well my weight has varied between 220 and 265 for the past 11 years of riding DH, but I'm only 5'9"and extremely dense, and I feel like I can give it pretty hard every once in awhile.
Anyway, this new craze of super low leverage bikes (Wilson, makulu) is fantastic for heavier riders because...
Heat is dangerous because aluminum is a sensitive material and using heat in your garage is difficult to regulate. I only use it at last resort, but then again, aluminum also doesn't like to be beaten on with a hammer, either.
I wouldn't consider all penetrating oils equal, and I'm not...
I've had a number of bikes disintegrate under me, including a Sunday that sheared at WFO. I've ridden bikes for 15 years, I've been a wrench for eight, I've taken university level engineering courses. A few stress fractures aren't of too much concern, especially around the dropout. JonKranked...
Ok, well this isn't a trolling thread. I'm going to do this since I can't see putting money into a clapped out pike. You must be the 1%, so watch out or I'll occupy your ass.
And I've called SRAM direct when I worked in shops and never got satisfaction for this issue. This is why I'm doing...
Nah, spring rates increase when you cut the spring. I don't know why this is, as I got a BA not a BS, but I do know it's true. I also DO intend to preload it like crazy, and I believe that RockShox never made a pike spring stiff enough. I had a coil pike before this, and I tried "the stiffest...
Does anyone here know how to calculate the change in spring rate that occurs when you chop a spring?
The reason why I ask is that I have a pike 454 dual air U-turn that has felt horrible since day 1, and after dealing with it for 3 years, I want to go coil. I have a couple boxxer springs...
Goddamnit, Thad! You're spreading sh¡t everywhere!!
Seriously, there has been a significant decline in peoples' trail etiquette over the past several years.
Put simply, if it is not a public park with posted trails or you are not the primary builder of the trail, DO NOT POST ABOUT IT ON PUBLIC...
So my buddy and I are going to drive south starting xmas day and returning on new year's. We don't have a plan yet other than to be in Portland for new years to hit the A-crop. We'll have a 4x4 truck, dirtbikes, and trailbikes, maybe downhill bikes, too.
Totally eager for and open to...
I don't know how you can complain about any other shoe's durability if you've owned 5.10's. Maybe they last longer in dry climates, but I rarely get more than 2-3 months out of a pair of 5.10's.
Hopefully Adidas recognizes that CS is a selling point, but also realizes they'll be bleeding...
"Is this my Bandit 29'er? wh-What ish-how did you get my Bandit 29'er?"
"Well, uh.... we f_ckin stole it, man."
My buddy and I got powerwasted and stole this proto bandit 29'er. We combined his Alaskan bareback riding with my mastermind prodigial filming and editing skills to showcase the...
Think about all the remote res shocks because companies like Turner built highly desirable frames around obscure dampers like Romic. Also, my MonsterT smashed the side of my Banshee frame back in 2003, even though there was no reason to run a Banshee if you weren't running a Monster. It's lame...
As simple as this might be, I also think there's something to be said for doing something new and fresh and really having fun at it. If you're having fun, you're going to be better at what you're doing. On the contrary, if you're beating your head against the wall trying to progress in a...
Well, I'm not so sure about that. We don't cut corners here with our health care. It's so good, I get treated for conditions that I don't even have! We spend two to six times as much (as % of gdp) on our health care, so basic logical common sense dictates that if we chose to make boring...
It's because they don't want their socialist socioeconomic ideals to be looked down upon when it takes a foreign racer 9 months of waiting at the clinic to get a flesh wound cleaned and stitched!
I think it's horsesh!t that world cup professionals (in any sport) are required to wear non...
The older flat lines were tanks. Super long chainstays, heavy, bad pedaling bikes. The glory can hold its own against most bikes, a used sunday is also a great option. I just spent a month on one after owning several new fancy bikes since my last sunday (2007), and that frame still flat out...
He's a damn good rider and certainly better than me. Didn't mean for it to sound like I meant he was a hack. He's just a rider that punishes. Just like Jason and so many others.
Back on topic, I think the Makulu is a great choice for someone that values durability.
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