This is what's wrong with The Industry™
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According to Dave Turner small precision tapered bearings are pretty expensive as hard to manufacture.
FSA did that. No idea why they don't do that.
Yes.
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Since the end of 20th century there was no progress of bicycle headsets. 2017 Paul Aston from Pinkbike came and we talked about forks, doublecrowns and singlecrown forks. He mentioned the weak point of the sinclecrown versions, in his eyes the steerertube is to flexy that the handlebar (one...
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Thanks for the suggestion Stihacka - I guess there is more than one way to skin a cat.
@JM - I did some google fu that suggests, yes they are more expensive.
Google also suggests that they have more friction than ball bearings. I could see that being a plausible reason as well. People might say, hey wtf, this thing isn't as smooth as my CK.
I wouldn't personally mind a little extra friction in my headset for a lot more stiffness in the fork/frame interface.
@JM - I did some google fu that suggests, yes they are more expensive.
Google also suggests that they have more friction than ball bearings. I could see that being a plausible reason as well. People might say, hey wtf, this thing isn't as smooth as my CK.
I wouldn't personally mind a little extra friction in my headset for a lot more stiffness in the fork/frame interface.
Yeah, I wouldn't be concerned about friction, that's like a bit of steering damping, but I'm not convinced the FSA bearings weren't cheese-bearings. I'm not sure anyone has tried to make a high quality HS with tapered bearings.
4 Reasons Why You Should Be A Fan Of Flow Trails for Mountain Biking
Richard argues that flow trails deserve equal billing alongside gnarly, technical mountain bike trails.
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I read the title too fast and it read "4 reasons why you should ban flow trails"...4 Reasons Why You Should Be A Fan Of Flow Trails for Mountain Biking
Richard argues that flow trails deserve equal billing alongside gnarly, technical mountain bike trails.
Loving the poll at the end of that piece:4 Reasons Why You Should Be A Fan Of Flow Trails for Mountain Biking
Richard argues that flow trails deserve equal billing alongside gnarly, technical mountain bike trails.
Are you a fan of flow trails?
- I love them
- They're ok
- I don't care for them.
i don't hate flow trails, i hate that it seems like all the new trails being built are flow trails.
the flipside is that we should embrace them, as far is it helps keep the muppets off the more technical trails.
FTFY
you mean stravatized?
86% "I love them"Loving the poll at the end of that piece:
Are you a fan of flow trails?
- I love them
- They're ok
- I don't care for them.
That's a big problem cause that's what newbies and the aging riders want.
A buddy of mine rode with me and my group for 3 years. He made his daughters boyfriend try it when they came home. Brian (the BF) would go out and ride, but just for something to do. Then they went to Raystown, the epitome of "flow" trail. Brian stopped riding cause the trails around us "suck cause there's no flow". Eric stopped riding too.
Brian bought an e-bike last month. Eric said he's now looking to buy one to "keep up" with Brian.
I like where mountain biking started, but I don't like where it's going.
all this can be solved with rocks and a couple bags of quikrete.
Official reroutes of fun technical sections. In the name of getting more people in the sport.
yea fuck that noise.
the County I live in has adopted the "we 'need' gnar trails to separate riders" mentality. Intentionally difficult trails, with A and B lines, real drops, steep junk ... it's pretty amazing, and seems to only be getting started.
My comment got majorly down voted when I pointed out that it weighs more and has less travel than my Scott XC frame and looking like a hardtail was obviously a major design priority.
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If your frame is ZS56/ZS44 and your fork is 1 1/8 straight you can use this one made for my electric dirtbike.
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I read the article, looked at the photos, and I think either he or I have the wrong idea of what a "flow trail" is. That article is basically defining it as any non technical (smooth) trail. I thought flow trails were downhill with berms, jumps (usually manageable size tabletops), and 4ft wide cuz they're machine built. His definition just sounds like "easy trails" or "smooth trails".4 Reasons Why You Should Be A Fan Of Flow Trails for Mountain Biking
Richard argues that flow trails deserve equal billing alongside gnarly, technical mountain bike trails.
But it's a road, no?
I remember some gravel on Repack.
I like where mountain biking was 4 years ago. There. Nyea
I lived a mile from it for years, I've never seen them gravel it. Although the soil is all decomposed rock, so I guess you could consider it gravel.
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Yeah, I briefly lived in Mill Valley, when it was super dry it was kinda gravely, IMO.
Either way, TDF riders were ‘Mountain Biking’ way back when, all those roads were generally unpaved in the high mountains...
Either way, TDF riders were ‘Mountain Biking’ way back when, all those roads were generally unpaved in the high mountains...
arguing over whether there was gravel on repak 35 years ago (or 10 years ago, or yesterday) is a symptom of what's wrong with the industry, ffs.
Loving the poll at the end of that piece:
Are you a fan of flow trails?
- I love them
- They're ok
- I don't care for them.
find the error
Sadly, much of that is happening around here as well.
i spend a fair amount of time moving logs and rocks to block this shit. i haven't yet had to resort to digging holes or quikreting objects into place.
You don't understand. I am talking about entire trail sections with techy spots being officially decommissioned and re-routed via "flowy" sections that lack any technicality, not about stravatards and their B-lines and braids.
no i understand and believe it. thankfully i haven't seen it here. yet.
