I kind of remember hearing about something like this going on inside the Honda tent. Mainly just speculation I'm sure, but sounds really plausable. I definately saw a pic of an unattached Showa shock that had a "Fort William" tag tied to it in one of the mags.
At Interbike's on dirt demo...
I agree that you should save your money and just go out and ride. If you're not having fun because your feet keep slipping, get some 5.10s. I really think flat pedals are the way to go unless you're taching up a lot of uphill miles, but really thats a decision you need to make for yourself...
Look up BuckoW, (ben walker) he runs a chalet in the Alps on the French/Swiss boarder in Morgins, Switzerland that caters to mountain bikers. It's called 'le Chalet de Ben' He's at the base of a bunch of chairlifts, has wicked skills on a bike, and is just generally an all around good guy. I...
Okay, they were soft. One thing to keep in mind running a spike is that you will intentionally have to slow down for some stuff. Example wet, diagonal, rocks or large diameter roots at weird angles. However, even on an extremely rocky or rooty course, you are on dirt 75% of the time or more...
Yeah, I have a strange sense of humor, sorry. Don't take anything I write too literally, besides who's to say my balls aren't shaved already? I did check out the other thread tho just for a laugh. Hydrogen sounds like a fun time, forgot about that one.
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Fully agree, I wouldn't have posted it if I didn't think it was common knowledge. However, I was really surprised this year at how much wide spread resentment some people have for spikes at the races. It was crazy how many times people rolled thier eyes and scoffed when I'd roll up on spikes...
The second pomerelle course was a bit flat and pedally, you might get bitten by the rolling resistance, but they would have been a lot of fun in all those flowy turns.
Actually, the first Pomerelle course where you have a bit of gravity working for you, would be awesome with those tires. And...
Here are the two cuts I've seen and where I've seen them, both leave the corner knobs full length, and I think both of these guys leave them untouched when it's muddy:
CVD: Tiny bit, like 2mm shaved evenly off of the center two rows.
aids in grip on rock and hard pack.
Strobel...
At a bunch of the Norbas this year the 2.5 wetscreams were the secert weapon for a lot of pros. Word on the street is tons of the fast guys are running them all over the place. From what I hear, Hill runs them in all kinds of conditions and they don't appear to be slowing him down any, and I...
Right, which is why it is "lighter than air"... because it's less dense. That's what whould make it perfect for inflating a bicycle with, because it's "lighter than air"
My question is if you took a front wheel, weighed it, then replaced the air in the tire with helium, would it weigh less...
At 135lbs, I think the Industry 9 wheelset with Mavic 721s would be a killer race wheelset. Emphasis on "race set" I doubt I'd run this setup for general thrashing. The Deemax are definately legit too. I've never run any of the dt rims, I think they are too soft, but the hubs are great.
I...
You must not be trying to hard. I come in at 135 and gaurentee I could if I really wanted to. (Although I do think Mavic EX 721s are some of my favorite rims of all time, the EX 823s are pretty sweet too).
Don't know about that, my old roomate back in Durango completely snapped the arm in...
That was more in referance to the air spring than the dampening. I've gotten tons of air shocks "stuck down" on my short travel from burping the pos/neg air seal, and hear it is a common problem with Boxxer WCs.
Okay, maybe not tons, more like two or three, and from big impacts, but it's...
While we are on topic of running weird gasses in bicycles. I always thought it would be sweet to run helium charges in the tubeset and tires to lighten the bike. Probably wouldn't work because of some physics equation that I am unaware of, or it would all leak out, but it would be cool if it...
So if I'm to get this correct, nitrogen can be used not only for a spring, and to pressurize the oil... but could potentially be used to replace the oil in the compression and rebound controls with legit consistancy and performance?
That means you could possibly build a nitro shock with no...
Thanks, I should just pm all my questions to you!! It seems like if we start seeing larger shocks (2:1 leverage ratios) and longer races (megavalanche style) there may actually be something to this.
Okay, I'll stop prodding and prying for a little while. Thanks everyone for the info...
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