Random new bike thread
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He's outScotted Scott.
I call it "shock-in-a-box"
I assume this started on road bikes and someone thought it was a brilliant idea to put on bikes where most people still prefer externally routed cables.
You know, with the way mtb has been going lately, I wonder how many mtb owners as a % even know the difference between internal and external. The people who have to maintain bikes should be up at arms… some are owners, others are mechanics! But maybe the mechanics are just happy to get an hourly rate… and it doesn’t matter what they are doing.
Makes me think of people who complain about how difficult it is to work on cars these days but never consider that when buying one.
"Oooh, that looks shiny"
“Oooh, that looks clean” is the contemporary MTB equivalent, and why we have maintenance nightmares with internal routing.
I like how NS do the cable routing, they have a groove down the DT with a cover over it.
You can thank Gary Klein for this development (at least this latest epoch, 87 or so through today). But whoever first developed TITS (tube in tube) deserves some recognition. My old ‘93 Klein was a right pain in the ass.
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My 19 Sender has a down tube cover with the cables under. Very simple, easy access. But I think they’ve stopped doing it on the newer bikes.
Pro Bike Check: Chelsey Magness wins 24 HR Solo World Champs on 2022 Ellsworth Truth
Chesley Magness gives us the low-down on her 2022 Ellsworth Truth XC Bike that she rode to victory at the 2022 24 Hr Worlds in Italy
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That stupid article is marketing flak from one end to the other.View attachment 177799
Pro Bike Check: Chelsey Magness wins 24 HR Solo World Champs on 2022 Ellsworth Truth
Chesley Magness gives us the low-down on her 2022 Ellsworth Truth XC Bike that she rode to victory at the 2022 24 Hr Worlds in Italy
They peddle you the juicy bits.
Is it a unicorn because all the others broke?
I don't even know if Ellsworths do break but this site has brainwashed me in to thinking that they do.
I don't even know if Ellsworths do break but this site has brainwashed me in to thinking that they do.
the best thing I can say about it is "looks flexy"...
Was anyone else entered?
Thanks - that’s the dumbest article I’ve read this week.
what's most amazing to me about this is that 24 hour racing is still a thing
Y U no linky?
And why would that be?
Seen this yet?
Ending the rotor size myth – Why you should have a bigger brake rotor at the back than the front
Small up front, big at the rear? Contrary to popular belief, many of us should ride with bigger rotors at the rear than at the front. Read on to find out why:
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because i've heard more about ellesworth than i have about 24 hr racing in the last decade?
Generally speaking, one hears less about endurance events. Probably one of the reasons that I enjoy them.
24 hour, 8 hour etc relay races are all still going here.
They even kept going during the pandemic, mostly. But were changed to solo only events with staged starts - which was actually kind of cool. Sign up, pick which day you want to race and go have fun. Less commotion, less people out there etc etc.
They even kept going during the pandemic, mostly. But were changed to solo only events with staged starts - which was actually kind of cool. Sign up, pick which day you want to race and go have fun. Less commotion, less people out there etc etc.
they used to be ***much*** more prominent than they are now.
The 24hour thing seems like a LOT more support than the endurance stuff I'm used to. For some, I'm sure it's a 24hour party. I'm more used to 100 miles or whatever, or riding for 16 hours straight or more, pushing on when you are only going a few mph.
I haven't heard anything about 24 hour races in quite awhile. When I worked at BikeSmart we would slang parts/repair bikes at the Moab and Northstar 24 hour races while also racing freeride bikes. At Moab we would build a kicker over a fire pit and use glow sticks to create an alternate line off the race course into it...much hilarity ensued.
24hr race at a DH park...that's gotta be a real bad idea, great way to get injured and wreck the bike bad IMO.
When I did 24hr races, it was as part of a team, and mostly for the party. I gave up on them when I became a parent, and sleep became a precious commodity.
I wish I'd done more DH racing instead. They seem like they were more fun, and the skills would have stayed with me over time. The 24hr races are still cross country races, and all about fitness, which you lose over time (or it becomes harder to maintain at any rate) despite best efforts. All the fastest riders I know today (in our 50s) are former DH racers. My theory is the skills you learn DHing pertain to bike handling and reading the terrain, and those stick with you.
Though now that I wrote that out, the really fastest riders I know are now all roadies or gravel riders and have abandoned mountain bikes for the most part. A few of them used to be DH riders/racers.
I wish I'd done more DH racing instead. They seem like they were more fun, and the skills would have stayed with me over time. The 24hr races are still cross country races, and all about fitness, which you lose over time (or it becomes harder to maintain at any rate) despite best efforts. All the fastest riders I know today (in our 50s) are former DH racers. My theory is the skills you learn DHing pertain to bike handling and reading the terrain, and those stick with you.
Though now that I wrote that out, the really fastest riders I know are now all roadies or gravel riders and have abandoned mountain bikes for the most part. A few of them used to be DH riders/racers.
can confirm