I only have one bike, and it has to do everything. Of course, I ride so little, that it has no problem doing everything. 
This is what's wrong with The Industry™
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What the hell difference does it make? Get on your bike and ride it.
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.
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.
me, according to most, but idgaf and i love my nomad and the simplicity of just having one bike and also what @StiHacka said.
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...
One of two situations. Either your QC is really bad, or you were just hoping no one would notice...
fuck that
Me too
So so much.
Like a LOT.
Might be for different reasons than you do, but it's a lot.
Probably because of the paper thin plus tire. Those things are an abomination when riding fast and at their recommended pressures.
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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.
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.
Sigh... I actually had a piece published in the Rag.
i can't believe people are claiming its not functionally defective and is only cosmetic.
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?
Only thing I can think of is thin tire folds completely over, and the side of the rim hits a rock or something.
Moral of the story: Plus size remains, as it always was, a
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.
My usual weapon of choice is a pivot 5.5 rear 140, front 160
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Just uhh sketch around for that look you want
No mention of fea
I think you would be supprised to know that many mfgs dont do FEA, they draw it and say YEA DUDE LOOKS RAD.....
Just uhh sketch around for that look you want
No mention of fea
weld on second headtube for modernity
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...
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IVE ACTUALLY PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS
Didn't someone there make a frame with two bottom brackets?
empty beer is pretty much frankensteins laboratory for bad ideas of bike frames
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:
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with a handlebar mount remote.
ah, the venerable Wankerbike!!!
think of the adjustable reach possibility tho! the slider thing could have a bunch of holes in it, and you'd just stick in a pin through to lock in the optimal reach. from dirt jumper tight to dh bomber stretch, all in one bike! no need for that dual head tube. (though i'd still like to see a dual bb; stacked on top of one another. old school east coast high clearance mode or west coast slammed).
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...
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.
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.
Their actual production stuff looks WAY better.
it rides on rails, because it is
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