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Leopards + faces..... It'd be funny if it wasn't for the genuine harm they will cause to uninvolved countries populations.

If he's already backflipping on election promises before even taking office... that must be some kind of record. And not even remotely surprising. But to already be in the "find out" stage is certainly something. The "If those kids could read..." meme from King of the Hill seems pretty appropriate right now.

The highest compliment a topic can get: a stern insistence the conversation be moved out of the Tech Rumors discussion and into its own thread. I feel like I just watched Bearings grow up, go to college, and get accepted to medical school. You'll do great, kid! We're proud of ya'!

Is Bernard Kerr the UK version of our P Diddy, looks like it. Is his new nickname going to be B Kiddy??

The new pivot bike looks amazing but I wouldn’t want to join a team where there’s potential for the manager to try and fuck me

I think it's more the fact that if just cemented Lewis as a copy cat brand. Their only 2 products are ripoffs of extremely expensive high end western designs made by small companies which just doesn't feel good. Like what's next, they release a bike that looks exactly like a V10?

Oh, they have R&D - Rip-off and Duplicate 😉

On the dyno a crappy Sram organic and an aggressive organic race pad like Hope Green that the V4’s got isn’t really a fair comparison. I’d be much more interested in dyno tests with control pads. I think the Maven would stack up much higher against the competition in terms of hard numbers. Riding Mavens on my DH bike for the summer has ruined the Tech 4 V4s on my Enduro bike for me. They feel like mushy junk with no feedback. The best way I can explain it is that the Hopes feel like you apply more brake by...

Yea, don't get me wrong, it's absolutely a stiffer initial lever than most brakes on the market today. I just don't think this contributed to Dale's hand problems or fatigue. It does have a firm feel when you start pulling it, but my experience is that once the pads engage, that feel remains mostly consistent at the lever especially for the given power output. This is in contrast to other brakes that may have a light initial feel to the pull but ramp up considerably once the pads engage. I'd venture if you measured the average amount of lever force...

The heavy pull force on mavens is only the static friction breakaway force as you move past the start of the cam. It’s a bit like getting a Shimano servowave lever moving. Once you have the brake lever moved a couple of mm it lightens up dramatically. If you’re dragging the brakes you’re not fighting it. That’s the elephant in the room that Dale Stone’s test did not show. It’s borderline disingenuous that he failed to explain it IMO. Also the Enduro-MTB dyno test sold Mavens short because they tested them with organic pads against brakes with metallic pads or...