Dafuq?
This is what's wrong with The Industry™
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Found it on some czech FB page. Translation was rough but it sounds like a one off. 29", 63.7° HA .
Why is that what's wrong? Aside from Karpiel pulling a mini brad hodges scam. Those bikes were cool back in the day, rode really well, and their weight packaging was awesome. I had a zumbi that was like a mini-karpiel but equally polish and it rode great.
The rider who posted it also indicated that he rode it for a few days, then sent it back for heat treatment. Some things never change.
oh yes very much wrong with the industry
I mean yeah it's definitely a rad looking bike, and it's kinda cool to see Jan still at it. But holy moly how can you continue making such a glaring mistake.
This reads like some kind of weird joke. Is this for real?
Have you never heard of Karpiel?
I know the history... thought that was a blip... bad batches of frames that missed heat treatment (or were intentionally skipped) and more or less ancient history. How does that carry into 2018? That's like ordering food at a restaurant... the waiter brings it out... it's been assembled, garnished and plated... you eat a bit of it before realizing it hasn't been cooked... so you send it back for cooking. wtf?!
That's what I was trying to say. Is that statement true or a joke.
yea, was ridden before being heat treated.
Amazing.
Amazingly stupid. What's that about those not remembering history?
The Polish rider is lucky he is eating and not sipping through a straw in the hospital lol
Dem tense TIG welds..
Jan, have a read
https://www.corrosionclinic.com/types_of_corrosion/weld_decay_weldment_corrosion.htm
insert Polock joke here...
i always liked the aesthetics of those bikes. they were light for the time, and (from what i heard) worked quite well. i had a pdc with a very similar suspension platform which ripped. anyways; nostalgic me digs this.
There’s a tire called peyote
Dammit... now I'm hungry for pie.
why are fat ppl allowed in bike companies? those two don‘t look as if they have touched their own bike in years
Mmm, peyote...
yuck
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/anton-cooper-blasts-albstadt-world-cup-course-for-lack-of-technicality.html
Its one thing to build a super mellow trail on dirt, but to then fill it with that gravel crud? Come on now, that ain't mountain biking.
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/anton-cooper-blasts-albstadt-world-cup-course-for-lack-of-technicality.html
Its one thing to build a super mellow trail on dirt, but to then fill it with that gravel crud? Come on now, that ain't mountain biking.
e-gravel racing, coming soon to the world cup.yuck
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/anton-cooper-blasts-albstadt-world-cup-course-for-lack-of-technicality.html
Its one thing to build a super mellow trail on dirt, but to then fill it with that gravel crud? Come on now, that ain't mountain biking.
Why don't parts actually come with meaningful instructions anymore?
Instead there's a generic useless sheet of nothing useful.
Putting a new drivetrain on one of my bikes last night and I need to head to the manufacturer website to find out what the b-screw cassette/jockey wheel gap needs to be, plus is it 2 or 4 extra links of chain this week...
Instead there's a generic useless sheet of nothing useful.
Putting a new drivetrain on one of my bikes last night and I need to head to the manufacturer website to find out what the b-screw cassette/jockey wheel gap needs to be, plus is it 2 or 4 extra links of chain this week...
i blame ze germans.yuck
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/anton-cooper-blasts-albstadt-world-cup-course-for-lack-of-technicality.html
Its one thing to build a super mellow trail on dirt, but to then fill it with that gravel crud? Come on now, that ain't mountain biking.
I first noticed this with an e13 chainguide I bought back in 2009 or so. No instructions, just a colorful picture of a chainguide and some bolts. I had to guess and I guessed wrong, cracking the guide on the first ride. Thanks e13! Even shimano includes 9000 pages of warnings in 17 different languages, but hardly a mention of how to actually install the item you bought.
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You tree murderer!!! Vegan, Gaia-loving bikepath riders will find you and paint your home red!!!*
* with some environmentally friendly paint, off course.
Having just built a bike with parts from various brands, I definitely noticed this from some...
Race Face I think has done a good job. They provide basic instructions, without much wording. Nice colorful pictures laid out in different steps. And stickers! That compared to the OneUp Dropper post, which came in a brown box and nothing else (great post so far though).
Also pointed out, Albstadt is already one of the tamest courses. In general xco courses have been getting better over the last few years. Enough so that I've started watching the world cup xc events.
Lawyers are what's wrong in the Industry/Life.
yuck
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/anton-cooper-blasts-albstadt-world-cup-course-for-lack-of-technicality.html
Its one thing to build a super mellow trail on dirt, but to then fill it with that gravel crud? Come on now, that ain't mountain biking.
The irony of course here seems to escape most posting about this. The single biggest problem with ze industry is: xc racing
It has been the bane of the existence of fun in the woods for 40 years now. The souce of narrow bars, spandex... An outright resistance to disc brakes, suspension, dropper posts........pretty much every good idea ever has been fought by the xc racing contingent. So an xc racer complaining about an xc race course is really funny to me.
Hence the term "dirt roadie". It's like a roadie bitching about the pave`.