We're living in the future now. 2020. What the hell?
Aluminium frames are cool again, high pivots are too. There's a polished, readily available linkage fork on the market. Bikes made for pedalling are north of 15kg. Coil springs are on trail bikes. Shimano have the weird hub standard and the halo drivetrain. 29 is the new big thing for the second time. Transition brought about the new fork offset standard. Hans Rey is off GT. Yeti are sponsoring freeride.
What is going on? I have no idea but I feel like it's just going to get weirder.