Here’s a thing, we should put weight limits on DH bikes like they do in the motorcycle world.
On these bikes the geometry is now effectively sorted and so is the suspension. Do you think the highly status orientated downhilling industry will settle for not being able to make “the next big thing” once they’ve run out of new performance ideas.
No instead of spending the time developing a bike and then selling that for 5-10 years they will design a new frame every two years with some slight change in frame stiffness or some bollocks and then they’ll carry on charging you a small fortune.
The only time I will spend 5k on a bike is if either I was racing at a high level or if a manufacturer comes out with a sub 29lb bike with electronically adjustable suspension that can alter the travel and geometry from a 200mm downhill bike to a 120mm trail bike. Scott have almost got there.
Then I can chuck out all my other bikes.