it doesn't have NO dampinghe idea that you "don't really need damping" for any off-road riding is ludicrous
You're moaning about the damping on a fork you've never ridden.
it doesn't have NO dampinghe idea that you "don't really need damping" for any off-road riding is ludicrous
How many people ride in WC XC?Make your mind up what you're talking about please.
it's an XC fork.
WC XC isn't an endurance event is it? it's 90minuteds of laps round the same fairly tame route with a decent amount of climbing.
pretty much every domestic XC series copies this format.
comfort isn't too important for 90minutes
Lotta "this isn't the exact right product for my use case, it's therefore the worst thing ever and makes sense for nobody" going around in here.
Let's get back to bitching about things that actually are trash. I'll start: skinwall tires.
and what's your point?I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the number of riders in the 3 bottom categories makes up 99.9% of XC racers.
All XC races are.Maybe where you race XC the races are "tame".
what about white AND skinwall?
honestly i wouldn't consider xc courses fairly tame anymore (at least not most of the ones i've seen from watching world cups). yes that was true at one time but not anymore. no, they're not as gnarly as enduro or DH courses but they've come a long way in the last few years. hell there are even drops and jumps in the courses now. the tokyo olympic track honestly looks exciting.Make your mind up what you're talking about please.
it's an XC fork.
WC XC isn't an endurance event is it? it's 90minuteds of laps round the same fairly tame route with a decent amount of climbing.
pretty much every domestic XC series copies this format.
comfort isn't too important for 90minutes
Are you serious?honestly i wouldn't consider xc courses fairly tame anymore (at least not most of the ones i've seen from watching world cups). yes that was true at one time but not anymore. no, they're not as gnarly as enduro or DH courses but they've come a long way in the last few years. hell there are even drops and jumps in the courses now. the tokyo olympic track honestly looks exciting.
It's really good to have you back to normal.Are you serious?
Yeah, apart from the climbs that looks a fun little loop but in all honesty it looks about as gnarly as your average Scottish XC trail centre red (inermediate) route with a few more freshly cut natural sections.
Don't get me wrong here, it's definitely an improvement on a lot of less than interesting courses but you can't honestly expect me to think a few hand built rockgardens each designed and laid out with an obvious main line, a couple of man made 3ft drops with perfectly laid out downslope landings and one and a half bike length doubles ISN'T "fairly tame". and almost certainly nothing there to require anything more than a basic hardtail from 1996 to ride, nevermind some super fancy damper.
The real challenge for those guys is riding it lap after lap at the HRs they do, which is precicely why the technicality of the courses still isn't huge.
what about white AND skinwall?
hmmmm....c'mon. you saw the course at snowshoe. there was nothing in the least gnar there. it's still all about how long you can maintain stupid fast speed for an hour or so.honestly i wouldn't consider xc courses fairly tame anymore (at least not most of the ones i've seen from watching world cups). yes that was true at one time but not anymore. no, they're not as gnarly as enduro or DH courses but they've come a long way in the last few years. hell there are even drops and jumps in the courses now. the tokyo olympic track honestly looks exciting.
That course was also shorter than was intended.
hmmmm....c'mon. you saw the course at snowshoe. there was nothing in the least gnar there. it's still all about how long you can maintain stupid fast speed for an hour or so.
How about these abominations? They gripped the track like a greased pig...Remember the light green tread and tan sidewall michelins? Like 1997? They sucked, and looked aweful! Lmao!
Omg! Cant say i remember or have ever seen those. Fugly for sure!How about these abominations? They gripped the track like a greased pig...
... And I can stand by that affirmation up above. I was one of the suckers buying them because they matched my frame. The durometer was something like 1,530 at the center, 1,700 at the shoulders.
Never saw those before, and I can say I was better for it.How about these abominations? They gripped the track like a greased pig...
... And I can stand by that affirmation up above. I was one of the suckers buying them because they matched my frame. The durometer was something like 1,530 at the shoulders, 1,700 at the center.
since when do we consider US world cups as prime examples of anything?
hmmmm....c'mon. you saw the course at snowshoe. there was nothing in the least gnar there. it's still all about how long you can maintain stupid fast speed for an hour or so.
There he is. I was starting to miss your anti US sentiment on any and every post.since when do we consider US world cups as prime examples of anything?
Horrible? From the early 90's? I thought they were pretty decent compared to what was offered at the time.I did have some of the grey specialized umma gumma tires. I thought they looked hot on a black bike...but they were horrible.
would anyone remember snowshoe if not for being the 2019 finale?There he is. I was starting to miss your anti US sentiment on any and every post.
Im wearing my rapha jacket today just for you.No. Nope. Nada. That ain't "men's" shit. That's for these boys without balls. Men don't wear tight shit and men don't fit in this shit. A 2xl fits someone who's 6'-2" tall and weighs 180. Fuck you industry!
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I went down to Santa Barbara with Richard Lancaster and Travis Robertson before those came out and road Tunnel "with" them while they tested the tires. I think Richard had his under 18PSI in the back. A brand new wheel had 2 dents in them as deep as my pinky like 1/3 of the way down. I only saw them for about the first 200 yards or so.....no sidewall cuts though.That's not the original weirwolf
And they didn't come out until about 2003
They actually work pretty well in moondust with a little trimming.
Yeah, they were great avoiding snake bites, not so great gripping the terrain... Their rubber compound resembled Bakelite. The Nano/Mutano/Banano Raptors were a death sentence in the wet.I swear you couldn't get a pinch flat with those things if you tried.
That's not the original weirwolf
And they didn't come out until about 2003
They actually work pretty well in moondust with a little trimming.
Shimano is now making flat mount MTB brake calipers. I thought the point of flat mount was the same as front 12mm axles, to make it so road and MTB parts weren't interchangable so road stuff wouldn't be abused. Nevermind how bad the flat mount standard is in practice. The both calipers are more difficult to adjust and the front requires an adapter to attach to a fork. Really, there's like one fork out there that can take it without an adapter. Who is asking for this on their MTB? Oh I know, the roadie buying their first MTB that's really a front suspension gravel bike and wants calipers as "sleek" as their road bike's.