What's the next thing the industry is going to come fuck up
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We got a lot of variety here. From super fit, to super not skilled. Then there's the hikers with off leash dogs. Bah
Anywho, usually everyone gets along? I put the question mark in there cuz I generally ride at not peak times/days.
Just cuz I've been doing it a looooong time, and know what/how to do it without triggering any heartburn. That is key for me. I'd rather go to a hockey game (the Colorado Eagles are actually really good, Aves farm team, 10min away) than mtb on some days, it's that bad.
Or is it that good?
my local crew. bike industry can't fuck them up. them's good peeps and if i'm not riding solo it's with one or some of about 8-10 others. keep yer mitts off 'em, you nasty industry, you!
lol. you're asking the guy who has one bike and keeps it until it breaks to show you where the industry hurt him?
right in my feels, obvs!
Even butch?
lol like that guy's one of my riding buddies...
lol. you're asking the guy who has one bike and keeps it until it breaks to show you where the industry hurt him?
Less directed at you at moreso the constant pearl clutching that goes on here.
but if your brakes have .005% less power if you don't combine levers and calipers from two different companies, it's obviously the industry's fault. i mean, how can you even consider riding with such mediocrity????
“Grade reversals”
I'm not going to lie, I've been kind of dreaming of a revved carbon wheel, like injection molded carbon with the nipples in the wheel as a mold insert and a solid rim bed so theres no tape or other possible bullshit for tubeless. If you somehow manage to strip a nipple you just have to drill it out from the inside of the wheel, put a new nipple in and RV over the hole once you're done repairing it.
That cracks me up.
A not so serious mtb buddy of mine would call that "tinkering for the sake of tinkering" (But he tunes his skis to no end, explain that?)
Some would say it is a way to keep sanity in your garage/workroom etc.
My beef...and this is happening more and more as "flow" gets more popular with smooth jumps and shit, is grades not freaking steep enough to easily clear the jumps, like they are only designed for e-bikes and world cup elite XCers on 22lb bikes, where there's no hope of getting to speed to clear the double or table. Those trail designers need to be kicked in the head.
Believe me, if you hit some of these uphill entries as legitimate jumps, you'd miss the turn entirely. Not only are they uphill, but they still require braking.
On the black jump trail at Killington I never touched my brakes for the whole lap, was tucking everywhere, really working the corners, and barely having enough speed. I didn't resort to pedaling cuz I don't know the trail and didn't want to start overshooting. Then I realized I was the only one around with a DH bike and Maxx Grip DH tires. The trail builders are thinking of faster rolling bikes.
I think the industry went after kidwoo. He must be in some re-education camp somewhere being brainwashed into loving O-chain, 29" wheels, high pivot bikes, carbon bits...etc.
I think it's weird that Changleen went silent for quite a while, woo disappeared then Changleen waited and came back about three months after woo's disappearance.
No I haven't been watching too many homicide shows.
I'm not even out there to debate that though - I'm not trying to convince anybody an Enduro bike with big kid tires is the best bike for a local XC loop. I know a rigid dildo saddled hardtail will be faster there as long as long as I remember to slather my ass with lube. And it doesn't get my thong in a wad when somebody willing to make their lungs bleed beats me to the top of the climb.
The part that's annoying is the part where they assume that my priorities are the same as theirs and that therefor I'm doing it wrong and too stupid to realize it. XC riding is a boring thing I do once a week to hang out with friends locally, I'm not going to deliberately make my bike ride worse for the riding I actually like to do so that my XC riding can be marginally faster.
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woo seems to be over on thumpertalk 
Those guys WERE NOT fans of my weight weenie-ing and silencing my 300xc. I got it down to 209lbs and was quiet enough to stealthily poach trails.woo seems to be over on thumpertalk
got a link?
the ktm guys are kinda dorks.....
if it had been a crf those dudes would have been cheering you on.
That was 2011ish. I'm all electric now. A couple Surron Light Bees and an Ultra Bee.
I think we have dirt bikes from 5 different brands at the moment (including KTM). Street bikes from many others.
There is truly nothing like dealing with KTM owners in the used market. Good lord.
No Diddy?woo seems to be over on thumpertalk
Industry will fuck up the companies that make up the industry.
I love all my Spank parts. From stems to bars to wheels. Probably won't be buying them again. I don't trust these guys. I'm sure it's fine, but still.
On that note, another example, popular brands being bought by Investment Firms/Holding Companies. Not sure if that's the right way to say it. Take Santa Cruz, for example. Niner, too. I'm sure there's more.
I love all my Spank parts. From stems to bars to wheels. Probably won't be buying them again. I don't trust these guys. I'm sure it's fine, but still.
On that note, another example, popular brands being bought by Investment Firms/Holding Companies. Not sure if that's the right way to say it. Take Santa Cruz, for example. Niner, too. I'm sure there's more.
another manufacturer buys a smaller company and you dont trust them?
Familiarity breeds trust. No familiarity.
Like I said, I'm sure it's fine. But I'm kinda itching to find another bar/stem manu anyways. I'm just finicky. And get bored easily.
It worked for Iron Horse-
I hated the Spank stuff I bought, the rims were a pain to build up and the machining on the stem was pretty shit, but that was 10yrs back.
ah, i wasn't sure if this other company had some shady shit going on that i wasn't aware of.
only issue i've ever had with spank stuff is that the rim profile was a pain in the ass to tape for tubeless because of the profile. i'm not the only one who had that issue.
Hate to see a South African owned Taiwanese company get bought by another Taiwanese company. I guess I will have to buy my stuff from another Taiwanese manufacturer.
Wasn't spank stuff primarily shitty crap made in taiwan anyways? So they got acquired by a taiwanese company that will...make shitty stuff in taiwan? #shrugaction