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Also a black box shockHP all the things:
yea, that's my assumption. literally the only thing going on right now. can't wait for RAW
If Knolly can patent seat tubes in front of the BB, then anything is possible.
How did you choose that stem?
Wanted something made with an approach of longevity (rather than race or flavor of the moment), understated, 2024 and fatigue life sounds nice, north american manufacturing is a bonus. Have heard good things. Somewhat impulsive, but so be it.
shit's soooo dry and dusty. easy to wash out when it's like that. looks like they have scattered showers rolling through today and tomorrow which should help give a little tackiness to the dirt.
Paul's a great guy, one of the OG's still doing things right, and he's got a good group of people working with him. Props to you for supporting them.
I've had more slide out wrecks at N* than Mammoth, and get about the same number of days in at each.
i remember the moon dust was deeper at mammoth. i should add the disclaimer that i haven't ridden either in over 10 years, not that i can imagine the conditions at either having gotten any better.
Are we sure they're not supplying the multitool because they chose to use entirely proprietary fasteners? 7 point off center torx-hex?
Also, any guesses on compatibility between GX and XXXXX01 AXS? Probably can't use the cheap shifter with the fancy derailleur right?
dub wrench. 4.72 mm size. and another one that's shaped like Gary Busey's face.
They put 3mm bolts on a stem? And I thought 4mm was annoying....
YEA WTF THOMSON??!?
Speaking with my brother today, I remembered I put one on the bike I built for him about 8 years ago! Shared the story and asked him to check/keep an eye out! His has seen less strenuous use though.
Black!
Fuckin' Crossbow, an axe and those extra little bits on the fork that make all the difference!
why does it have pedals?
If you like boat anchors. It's like they were trying to make the stem as heavy as possible.
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With that weight, I guess you can stretch another 3-4 miles at pedal power on a mountain trail at most...
Probably couldn't convince WP to do a run of White Power forks so this would be the next best choice, doubt Mountain Racing Products would excite many preppers.
Northstar is worse for dust by a mile. Mammoth is just loose sandy crap that's also dusty but not the fine volcanic baby powder that hangs in the air until November. Which is ironic because mammoth is just big pile of literal volcano.
If you rode northstar and the dust was better than mammoth, don't ever come back. You caught it real good and it is forever ruined.
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The summer name is Duststar. That should tell you something.
As if our engineers are Swiss....German engineering (Bosch) is better than Swiss engineering (Scott)?
Tell me they are all Romanish....
Sorry, I just thought of at least 2 that are Swiss. Patrick Luthi is an engineer at Scott and does pretty good at some EWS races on the weekend.
No Romansch engineers here but a quite a few English and French. It´s a very international company and most meetings are in English. Upper management is all in Swiss German. It’s kinda fun. Can you imagine working in the US doing challenging stuff in multiple languages?
Restaurants here can’t even get the bathrooms cleaned in multiple languages....