This is what's wrong with The Industry™
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Partly... but not really.
If we're talking cranks level, saddle dropped below your knees is a little too much drop for good control when racing DH.
Great for manuals and no handers though
I used to run a 250mm dropper on a Dirt jump hardtail and use it for XC rides as well as jumps and fucking around on so I absloutely do see the benefit of longer droppers.
dh racers rarely use droppers.
250? cool story gramps. did you ride it uphill to school both ways?
pretty much every DH racer uses a dropper.
Very few of the fastest WC DH racers have ever raced with their DH bike saddle set below their knee.
There are good reasons for both of these facts.
It was one of these.
I'm glad you thought my story was cool. Maybe one day you too can have stories of your own.
Very few of the fastest WC DH racers have ever raced with their DH bike saddle set below their knee.
There are good reasons for both of these facts.
I rode it everywhere until it shat itself spectacularly last summer.
It was one of these.
I'm glad you thought my story was cool. Maybe one day you too can have stories of your own.
few DH racers use them on their DH race bike. i think the last WC i saw a dropper on a DH bike was either cairns or Pietermaritzburg.pretty much every DH racer uses a dropper.
Very few of the fastest WC DH racers have ever raced with their DH bike saddle set below their knee.
There are good reasons for both of these facts.
I rode it everywhere until it shat itself spectacularly last summer.
It was one of these.
I'm glad you thought my story was cool. Maybe one day you too can have stories of your own.
and oh, the KS exa form that's no longer available? cool.
wrapped around a brick...
thanks for another wonderful edition of gary's rambling tales from the days of yore.
Ya gotta admit he got you with the logics. By the same logics, all of them are eating food, so eating food is important for your DH bike.
Found the 175mm here, really cheap...
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I think Gary is not saying what you guys thought he said.
Trail bike = DHers using droppers
DH bike = DHers don’t ride with seats below their knees
Simple.
Nino Shurter is starting to use a dropper all the time however, I think errbody should come back to DH so we can share opposing views on the « actual/real » distance of airfeet and airmeters.
none of the ingredients rely on euro shipments, he should have plenty
fun fact: germany has their own variation of hagis, they stuff a pigs stomach in rheinland pfalz (was the fav meal of old chancelor kohl), yet the world only give the scots some flack
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Not sure about the floral display though...
Whoever thought this would be a fair hommage to Ducati, has never seen a Ducati in person...
www.pinkbike.com
Farr's Twin-T Hardtail is a Ducati-Inspired Steel Throwback - Pinkbike
Like a lot of the unusual projects we've seen in the past 12 months, this bike was dreamed up during lockdown.
Ducatis cause my want it twitch, then I consider overpowered/uncomfortable/stupid expensive to maintain and say no.Whoever thought this would be a fair hommage to Ducati, has never seen a Ducati in person...
Farr's Twin-T Hardtail is a Ducati-Inspired Steel Throwback - Pinkbike
Like a lot of the unusual projects we've seen in the past 12 months, this bike was dreamed up during lockdown.
Looks much more like an SE Quadangle than any Ducati I've ever seen.
That reminds me, I still want a Hypermotard.
That reminds me, I still want a Hypermotard.
I like how those weekly PB articles on whatever garage built contraption always say the fabricator "chose" to work with steel because of things... and not because it's the easiest and cheapest material to work with as a beginner.
I ride steel hardtails, but find that type of marketing slant disingenuous.
I ride steel hardtails, but find that type of marketing slant disingenuous.
Whoever thought this would be a fair hommage to Ducati, has never seen a Ducati in person...
Farr's Twin-T Hardtail is a Ducati-Inspired Steel Throwback - Pinkbike
Like a lot of the unusual projects we've seen in the past 12 months, this bike was dreamed up during lockdown.
It is depressing to try and give business to my LBS but only to find his stock is on back order and then go online and find it $50 bucks cheaper and at my door in 2-3 business days.
Are LBS's going to start ordering shit off pinkbike for their customers builds?
Are LBS's going to start ordering shit off pinkbike for their customers builds?
I know of one local shop that basically does that from time to time.
But right now is probably the worst time in history for sourcing MTB parts due the insane bubble the industry is experiencing.
But right now is probably the worst time in history for sourcing MTB parts due the insane bubble the industry is experiencing.
i'm getting my son a new bike for his bday in march, going through the LBS - because they are one of the better ones i interacted with.
Imagine that! Pinkbike sucks the teat of "the industry" while stating out of the corner of their mouths, "no industry affiliations." It's also curious that after so many years they've decided to talk about hardtails again... and anything that's not carbon as interesting and/or has value.
Yes total quadrangle.
Hypermotards are nightmares.
Their name pisses me off hypermotard? As in hyper > super?? Nope, will get raped hard by a supermotard in the tight
A few years back (so pre-COVID) I had a suspension company order parts from Germany because the UK distro were out of Monarch Plus spares. They told me they'd been looking on Pinkbike buy/sell too...
Oh really? I've never heard that! That's super interesting, thank you!