costco had plenty of cream cheese last time i was there. catch was you had to buy a 3 pound tub.
2022 Racing/Team Rumors
- Thread starter Redwood Mulch Chucker
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this is no life
-all the cream cheese
this is no life
I agree. Is it my ear’s playin trick’s on me,or did I hear a lot of clanking with his rear end? His ridin was smooth, but the sound of his rear squish did not sound supple. Give um a break Avy,first ride. He will dial it in soon.
Avy
I solved this problem by adding another bottom out bumper from DVO Jade, EXT bumper is very thin, now I'm happy on big hits.
breeden and dak on intense.
^harsh
Oh man, if Dak drops from podium contention this year it will be quite telling.
That team seems to be a talent black hole as of late.
That team seems to be a talent black hole as of late.
hmmmm... did Neko start his own program to make room for his good buddy Dak on a factory team?!
It sounds like it had more to do with getting off the Intense frames and Kenda tires.
In that Blister podcast he mentions he and Aaron were so unhappy with the current Intense they thought it was time to try a new direction and bought a number of top performing bikes to test.
Dak came on strong last year. It’d be a real bummer to see that momentum flushed away due to sub par equipment.
Had me wondering if he was using an insert or not.
Very interesting indeed. Neko's first episode is really good and it sounds very promising for the rest of the season.
I have to say I really like the media stuff some are doing with Youtube these days. Wyn is one of the OG youtuber for race stuff and always have super entertaining content. Rémy Métailler is probably the best for gnarly lines analysis. Cathro for race lines analysis. Bernard Kerr and Jack Moir are having some of the best POV riding. Neko's race bike development series will be super interesting as well.
Many of these good quality youtube channels are probably some kind of a positive by-product of the pandemic. Like you said, they are a welcome shift from the usual marketing BS to more quality content.
Is Kanuga worth a visit? I assume it gets pretty busy there?
i think he uses one on the back wheel only. i wanna say FTD?
by all accounts i've heard, yes.
Intense getting raked over the coals in comments.
They should pivot away from bikes toward firearm-themed window decals for F150s.
They should pivot away from bikes toward firearm-themed window decals for F150s.
Yes, it is awesome. Not to mention it is 35 minutes from my house.
Even if it busy, it is not that crowded. There is enough trails from the top to spread out.
Noicccce.Yes, it is awesome. Not to mention it is 35 minutes from my house.
Even if it busy, it is not that crowded. There is enough trails from the top to spread out.
And lucky. Its a breezy 15 hour drive for me. Can't wait to get back down there.
Honestly, all of Pisgah is more crowded than the last time you were here. Still, it's not like you can't have loads of fun at all the usual spots.
As for Kanuga, I thought it was awesome fun. It's a pedal up bike park and I think the pedaling part keeps it from getting too overwhelmingly busy. Basically a bunch of differently styled and themed, very well maintained, and ridiculously fun Pisgah style trails and some medium to huge jump lines. The climb trail is very easy and there is also a direct route trail for all the e-bikers-- @jackalope and I decided it was faster to just ride up the e-bike trail if you had the legs for it. We rode it on my pedal bike and had a blast. If (when!) you're back in this neck of the woods I think it's worth a trip. I did not think crowds were an issue when I was there although I guess that could change as they get more popular. There is another similar concept park going in west of Asheville near Candler as well--opens this year.
Cool thanks for the tips.
Is that other park the one that Seth has been helping with?
I wonder (this may be common knowledge, I don't know), if Steber can weld full-on prototypes for the team, or whether they are constrained by the design of what they make available for sale to the general public?
It seems to me that a man of Steber's talents and background could easily make custom FRO frames for his team, no? Like he did back in the M1 days?
They don't make any production aluminum bikes anymore, so I'd wager that they've lost some of those skills and capabilities.
grab a 10 lb bag of ruffles to go with it and both will be gone in a day.
right, but Steber the welder isn't gone, and I have to assume he kept some welding equipment in his garage... I guess I'm wondering if they are tied to production models, or whether he has the ability to make one-off customs for this team.
And on that note, isn't there a UCI rule that prevents teams from racing prototypes? Isn't there a requirement that a bike be available for purchase within a year of a team racing on it? I seem to recall this was a thing when Santa Cruz starting rolling out the 27.5 and 29r frames... How is Neko getting around this rule?
i wish they had bags of chips that big.
I thought there was a rule about that or that you could have a prototype in use for a year or something?
But I don't see any rule mentioned in here:
Also didn't know there was a set of rules for downhill snow bikes.
the prototype rule is under the general rules. bikes must be commercialized within 1 year of being raced, with the option of a 1 year extension.I thought there was a rule about that or that you could have a prototype in use for a year or something?
But I don't see any rule mentioned in here:
Also didn't know there was a set of rules for downhill snow bikes.
it's always seemed like there's a bit of leeway for using things like custom links on an otherwise production frame
Ah true, yeah here it is on page 6:
So based on these rules yeah theres obviously a whole bunch of conflicts out there. What about the custom dropouts that Greg used for a while?
that document is not the rules. that is a clarification guide ***only as it applies to road, cyclocross, and track**
here is the actual rule:
looks like there was a rule change this year. this clause is new I think:
"Any equipment in development phase and not yet available for sale (prototype) must be subject of an authorisation request to the UCI Equipment Unit before its use. "
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now, those are the rules as written in the rulebook. how strictly they are actually adhered to by UCI officials on a race day is a totally different story.
this is just for bike racing. you should see the regulations for the industry I work in.
Well yeah thats the key thing, its just bike racing. It says something when they need to write a complete 2nd document as clarification of the original document.
I work for a publicly traded company so we have rules for our rules and there are rules for those rules. Thx SOX
to be fair, there are a lot of rules from the UCI that apply to road/cx/track that don't apply to mountain biking.
