I forgot to mention; because of the low snow level the race spent an extra day riding in Castlegar and one less day in Nelson. The Nelson day that got cancelled was listed as "The Day of the Steeps." I was bummed to miss that day since everything we DID ride was steep, I can only imagine how...
I just got back from doing Trans BC. Most of the trails we rode were awesome: steep, fast, and challenging. Any jump with a gap was ribboned off which made me a little sad because there were some good looking jumps we had to ride around and it seemed a little silly since there were definitely...
This is peak Seattle.
Also, it's clunky and not great but I just use notes on my phone as well. It's probably why I don't actually do it all that often (well, that and I hate riding with my phone). I asked a coworker that develops apps on the side to make one but she said the market was too...
I'm with Salami, I love my HD4 though I'm not convinced the HD5 is better. Of course I have new bike lust on a regular basis but when it comes down to actually clicking the buy button on something new nothing else out there strikes as good a balance as the HD4 for what I want out of my not-a-DH...
I'll be there July 6 and 7 riding the valley trails and maybe TOTW/Ride don't slide or Khyber. Would be fun to meet up with other monkeys for riding and beers.
FWIW, Chain Reaction has 26" Supergravity Magic Mary in both soft and ultra soft for $53US. I tend to run Spec. or Maxxis tires but at that price I figured why not give them a shot. Seems like CR lowered the free shipping threshold to $49 too so a single tire ships for free. Here's hoping...
This. Planning out my business model for direct sale tires is how I occupy my mind on long fire road climbs. I always give up when I calculate the number of SKU's needed to cover several wheel diameters, casing widths, tread patterns, rubber compounds, and casing constructions. But my imaginary...
Yes, no doubt very different from a legal perspective but from a "this is what's wrong with the industry" perspective I still find it entertaining. It's a bullshit engineering argument that the rear derailleur will only work with a SRAM crank as anyone who's ever mixed drivetrain brands can...
The irony here is that SRAM (nee Gripshift) got their big break in the 90's when they sued Shimano for forcing manufacturers to buy entire groupsets (which locked Gripshift out of the OEM market). Gripshift won the lawsuit and they're now pulling the same stunt they sued Shimano over.
I worked...
My cushcore experience has been the opposite of @mtg and @buckoW, after spending a good 30 minutes swearing to get the damn thing installed I smashed my rear wheel hard enough to split the rim at the welded seam. 27.5x2.4 High Roller II DH casing running 25psi on e13 lg+ wheels, 140lb pilot. It...
Oh, who knew? RM educating me again. I suppose I was thinking that most of the IFP movement is due to displaced oil, not thermal expansion. But I could easily be wrong about that too.
Yup, I understand the basics. And I'm sure the Trek guys gave us the USA Today media version of how it works but from the interview he seems to make a blanket statement as to how IFPs are bad and then glosses over the fact that the shock has one anyways. Admittedly the IFP in their new shock...
Holy shit! I love the level of nerdery on RM but that's the first time I've had to the google the definition for a word. Lucubration = :nerd:
I can't wait to hear the explanation from Trek as to why an IFP is bad yet they ended up including one anyway to deal with thermal expansion. This feels...
A friend of a friend of a friend claims to have snapped this photo in Moab, not Australia.
Yes, that is a shameless grasp at fame.
All parts of this post are true.
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