in 2007 i was riding a DH bike with a 12.5" bb height and something like a 64° HA.
This is what's wrong with The Industry™
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2006 Nicolai M-Pire custom: 13.5" BB, 62.5° head angle.
2005 BMXTB hardtail was about 67°
My 2008 Enduro was 66.5° with 150/150 in low setting
Not happy with HA° on the Kona process I'm riding. Running longer fork to accommodate.
Always hated steep head angles, short TTs, etc. Love long, low, slack bikes within reason, but 63° isn't too slack at all for a DH bike.
nope. fucker was steel.
actually, in retrospect i think it was slacker.
this is how the lizards win. they just sold two bikes to one hapless (clueless?) consumer.
You use droppers on your dh bike for the continual ups and downs you experience on it?
sick
Brakes perform better than they ever have. but they sure seem a lot less durable.........something pretty easily fixed. It's just not happening.
this thread reminded me of this
Sometimes I'm sad Neil does these things, on the other hand, I hope he brings a little "real" to the whole operation. if it weren't for him, I would never watch GCN stuff.
Sometimes I'm sad Neil does these things, on the other hand, I hope he brings a little "real" to the whole operation. if it weren't for him, I would never watch GCN stuff.
I watched one of those where one of the idiots rode a trail bike and a dh bike, coming away saying the trail bike was as fast as a dh bike on descents........on about a 7% slope with some pebbles.
Those videos are what's wrong with the industry
Those videos are what's wrong with the industry
Nobody rides DH bikes anymore, silly...
But I sure love my dropper. Do they count as a DH-derived innovation?
As far as I know the terms "Jerry" and "Joey" are an east coast ski resort reference to the hordes of Italian dudes named Jerry or Joey who show up at the ski areas from Boston and NY dressed like this (This is just a man imitating a Joey. A true Joey would have rental skis, a NY Giants team jacket, and a prominent gaper gap). You can usually hear them yelling "HEEEEY JOOOEY" at each other as they pizza french fry their way around the hill.
You could debate this but you fail to explain why Jerry has the same meaning. Search "Jerry of the Day" if you don't believe me. Or you could just walk around with your PC panties in a bunch.
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Yeah, Joey is a reference to jean skiers from up north.
I don't think droppers came from the XC crowd. DHers knew the benefit. We weren't in any hurry, so we stopped at the top of descents and dropped the seat. It was the XC guys arguing about how inefficient it was, and how it didn't make you faster, and some bullshit about needing to be able to grab the seat with their thighs. IDK. Most people here (where I live) with droppers have them cause their bikes came with them. Plenty of XC guys that still scoff at dropper posts and make it some weird point of pride being able to descend fast with a seat in their way.
I don't think droppers came from the XC crowd. DHers knew the benefit. We weren't in any hurry, so we stopped at the top of descents and dropped the seat. It was the XC guys arguing about how inefficient it was, and how it didn't make you faster, and some bullshit about needing to be able to grab the seat with their thighs. IDK. Most people here (where I live) with droppers have them cause their bikes came with them. Plenty of XC guys that still scoff at dropper posts and make it some weird point of pride being able to descend fast with a seat in their way.
AFAIR the OG Gravity Dropper -and its ancestor, that Syncros thing some Konas had at the end of the 90s with two seatpost clamps- originated from the gravity crowd. Burly bikes who could be (barely) pedaled to the top and still bomb it on the way down.
yeah, they also said they had more fun riding fatbikes than an enduro bike, because they were goofy feeling, and goofy is fun. It most certainly never gets old. It was that South African guy (not Minnar). Made me want to thow my computer out the window.
In all fairness to Neil, he did say that the enduro bike was only faster because of the flat parts of the trail where pedaling the 40lb beast made it more work.
FFS! The origin of the term is from circa 1980. you know... The era when every single Skiier in the world dressed like an absolute twat to take to the slopes! Your claim on the term is 20 years too late.
You could debate this but you fail to explain why Jerry has the same meaning. Search "Jerry of the Day" if you don't believe me. Or you could just walk around with your PC panties in a bunch.
Did you really just try to insult a Scot who grew up in the 70s by calling him PC?
Your naivety is commendable.
Blake Samson
I can't stand riding Fatbikes either but even I was impressed when Blake started tricking his.
Fatbikes are for making fun of. not getting angry about.
You need V brakes son
but... but... but... mountain biking is serious business. and I can't make fun of myself! (But I can hate myself - I am catholic after all!).
I have a fat bike. they're good for making it through winter, and there are times when they're lots of fun on well packed trails.
but I think Blake's point that they're goofy and fun is all fine and good. But that also gets old pretty darn quick. I tried railing a berm the other day with my fat bike. the pressure was set for grip in the soft snow, so about 4 psi front, and 6 or 7 psi rear. No matter how wide the rim is, you're still gonna roll that tire off it. And it just feels weird. it may feel goofy and fun at first, but after a while it will just feel vague, heavy, and boring. No thanks. I refuse to ride my fat bike on hard surfaces.
It might also be that I'm simply not quite good enough to ride a terrible bike well...
You mean when the cool kids showed up like this
and the Joeys showed up in their jeans and Pittsburgh Stealers Jacket? Sorry, your point is invalid. Go manufacture outrage over something else.
Soooo.... You're not the PC police? Why the comment then? Figure out if you wanna be PC or not and get back to me.
You're rolling with a sketchy crowd these days peach. We about to have an intervention.
What does Bernard Kerr have to do with history?
Maybe I misunderstood what you were suggesting. Care to explain?
Quite probably.
Unfortunately I have no real way of knowing what you do understand.
dammit someone rep the kranky one for me
gotta love the, "oh, i ride a mountain bike too" guys...
because super monster...
i wish.
3 week old GX Eagle mech jammed up and fucked itself because the bottom jockey wheel snapped riding in muddy conditions. Pretty hard to tell from the carnage that I didn't hit it on anything or shift it into the wheel so I'm probably going to get warranty denied and have to drop out $180 AUD for a new mech. Fucken lizards - I'm blaming this on you.
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As far as I know the terms "Jerry" and "Joey" are an east coast ski resort reference to the hordes of Italian dudes named Jerry or Joey who show up at the ski areas from Boston and NY dressed like this (This is just a man imitating a Joey. A true Joey would have rental skis, a NY Giants team jacket, and a prominent gaper gap). You can usually hear them yelling "HEEEEY JOOOEY" at each other as they pizza french fry their way around the hill.
You could debate this but you fail to explain why Jerry has the same meaning. Search "Jerry of the Day" if you don't believe me. Or you could just walk around with your PC panties in a bunch.
Silly poors
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