15 bucks for a bashguard? If it works even for 6 months, seems pretty worth it, and the two year warranty implies that it will. That's rad.
This is what's right with The Industry®
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Exactly. $15 shipped in the US, not bad!
Setting up payment processing and international shipping takes a minute or two and is a bigger investment than making some in your garage and dropping them in the mail whenever you get an order. I'd imagine its in the pipeline once they make a little bit of money.USA only.
The rest of the world says F.U.
UCI approved mixed wheel sizes on bikes. Holy shit, first disc brakes on road bikes and now this.
More irony, I'll bet E-bike money is behind it........
More irony, I'll bet E-bike money is behind it........
What’s wrong is emtb bikes on trails that were/are being fought for tooth and nail to have access, what’s right ebikes to commute on I’m not a daily commuter like I would like to be but for some it’s one less car sometimes and that’s better than never. The problem that brings up is ebikes that can go almost 30mph on a bike path.
Nah... What's WRONG is your bike access rights/laws and whoever got them instated.
and only in the usa. how is that something labeled right in the industry?
you mean like making an account with shopify et al.?
Because it works for me?
Perhaps establishing international business is a major pita for a one-man-operation?
Motorized vehicles do not belong everywhere, even mountain bikes don't belong everywhere. We actually have land in this country that hasn't been ruined by humanity, it's nice to keep it that way.
I thought I was the only guy still using a bash guard.
I'm using a old random Race Face bash ring I dug out of my spares after my lightweight one bent horribly after a heavy rock impact sometime last year.
I contemplate using a ISCG mounted one, but I've still got at least another spare old bash ring to use up first.
Ok God
We control such issues by having a “don’t be a dick” law - works fine
Dear god...what if they did it on purpose?
next up: lizard wars
Please let this be true! It makes sense to have some basic regulations on bikes.. I think every other racing sport does (?) I have yet to see anything that suggests that there is a significant advantage to running 29 vs. 27.5. It just forces people to spend money...or at least strongly encourages. Even the rider size argument seems like BS to me. Minnar performed at the relative same level on 26", 27.5 and 29..actually, he may be doing worse on 29 but I'm sure age, tires etc. probably have more to do with that.
Create a wheel standard and leave it alone. 27.5 seems like a happy medium.
Create a wheel standard and leave it alone. 27.5 seems like a happy medium.
It's a nonstarter IMO-- if you hit something hard enough to hurt your chain ring then 3d printed plastic will not help. We have a 3d printer in the office and I've made a lot of doohickies with it... great for RC airplane parts, not great for hitting against rocks on a thin edge.
if you want to save money on a bash guard, get a piece of HDPE from mcmaster carr and have at it with a sharpie/ jigsaw /drill /countersink /drill bit. It's a 10 minute project. If you don't have a sharpie or a countersink then you should avoid rocks anyway.
The question is not if, but when it changes
"Create a standard and be a dick about it"
We can ask the @FSM if you want God involved
No you just don't care because humanity turned all the ancient forests on your island into peat bogs thousands of years ago. We were all such huge dicks for so long that there's nothing natural left worth preserving.
Highland is gay. What is your favorite trail bike, btw?
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/canyon-recalls-mountain-bikes-due-to-crash-hazard.html
At first glance this seems like what is wrong with the industry, but lets face it - 20 breakages from 820 affected? Some very big and expensive brands wish they had those success rates. Canyon actually issuing a recall is a crazy step.
At first glance this seems like what is wrong with the industry, but lets face it - 20 breakages from 820 affected? Some very big and expensive brands wish they had those success rates. Canyon actually issuing a recall is a crazy step.
Moar new standards!
https://m.pinkbike.com/news/tag-metals-stem-sas-taipei-cycle-show-2018.html
This one is actually a decent idea though.
https://m.pinkbike.com/news/tag-metals-stem-sas-taipei-cycle-show-2018.html
This one is actually a decent idea though.
Indeed, but I'm sure we can still count on the other players to generate a clusterfuck of standards based on the idea. They will all come with their own version, claiming that even though the idea is good, it is not optimal for large-scale production and their window positioning is better.
Pivot is warrantying my frame, supplying a new one. Had a crack show up near the main pivot that at least 4 other people experienced exactly the same. All in all smooth process. New frame is rear boost, but it’s fair, I’ll just run an adapter for the rear wheel.
I worked in a shop in Ithaca that had an older blind guy. He was able to build wheels and straighten stems by feel.
It was...eye-opening, to say the least!
It was...eye-opening, to say the least!