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DEATH TO ALL HEAT MAPS
Tbh I tried to send some feedback to Strava in 2012,in an effort to make it more useful for MTB. Since then I've only seen it going the other direction, catering to road etc, which is fine,I'm just not the target customer.
Last year's API shenanigans made me try and export all my data so I can delete Strava, now I'm finally reminded to follow through before they go bust haha.
As far as I understand it is that Split crown clamp affect less smoothness in right side up forks like Boxxer & 40 than inverted forks that are ubiquitous in Moto/MX.
On moto you have a bushing that slides past the clamp during travel. The split clamp keeps the tube profile more consistent under load so the bushing moves through it better.
That’s not the case with an MTB fork.
appreciate the feedback and explanation!
@jeff.brines is making an alternative that should cater to MTB a lot better. Also, have you thought about selfhosting?
Specs of the upcoming Botterocket. Found i a norwegian webstore, link below.
https://www.bcsport.no/transition-bikes/01.26.10.55.bot5/transition-bottlerocket-dual-crown-snowstorm
Priced at 59,999 NOK which is 5140 euro.
also available as a frameset and single crown build. "disco flamingo" is a great color AND name.
https://www.bcsport.no/transition-bikes/01.26.10.55.bot2/transition-bottlerocket-frameset-disco-disco-flamingo
https://www.bcsport.no/transition-bikes/01.26.10.55.bot3/transition-bottlerocket-single-crown-disco-flamingo
I like "emotional support vehicle".
Regular Car Reviews once referred to them as "men's rights trucks".
why? spent a month in Canada this summer and the best trails I rode and spent time brushing/clearing deadfall from weren't on any other map
You didn’t get this from me.
Who? What? I see nothing
RAD!
I call them Big Stupid Trucks.
So is that mythical fork a single crown 40? Takes me back to the slalom version of the DHO. I've got a few of those. I used to know people at Rock Shox when they were still in Santa Cruz. Our team at Another Bike Shop got our OG Boxxers before the sponsored riders did. Sorry Peaty.
New 38
Is it just me or does the rebound knob cover/assembly look long?
Its just excited.
Random things seen in parking lots...
Maybe it's cold...
Perhaps, but current gen has some overlap which hides a bit of the length.
In response to that insane faring thing on the AON bike. The mechanic said it was so he could get more feel/grip. WHY WHY WHY does it not have grip tape on it then.
I’ve always felt gripping my seat with my knees was plenty. But with some of the wide option tuck sections of this track if you can be resting a bit while going as fast as everyone else it’s not the worst idea.
Hopefully the get something a bit less likely to kill Reese soon. Even just some plastic on those edges would be a huge improvement.
Grip tape was added today. Coming from riding motocross bikes I totally understand his theory. I grip my seat and link all the time. If it helps him get to the next step, I’m here for it!
I can see it helping a bit.. I'd just find some better hardware.. Also a good spot for some sponsor stickers.. Side plates coming to DH?
Why why why does it not have counter sunk screws from either side?
Showing up to a federal land agency meeting with heat maps printed discussing decommission was an eye opening experience. It’s a great tool for them to identify and remove any trail that was a significant amount of time to build. Your 2 minutes of enjoyment likely was 100 hours of work or more. And it just put a bullseye on the trail when you published your ride.
You can remove sharing heat maps on your settings, not make rides public and hide your maps. Or just not strava those trails.
This would be easy to 3d print im not sure why they went with such a sketchy solution?
I worked on one a while ago..slightly different primary purpose, which was mostly about getting together with your mates and going for a ride, but recording was a natural part of it.
An idea I really wanted to play with was identifying users' riding style (using super secret Duck's autism algorithms, obv) to find new people to ride with too, but then everyone got stoked on it calling it something like a Tinder for mountain bikers.
I don't see a strong reason to try and create own, competing database of "segments" that would be a trail, though I'm aware a segment can be a section of a trail, or a bunch of trails linked or whatevs..
Got it all working and all but then I had to talk to people and ask them to use it(or tell me why they couldn't), which wasn't quite successful as I got feedback from exactly 1 active user. Not very efficient in a social-ish app, and I can't stand social media enough to rile people up.
To be quite honest, I'd like to see Trailforks just getting some better, MTB-specific features implemented that I tried pitching to Strava over a decade ago. While TF has its own issues, it's got a decent user base and I'd rather see them implement things, than working with their API unless it's got sorted out a bit in the recent few years
One issue, Trailforks is owned by Outside and they don't care about you or our sport