I think they prefer to be called "tooth blacksmiths"...ooooooh. a retro-dentist!
I think they prefer to be called "tooth blacksmiths"...ooooooh. a retro-dentist!
Considering 26" retro is what is wrong with the industry!ooooooh. a retro-dentist!
Partly... but not really.Ah ha. I just realized this is a height thing.
If we're talking cranks level, saddle dropped below your knees is a little too much drop for good control when racing DH.When my 210mm dropper is dropped, the saddle is nowhere near my thigh... it’s right below my knee. There’re no clearance issues or chance of my shorts catching on it.
dh racers rarely use droppers.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
250? cool story gramps. did you ride it uphill to school both ways?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.
I rode it everywhere until it shat itself spectacularly last summer.250? cool story gramps. did you ride it uphill to school both ways?
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.
thanks for another wonderful edition of gary's rambling tales from the days of yore.Shut the fuck up you boring whiney prick
Delivered with love xx
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.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.
and oh, the KS exa form that's no longer available? cool.
gary is just missing critical information. i suspect he's going through haggis withdrawal.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.
FTFYIn Ridemonkey news, we've moved on from the pick a pedal type and be a dick about it movement, to pick anything and be a dick about it.
Found the 175mm here, really cheap...and oh, the KS exa form that's no longer available?
I think Gary is not saying what you guys thought he said.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.
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 plentyi suspect he's going through haggis withdrawal.
Ha, the true source of COVID-19!
FTFY
And endless discussion regarding changing suspension travel by 1 mm.I come to the DH forum for trail bike info and drama.
That actually looks edible though..
Not sure about the floral display though...That actually looks edible though..
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.www.pinkbike.com
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.www.pinkbike.com
Where the heck is the rep button when you need it most???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.
Those are things.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.
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?
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.marketing ... disingenuous.
Yes total quadrangle.Looks much more like an SE Quadangle than any Ducati I've ever seen.
That reminds me, I still want a Hypermotard.
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...Are LBS's going to start ordering shit off pinkbike for their customers builds?
Oh really? I've never heard that! That's super interesting, thank you!random: guy i know used to know the OG VPP designer (james klassen) back when they were building the original protos just over the border in sumas, wa. apparently they had first approached rocky with the rights to the design, who passed on it because they thought it was too expensive (instead going with the RM series platform; oh, how things could have been different...).