What the hell difference does it make? Get on your bike and ride it.Yo, so honest question...how many of us are "overbiked"? It's certainly nice to have a serious bike that can handle aggressive downhills, but how many times are those present, and how often could you be 90% as fast on a lighter and simpler bike?
I wish they had added an enduro bike to the same trail in order to see comparable speed...but then again, horses for courses. I know that folks out west grind up dirt roads so they can get multiple mile-long descents. Just because my trails suxx0rz, doesn't mean theirs does.
I ride a 160r/170f trail bike. Although I have plenty of legit rowdy descents I could manage on a bike with less travel. My intent was to move to a 1-bike solution, but that was a dumb idea. I really should have a slightly more agile trail bike, say 130mm with good geo and proper tires, and perhaps another DH bike.Yo, so honest question...how many of us are "overbiked"? It's certainly nice to have a serious bike that can handle aggressive downhills, but how many times are those present, and how often could you be 90% as fast on a lighter and simpler bike?
I wish they had added an enduro bike to the same trail in order to see comparable speed...but then again, horses for courses. I know that folks out west grind up dirt roads so they can get multiple mile-long descents. Just because my trails suxx0rz, doesn't mean theirs does.
I spent the last 15-20 years underbiked, as I thought it was preferable to ride a twitchier bike instead of having a heavy bike that pedals like crap. Now that the bike geometry is much more figured out, that pretty much all bikes are pedaling well and they all weight pretty much the same, I don't see any reason to be underbiked. I now think it's best to just ride a bike that is well adapted to the gnarliest trails you ride often and accept being overbiked the rest of the time. I bought a Devinci Spartan LTD late in 2018 and I couldn't be happier.Yo, so honest question...how many of us are "overbiked"? It's certainly nice to have a serious bike that can handle aggressive downhills, but how many times are those present, and how often could you be 90% as fast on a lighter and simpler bike?
I wish they had added an enduro bike to the same trail in order to see comparable speed...but then again, horses for courses. I know that folks out west grind up dirt roads so they can get multiple mile-long descents. Just because my trails suxx0rz, doesn't mean theirs does.
me, according to most, but idgaf and i love my nomad and the simplicity of just having one bike and also what @StiHacka said.Yo, so honest question...how many of us are "overbiked"? It's certainly nice to have a serious bike that can handle aggressive downhills, but how many times are those present, and how often could you be 90% as fast on a lighter and simpler bike?
I wish they had added an enduro bike to the same trail in order to see comparable speed...but then again, horses for courses. I know that folks out west grind up dirt roads so they can get multiple mile-long descents. Just because my trails suxx0rz, doesn't mean theirs does.
This times a million.My spine likes the cushy suspension of my overbikes.
So many fucking homers on empty beer - that's also wrong with this industry.Trek sending out frames with the dropper port installed/manufactured upside down: https://forums.mtbr.com/fat-bikes/warning-problem-trek-farley-5-internal-dropper-cable-routing-1127093.html
One of two situations. Either your QC is really bad, or you were just hoping no one would notice...
I greatly enjoy reading his site,
Probably because of the paper thin plus tire. Those things are an abomination when riding fast and at their recommended pressures.Side note: that is the weirdest rim failure I have ever seen. Not even sure how it gets bent outwards from the inside.
woke up to that news.Dirt Rag magazine is defunct.
Though not everyone read their stuff, they were more East Coast than anything else. They were around for 30 years and hosted a lot of events like Mountain Bike Weekend in Jim Thorpe, Pa and 2 Dirtfest- one at Raystown (basically replaced the JTMBW) and one in West Virginia.
Trek sending out frames with the dropper port installed/manufactured upside down: https://forums.mtbr.com/fat-bikes/warning-problem-trek-farley-5-internal-dropper-cable-routing-1127093.html
One of two situations. Either your QC is really bad, or you were just hoping no one would notice...
i can't believe people are claiming its not functionally defective and is only cosmetic.So many fucking homers on empty beer - that's also wrong with this industry.
No doubt you're right, I'm just having trouble wrapping my brain around the failure mechanism. Obviously the rim took a hit, but how did it buckle outwards?Probably because of the paper thin plus tire. Those things are an abomination when riding fast and at their recommended pressures.
The hell of it is he actually has a number of genuinely good posts, with good ideas. Off the top of my head- his revised flat mount brake standards are far better than the current industry BS; his post about parametric design is pretty much standard engineering knowledge that seems to be skipped over by a lot of bike designers; and recently his "reach is not a driving parameter" was good as well (i.e. reach does not tell the whole tale, there's a bunch of other things too).Me too
So so much.
Like a LOT.
Might be for different reasons than you do, but it's a lot.
I think you would be supprised to know that many mfgs dont do FEA, they draw it and say YEA DUDE LOOKS RAD.....The hell of it is he actually has a number of genuinely good posts, with good ideas. Off the top of my head- his revised flat mount brake standards are far better than the current industry BS; his post about parametric design is pretty much standard engineering knowledge that seems to be skipped over by a lot of bike designers; and recently his "reach is not a driving parameter" was good as well (i.e. reach does not tell the whole tale, there's a bunch of other things too).
And then we get the batshit lunacy: the infamous "what happens if I put mineral oil in a DOT brake" post; the multiple extremely long, low, slack, and aggressive frames designed with what appears to be zero structural analysis but plenty of hopes and prayers; and the self-made components of questionable chinesium provenance.
It's like watching a coked-up test pilot do their thing, success or disaster you're pretty much guaranteed an entertaining show.
maybe crazy idea but i like my old cannondale prophets bikes, i thought that the frame could be modified to give a longer front center which is now normal on modern bikes, could a second headtube be welded like piggy back on the origanl headtube, thus lengthening to bike by an inch or 2, might take a little patience, could i find 1.5 headtubes pretty easy? or is this flat out dumb
empty beer is pretty much frankensteins laboratory for bad ideas of bike framesDidn't someone there make a frame with two bottom brackets?
I was thinking of some British fabricator (BTR???) who made something with two headtubes a while back for a ridiculous frame making competition.Didn't someone there make a frame with two bottom brackets?
with a handlebar mount remote.What we have really been missing out on is a 10 inch adjustable reach. #looksflexy
ah, the venerable Wankerbike!!!What we have really been missing out on is a 10 inch adjustable reach. #looksflexy
jeezus christ those welds are worse than mine.....I was thinking of some British fabricator (BTR???) who made something with two headtubes a while back for a ridiculous frame making competition.
EDIT: It was this monstrosity:
I actually think they are inspired by the way the British mud sticks to the bikes...jeezus christ those welds are worse than mine.....
Doesn't GG have this now pretty much? I don't think I'd bother shortening the reach for a climb though if the CS and SA were right.2 head tubes and you swap between them for climb vs descent?!
As I recall it was slapped together (and I think MIGd) at the 11th hour by their designer, who doesn't normally do any welding for them.jeezus christ those welds are worse than mine.....
WhatWhat we have really been missing out on is a 10 inch adjustable reach. #looksflexy
Yeti buys the patent and incorporates Fox's Kashima coated aluminum Fleshlights.it rides on rails, because it is
They'll install one in the rear as well so you can steer it by your dick.Yeti buys the patent and incorporates Fox's Kashima coated aluminum Fleshlights.
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