The Sierra Club?
mike Vandeman types?
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Future Of Geometry? Grim F@#$IN DONUT
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mike Vandeman types?
There are like 50.
You really want the list?
I love how I say there aren't a 'shit ton' of fast spanish guys and 3 from the last 20 years get named
That's the point. The culture, the access, all so much better in europe for racing it's always seemed to me.
I guess siestas are nice too.
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Ever been to England?
Other than where you live closer to real hills, I can't for the life of me understand why the UK is such a powerhouse in dh racing. We would have given up long ago with that weather and track length
100% culture? Here we're horrible environment destroyers who have to break the law (like potentially go to jail law) to ride real terrain.
That's me
JM on far left
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There have been like 50
Downcountry- IMO this is just a name applied to the realization that you can get away with less bike when you have moar wheel. ie, 29" wheels feel more good with just 110mm of travel compared to 130 on a 650b bike. So you get more efficiency and more comfort at the same time. These bikes are just redesigned for people who like goin' fast and demand a stiff front end and aggressive geometry from a lighter and more efficient bike.
Grim Donut- crazy geometry makes fast guys go faster on fast trails, will suck for 99.8% of anybody else. MFGers- "do we build the thing to make our racers fast, then push it on freds, or force our racers to ride things that will actually sell?"
Grim Donut- crazy geometry makes fast guys go faster on fast trails, will suck for 99.8% of anybody else. MFGers- "do we build the thing to make our racers fast, then push it on freds, or force our racers to ride things that will actually sell?"
in the red spandex?
yeah. he doesn't look impressed by Nino's tweak one little bit
You deleted the zero of the 50 in my quote so that you could make it say 5 and then you could say 50?
Call the doctor man. Strokes are not to be taken lightly.
I once ran into her in a coffee shop in, like Anchor Bay or some other tiny town like that on the coast. She was in the middle of a road ride, and she and her friend were discussing how drunk they intended to get that night at a party.
Who are we to judge?
Other than where you live closer to real hills, I can't for the life of me understand why the UK is such a powerhouse in dh racing. We would have given up long ago with that weather and track length
100% culture? Here we're horrible environment destroyers who have to break the law (like potentially go to jail law) to ride real terrain.
That's me
JM on far left
This is the ideal version of American recreation
That's HIGH! But doesn't his Nicolai have like 50mm more rear travel aswell?
For anyone else interested:
I was wrong, it‘s higher. He has 210mm of travel
here’s his reasoning,
“Bottom bracket height: The BB is currently about 375mm. Blasphemy! I'm not a super fan of low bottom brackets, especially in Finale where there are plenty of things to catch a pedal on. My theory is that low bottom brackets were great to improve stability on tiny bikes with small wheels a few years ago, nowadays we mostly use bigger wheels so we instantly have higher axles and more BB drop, plus this bike is so inherently stable that a higher BB lets me ride through rocks and ruts with much more confidence.
I find it also switches direction easily with my style of riding: I pump the bike a lot and unweight it between corners, at full extension, I am standing above the axles and so it tips over easily. This also keeps the bike leant over in turns better: if you are standing far below the axles your weight pushing through the BB is trying to stand the bike up.”
he's not wrong in regards to the increase in BB drop that came with larger wheel diameters.
For sure. Also, the increase in travel would need a higher static bb height to avoid clipping pedals at bottom out.
Totally with him on this one.
and yeah. bigger wheels on longer wheelbases probably not so much.
Ps. is that you getting your skids n wheelies on in the new Scott Randsom Eeb video?
approx 80% of the downhill Strava KOMs in my hood are owned by two guys. One's a full-blown xc rider (and gravel rider and road rider), the other is a former DH racer that was always a beast on the climbs and has turned his had to gravel and road riding in the last few years.
So it's all about how we look now?!?!But this is what xc racing does to your brain: People think this looks good in the air
(I'm totally ok with that - I don't ride fast at all!)
Most KOMs round here are all taken by racers on XC bikes, even if the trail is gnarly and more suited for a bigger bike.
Few people also cleaned up a couple "DH" races at a local skihill this summer. Granted they race at the world cup level, but still....
IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN
Strava definitely has a road biker slant... so... no big surprise there
love my roadie as well, but with Dickies and flats for life. fuck spandex and clip shoes...
You know the whip off worlds they do at crankworx? They don't judge based on intent.
So kinda like listing US WC winners for the past 20 yearsI love how I say there aren't a 'shit ton' of fast spanish guys and 3 from the last 20 years get named
No shit Sherlock
Spain is a lot closer to UCI world and real mountains with the real tracks used for real dh racing. We're all over here like "derp derp, winter park=enduro right? Right?"
It's 2020. If you think the US is any example of anything to hold up for any reason whatsoever, I'm genuinely concerned for your mental health. We made palmer into a hero
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lol at this.We made palmer into a hero
I picture him as a truck-nut Trump voter.
So... Fuck going fast too?
Hey gary: do you have any actual pictures of you riding dirt jumps?
serious question. I'm doubting your cred bro.
serious question. I'm doubting your cred bro.
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Yes, that was me on the ebike with the fanny pack, just don’t tell Woo.
Back to neo-geo, I had 462mm stays on that thing. I’ve never ridden a bike that long before that.
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Side note: It was too dark to continue along the ridge so I got to freeride down the left of us in this pic. The gravel was perfect and you could ride anywhere, pop rollers and carve like the Kamloops gravel pit. I’ve never done that before. It was one of the coolest parts of the trip. Pila down to Aosta was where I finished off my back wheel. Aosta is such a amazing spot. I’d like to go back there before the snow.
I wanna see more huck pics of you from the perfectly manicured Dank jump days.Hey gary: do you have any actual pictures of you riding dirt jumps?
serious question. I'm doubting your cred bro.