>>1471706>1x isn't cool anymorenah. instead what you're gonna see is more 1x9 on the cool kid builds as people bail from horribly overpriced and finicky 11 and 12 speed rear
>Road bikes rediscoveredI dunno. The road/gravel split is weird because in the EU gravel another iteration of the old sport touring concept, while in the US it's the fucking 70s all over again with people reinventing the rigid allrounder XC bike, specifically the XO-1. I see the US gravel scene less as a rejection of road bikes, and more as a rejection of how fucking retarded MTB has become
>Return of custom steelBoutique custom steel is already a largish and competitive niche. The really cool brands are doing multi-material and combining steel, ti, and carbon into one frame. Not because it gives anyone any kind of an avantage, but because it's neat. The well-known steel framebuilders still have years-long waitlists. On the lower end, you'll always have surly, linus, and the rest
>Silver component revenge: demand for silver parts increases dramatically>subdued metallic paint and end of pastel/neonCampy just killed off their silver lines so completely that they sold off their polishing equipment. Cerakote with candy metallics will become the new hotness
>Rim brake, rediscoveredNope. Normies are already convinced that disc brakes are a magical force field and that not having them means you'll fucking die
>Second wave of center-pull: lol
>"high trail" roadRiv has been doing this for years. You know what else will become popular? Long chainstays. Give it 5 years.
>Rivendell makes surprise recoveryI think they already kinda are, but if they finally relent and offer disc options, they'll moon. I would so get a GBW if it were disc, only for rim availability
>boutique 1" threadless/26.0 builds "for compliance"Crust is already doing that, Surly is low key doing that with the Bridge Club,
>tanwall officially lame againNah
>ebike sales stagnate, "the new fatbike" ahhahahahhaha
