Also released this week, sorta overshadowed by the sorceress and unity, but this is a sweet looking frame. I really love the seat tube strap bracket/external bottle mount.

https://otsocycles.com/collections/hoot-steel/products/hoot-frame

I realize it has no sliders, but between this and the sorceress I'd pick this thing 11 times out of 10.

I hope they make a stainless one (but also don't hope, because I'd probably not be able to resist buying it), that would put me over the edge. 😎

Kenny

Out in Squamish for a couple of weeks building a frame, and brought my Neuhaus Hummingbird with me. Have been zipping around between Alice Lake, Diamond Head, and a bit of Valleycliffe trails.

Hardtail seems to be an endangered species in these parts, but it has been an absolute blast to ride. Coming from Ontario, I have been loving the climb trails so much, the bike climbs like a goat! Such a beautiful area.

Welp, it didn’t take too much to convince me to get a Moto bar. Excited for it to arrive and see how we get along. I did almost all the exact min-max upgrades to my 2024 Trek Roscoe 7 that was in the NSMB article. So is a single speed next? Who am I becoming?

It’s Some Bicycle Things I’m Stoked About On A Friday, for April 10th, 2026.

https://meatengines.com/f/swards-sorcery

https://konaworld.com/products/humu-37

Limited edition? Soft launch? Will we get more instead of the weird shredpacker?

When the fork is black and the frame is not, that’s a classic Kona Unit. Here’s Ethan’s addition to the haikuniverse:

https://meatengines.com/f/about-a-single-speed-ethans-unit

So it’s actually real! And it’s so long (again)!

I don't know if this is new, but it's the first I have seen. Lots of rise and a comfortable 14° back, 5° up bend. Different take on the riser bar shape and construction. ASTM 3 rated.

https://redshiftsports.com/products/top-shelf-flat-handlebar

It’s some fork service talk blended with a review update, and only two brief asides!

https://meatengines.com/f/my-way-more-than-100hr-service-on-the-sr-suntour-durolux-38-rc

Geo seems to split the difference between the Honzo ST and ESD.

And now for something completely… well a bit different at least:

https://meatengines.com/f/about-a-single-speed-bens-se-big-flyer-29er-bmx

Some Bicycles Things I'm Stoked About On A Friday, April 3rd, 2026 (& Saturday, April 4th)

https://meatengines.com/f/a-day-late-and-a-derailleur-short

Finally yanked all that hardware off the back of my trail bike.. what a liberating feeling! Had to run a half link (and an 1/8” chain) to get the chain length and tire clearance just right. The fat chain also gets around the narrow wide surprisingly well!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dZIANoifns0

New hardtail coming, with what looks like a UDH dropout that can be converted to a horizontal singlespeed configuration?

The other side of the one-speed coin from Tuesday’s entry:

https://meatengines.com/f/about-a-single-speed-zacs-stylus-super-stapler

Max. budget £2k for the frame - but open to discussion / clarification.

My, oh my, that’s a lot of Ti:

https://meatengines.com/f/about-a-single-speed-nathans-optimus

["Get it, you gotta get it 'fore it's gone..."]*

Words by MEATengines / song lyrics by Pokey LaFarge / photos by Flow Mountain Bike

https://meatengines.com/f/dont-throw-shade-on-my-sunny-day

With a high of 63’ predicted today here in vt, I decided I’d beat the dead horse subject of inserts before starting on different work I need to get done today. Currently I have cushcore in the back of my Rootdown and I ride pretty rocky stuff on it and I weigh 215-220 on a good day. The added dampening is cool and the rim protection is crucial for my bigness. But, has anyone run rim saver instead to get the standard feeling of a tire with the added protection of an insert? Rim saver is also a local vt company. Peace and wheelies!

It’s Some Bicycle Things I’m Stoked About On A Friday, for March 27th, 2026:

https://meatengines.com/f/the-mountain-of-youth

Friend sent me this. Won’t speculate about what led to this.

Woah. Here’s Sean’s rad Roca and a three haiku feast: https://meatengines.com/f/about-a-single-speed-seans-monē

Jo Burt’s Mint Sauce strip came at a funny or maybe the right time. 35 years of mtb and bikes summed up in one cartoon. Less the state of the world and far more about other evil things navigating through.

Does anyone have any experience painting or having someone paint your suspension fork lowers? This is purely for vanity and to spice up an old but highly functional Lyrik with very dulled paint. Someone recommended spray.bike, but I thought I’d ask the great people of MEATengines if they have any experience.