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No, Evil Hasn't Dropped a New Enduro Frame — Here's What the Record Actually Shows
10/29/2026
Rumor mill says a lot of things. Lately it's been murmuring about a new enduro frame from Evil and a bigger Bellingham manufacturing push. I went looking for confirmation. I didn't find it — not in any current announcement, not in the group tests, not anywhere in the trade press…
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