HBD @Gary!
This is what's wrong with The Industry™
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Let me guess: she disappeared and her body was never found?
My 5YO kid did that before I left for an epic ride, out of jealousy. He gave one of the fork stanchions a wonderful blow with a hammer. As a result, a chair was dismembered in two kicks in order to avoid my son such a destiny.Let me guess: she disappeared and her body was never found?
not before break up sex.Let me guess: she disappeared and her body was never found?
Thanks for appreciating the fine art
How many times has Ellsworth been bought in these last years?
https://m.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/Ellsworth-Bicycles-Purchased-By-ASG-Group,2160
https://m.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/Ellsworth-Bicycles-Purchased-By-ASG-Group,2160
lol
"ASG International is headquartered [...] in the center of the Silicon Valley of the Italian sporting goods industry."
I wish it was plain 'ol Silicon Valley VC guys so I could laugh out loud at their investment decision.
"ASG International is headquartered [...] in the center of the Silicon Valley of the Italian sporting goods industry."
I wish it was plain 'ol Silicon Valley VC guys so I could laugh out loud at their investment decision.
As I commented there, the author decided that if he was going to have only one "bicycle" it was going to be a 25kg, mega expensive, limited-range pedalec moped that he isn't allowed to enter races with, nor ride in a lot of MTB venues worldwide. Yet we are somehow to accept that this isn't lizard driven rubbish sneaking up to force feed us more e-bike upgrade bullshit?
To be fair, its got to be cheaper to buy Ellsworth than a bike company with an engineering department.
I appreciate the comments everyone. Good show.
I love freeride gike
I mean if your main use case is "going shopping at the market and maybe ride some single track" it's pretty evident no acutal mountainbike will come out on top. Here's Matt Wragg's dream bike:
"Then I got a girlfriend. She made it clear to me that she would not continue dating a man who did not have a car. This seemed reasonable, so I booked some lessons and got my driving test done."
How could you take anything coming from this writer seriously after that statement? "Then i got a gig at pinkbike. They made it clear they would not continue paying me if i didn't contrive some absurd clickbaity scenario that made an e-bike my choice for an only bike. This seemed reasonable."
I am looking forward to the PB post about his breakup, and how he sold his ebike and now rides a 26" ss steel hardtail.
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So PB is entering the soap opera market? Pretty fitting with the washed out ebike riders ethos...
I logged in to my Pinko Bikey account for the first time in a year just to leave the following comment. I can only hope Matt reads it.
To each his own. I am probably in a midlife crisis myself and I decided yesterday to grab my old and severely beaten up skateboard that hasn't rolled for about 25 years (1990-ish H-Street Ron Allen), bring it to the shop to change the grip/trucks/bearings/wheels.
I can't wait to ride it tonight. It will be the awesomest cruiser ever and hipsters will shit their pants.
Yup. I still have a 10x30 Krypstick / Tracker / Bones board I bought new in 1979?. Ordered it from a clipped out form from a magazine from somewhere in California. Anyway, I brought it out a couple of times and it was not pretty. Oh, I could still get down the road and tack a bit, but to think I used to ride this thing on half-pipes
. Ended up trying to ollie a man-hole cover, success was limited 
. I got over the cover just fine, but sticking the landing was an issue. 
Let's just say it hurt and leave it at that. My suggestion, is tighten the trucks up a touch more than you have normally. No hills. Take it easy and don't get cocky. Something tells me you won't bounce much better than I did. 
http://www.mbr.co.uk/news/bike_news/lightest-mountain-bike-373960
"The weight limit has been slightly reduced for the frame and absolutely no jumping of the bike is allowed."
Out of categories.
"The weight limit has been slightly reduced for the frame and absolutely no jumping of the bike is allowed."
Out of categories.
Some guy geeking out about an XC homebrew that he wanted to make as light as possible, and managed to get under 10lbs? It's not like he's marketing it as the end all be all do everything bike - hell, he's not even marketing it. I think the world needs more people like that, fucking around with their bikes to get it to their own personal 'just right' zone, not less.
Maybe I'm not following the point of your post though.
Oh yes, I'm familiar with this one. It's been on MTBR quite a bit. It's not intended for riding.
I think you lose all credibility when the bike can't be used for riding. Expert and pro XC racers are looking for stuff as light as possible to maximize their watts to weight ratio, BUT they generally do not go to the extreme lengths of these amateur-weight-shavers. You won't see serious racers riding around with dipshit drilled out stems and cork brake pads, because those people need their bikes to work ALL THE TIME and EVERY TIME during a race. They push their stuff hard. To that end, I think there's a fairly clear and definite line where saving weight becomes dangerous and stupid. This shit is stupid and people coming up with it should be shamed and mocked. Shoot me in the head if I ride with cork brake pads. I'm all for weight savings as a racer, but beyond the point of "stupid", you are subjecting yourself to unnecessary risks. There is no benefit.
Just as bad is the "carbon ceramic rotors". No, they are not. Look up carbon ceramic rotors for cars. This bike just has dipshit carbon FIBER rotors that are not the same thing. They cost about $3-5K per rotor for a car, vs. getting 4 steel rotors for a few hundred dollars. The process to make carbon-ceramic rotors is quite intensive and not just slapping together some carbon fiber.
Condition 0.0.
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I don’t agree with that though, road bike shit should have no limits on weight and aero, as long as it’s human powered. If it’s dangerous, then Darwin will take care of the rest.
Sounds entertaining.go look up road biking in the 80's.
That track... it looks fun.
