peak prototype frames built up with the same fork. But this one was dressed up with Foxs bright orange RAD (Racing Applications Development) stickers. When pressed, the Fox folks admitted that it was, in fact, a rideable prototype that they have been testing for some time. While it certainly looks production-ready, they didnt provide a timeline for production. Were assuming that its probably still a ways out, perhaps spring 27, but will likely be spotted on the many 32 XC bikes that well be seeing in the not-too-distant future. Prototype Race Face stem with lots of drop, as well as some bright red Raicam Racing brakes.Beyond that, both of the Ari 32 prototypes I saw had unique-looking prototype negative-rise Race Face stems to compensate for the larger front wheel. Foxs bike also had a set of Race Face branded wheels with its own Vault hubs, so those are also clearly ride ready prototypes as well. The bright red Raicam Racing brakes arent a common sight, either. I had a chance to ride Foxs bike up and down a crowded pathway between the booths, which was my first time on 32 wheels. It was paved and there were lots of people around, so I cant say that I took much away from the experience, other than that the fork was definitely functional. The 32 Fox 34 prototype fork is finally out from the behind the curtain, and its going to add some momentum to the 32 already speedy development of 32 bikes.Regardless, its clear that Fox has been working hard behind the scenes and that its first 32 suspension fork is much closer to reality than we knew. Until now, Fox has done a darn good job of keeping it under wraps, but it doesnt seem like theyre trying to keep it a secret anymore. Again, its not clear when its coming, but it will certainly be an important piece of the puzzle for getting more 32 bikes to market when it becomes available. The post Confirmed: Prototype Fox 32 Fork Spotted at Sea Otter appeared first on Bikerumor.

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Tipperary County Council have been requested tolook at the evidence after councillors voted to write to the Minister for Transport, Darragh OBrien, to call on him to make it illegal for pedestrians and people cycling or using scooters to wear high-vis.A local media outlet, tipperarylive.ie, reported that the motion was tabled by five Fine Gael councillors Phyll Bugler, Mary Hanna Hourigan, Tom Acheson, Mark Fitzgerald and Marie Murphy. The website said that they pointed to the extreme difficulty motorists have in seeing pedestrians and cyclists who dont wear this high visibility clothing, especially on narrow county roads and in towns.As reported by this website in February, the Department of Transport was considering making high-vis and helmets mandatory for all cyclists, butMinisters quickly U-turnedon the plan after a public backlash. But, as reported last month, mandatory gear is still being considered for e-bicycles, even those typically treated legally as bicycles.Cllr Bugler, who proposed the motion, focused on how hard it was to see people cycling and walking wearing dark clothing as night fell. While tipperarylive.ie, reported that Cllr Acheson, the motions seconder, claims they could see people walking on roads who were apparently unaware they are not visible to motorists.Cllr Bugler responded that she believed pedestrians should wear hi-vis vests at all times, the news website reported.But cycling campaigners said that Tipperary County Council should look at the evidence. The Irish Cycling Campaign, an umbrella group for most cycling campaigns, said: Irish Cycling Campaign strongly disagrees with making hi-vis wear mandatory by law.They said the move would risk Drawing resources and attention from the real source of risk: Poor, risky driving; upending decades of established risk-management practice; and putting yet another barrier in the way of healthy, safe, sustainable transport.The group said: As drivers, weve a responsibility to drive at a speed that allows us to see objects of ANY colour in our vehicles path. We call on Tipp Council to look at the evidence, have a think about the actual causes of road danger, and retract this silly motion.

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The fact that Maxxis keeps creating new 32 tires has unleashed a seemingly endless feed of unreleased prototypes to discover, and this clearly rideable 32 Fox 34 SL fork is a perfect example. Weve heard that all the big suspension brands have 32 XC forks in the works. But the big names havent really shown their cards yet. Now, thanks to Maxxis partnership with the frame testing content creators at QuarterHP, weve got a solid glimpse at possibly the most advanced mainstream 32 fork weve spotted yet.Oh, and theres obviously a short travel 32 Ari Signal Peak alloy XC bike and some as-yet-unannounced 32 Industry Nine Solix carbon mountain bike wheels in here, too!Prototype 32 Fox 34 SL cross-country suspension fork(All photos/Maxxis)Lets start with that fork.Nothing is official, but that is obviously a new Fox 34 SL suspension fork with a 32 wheel in it unmistakable with its new hollow generatively designed and optimized wrap-around arch. It also features the generative-designed curvy machined shaping on its 7000-series crown. And theres the same blue 3-position Grip SL compression damping selector lever hanging off the top of the right leg. That makes this black-stanchion fork a Performance Elite level, easier to hide under the radar than Kashima-coated Factory stanchions. But those windows in the crown are a dead giveaway.An alloy ARI Signal Peak 32 prototypeEverybody and his brother are working on prototype 32 mountain bikes. If the scandalous bike rumors are true that all new cross-country race bikes from next year on are going to 32 wheels, every bike maker needs to be out there prototyping and testing their next models now. The industry doesnt talk about it that much, but it takes a few years to properly design a new bike model. And switching wheel sizes is as extreme as creating an all-new bike platform, if not a more so. Remember how long it took to come to the modern long, low & slack geo that now dominates everything 29er from XC to enduro bikes? So yeah, we hope more brands are testing these giant 32 bikes thoroughly before the put them out in the market for consumers!So this aluminum frame design looks a lot like the current 110mm of travel from the carbon Signal Peak that we reviewed last spring. Ari doesnt currently make an aluminum version of the cross-country bike. But even in raw silver, this one looks really well refined, and Id love to see it make it to market in more affordable alloy. Ari does sell an alloy Cascade Peak full-sus trail bike that starts at just half the price of the carbon Signal Peak. Maybe the added rollover benefits of the bigger 32 wheels will push this model over the line into the trail category enough that Ari will keep an aluminum frame option?Prototype Industry Nine Solix carbon wheels?Rmi Gauvin of QuarterHP testing the prototype 32 ARI frame with their trusted component partners.Last of the hidden in plain sight amongst the images in the Maxxis press kit announcing their new 5-tire range for 32 wheels, we find a set of colorful Industry Nine Solix(?) wheels with carbon rims. Its not the first 32 i9 wheelset weve seen. Both Vassago & Neuhaus Metalworks have shown off rigid 32 singlespeeds built around Industry Nine wheels. But these look a bit more mainstream, even with the bright anodized orange aluminum hubs & spokes.All of these 32 prototypes are pretty much confirmed by the business model of the content creators at QuarterHP. They have highly polished YouTube, podcast & other social media channels built around the idea of detailed bike frame tests, all using standard high-quality components to control the variables, isolating just the frame on test. Maxxis is one of their paid supporters, hence the tires, and why we have these photos in the first place. Another is Fox suspension. So are the purple Hayes Dominion brakes. QuarterHP always tries to test bikes with their standardized supporters parts. So, likely when ARI provided a 32 frame to test, QuarterHP wasnt going to test it with anything other than Fox suspension. We all just got lucky that Fox appears to have rideable 34 SL forks ready to test.Looks like we need to get on the waiting list to test one for Bikerumor, too. And reach out to ARI & Industry Nine again, as well.rideFox.com, ARIbikes.com & IndustryNine.comThe post ARI Signal Sneak Peek: Wait, Thats a Ridable Prototype 32 Fox 34 SL Fork, Isnt It! appeared first on Bikerumor.

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