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  1. Vrock

    Future Of Geometry? Grim F@#$IN DONUT

    It's not that bad as I thought. They just want to test how it rides going down, so the most important part it's the LR. 2.95-2.5 it's around 18% progression, a bit low for a coil shock but it's doable.
  2. Vrock

    Future Of Geometry? Grim F@#$IN DONUT

    You can rent a battery in some shops. Valencia is a pretty good place for EMTB and there are a lot of riders there. And Lycra has an explanation!!! Remember that here 90% of the people has a roadbike, so everyone has a lot of roadbike clothing. What are you supposed to do, double your wardrobe...
  3. Vrock

    Future Of Geometry? Grim F@#$IN DONUT

    Wow, I read something like this and I feel like I'm living in a different planet. In Spain XC Bikes are the most popular by a huge margin: Orbea Oiz, Scott Spark, Cannondale Scalpel, Specialized Epic, Canyon Lux.... And if that is not enough then you have a ton of people riding carbon HTs...
  4. Vrock

    BOOOOOO E-BIKES

    There is no need to visit the USA, you can see it using Strava Heatmap. Cities are huge, trails are tiny and designed in a weird way...
  5. Vrock

    This is what's wrong with The Industry™

    I love Ebikes and still think that bike doesn't make any sense. Light weight roadbikes with Fazua motors are very nice, Bikepacking hardtails with big motors and dual battery are amazing. To me Gravel Riding is a solo sport, and when you ride solo there is no need to compromise, so a MTB...
  6. Vrock

    Will Any Off The Shelf Shocks Suit a 2:1 Leverage Ratio?

    Off the shelf shocks are designed for a 2.5:1 LR and a 70kg rider. Using a super low LR is a problem, being a lot heavier than 70kg is another problem, but when you have these two problems at the same time they cancel each other and you get a really good result... Anyway, if you want to ride...
  7. Vrock

    Depressing thought...

    Santa Cruz is using a Shimano motor with a Shimano battery, display and lever.... That's the laziest and cheapest approach a company can take. The system, the design language and all the small details are also the same as all their other bikes. That bike has a tiny development bill to pay...
  8. Vrock

    OChain “chainless” chainring spider

    This is retarded. PK doesn't happen when you are coasting. Watch any DH slow motion video and keep an eye on the chain... the thing is always flopping around like crazy.
  9. Vrock

    Euro Monkeys - Any La Palma tips?

    Get on Strava, follow a few of the locals, see what they do, download the GPX files and copy what they are doing. Wikiloc is a really nice source for routes too. People in La Palma are very friendly and trails are not a secret at all, you can ask anyone and they'll tell you where are the best...
  10. Vrock

    Trust me...

    I think this fork could have worked a lot better if they designed it as an XC fork... a Lauf with dampers.
  11. Vrock

    New Evil

    Here in Spain there are thousands and thousands of roadies, most of them have an XC MTB as a second bike, lots of XC Hardtails and a few FS. Nobody gets a gravel bike as their second bike. Then you have a lot of people doing XC with nicer bikes, and they always get a roadbike for training. Then...
  12. Vrock

    New Evil

    Not even close, the best XC frames right now are two pounds lighter than the Evil, the fork adds another pound and everyone is using big tires so you end up with a heavy Trailbike.
  13. Vrock

    New Evil

    I don't understand why Evil is getting into gravel bikes and at the same time don't have an XC model in their catalog....
  14. Vrock

    Jedi vs other reward travel frames

  15. Vrock

    YAY, E-bikes!

    If everyone start riding Ebikes, then bikers can become the biggest user group of those trails. More people, more power, more money, more resources... Majority rule.
  16. Vrock

    YAY, E-bikes!

    Old lady bought a City Ebike and is having a lot of fun riding around a small town in Maine... You have to be a fucking nazi to be against it.
  17. Vrock

    YAY, E-bikes!

    I live on the first floor of a building and I use the walk mode every day to climb one set of stairs, The bike doesn't fit very well on the elevator and climbing the stairs it's not too difficult, so It's the best option. On the trail it doesn't work very well, and having to shift gears is a...
  18. Vrock

    YAY, E-bikes!

    Fancy road ebikes are retarded, you can build a hardtail with slicks for 1/3 of the cost with a normal engine (easy to service...) and a bigger battery. That's the whole point of getting a road ebike, you don't need to worry about weight, so you can get away with murder while the rest of the...
  19. Vrock

    Hi Jon, can you add me on Strava? That way you can see what I've been doing and get a better...

    Hi Jon, can you add me on Strava? That way you can see what I've been doing and get a better idea of what can be done with an E-Bike...
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  20. Vrock

    YAY, E-bikes!

    There are a few pros riding here and they are absolute beasts. They go faster than Ebikes on the trails and also on the roads. On a technical trail an E-bike it's never going to reach top speed and on the road they are limited to 25Km/h, but roadies climb a little bit faster... Koms at the main...
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