NICA (for the parents) - We heard one story of a large team that had as many coaches as riders - aka 20 dudes telling their bosses, "sorry, I have to bone out early today because I have to coach my kid's mountain biking team."
....more like "I get discounts for bikes from all those brands if I just say Im a coach?"
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Added a comment about feature What's In / What's Out - Mountain Biking, 2018
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Added reply in a thread Have You Gone from 27.5 to 29er But Then Back to 27.5?
Common guys - everyone knows....once you go black, ya don't go back!
Added reply in a thread 2017 Red Bull Rampage Line Building and Scoping
Most of the sentiment I have seen was more so that he got massively underscored - not necessarily that he should have won. I would have a pretty hard time arguing with that and it was not the first fishy score IMO. The judges clearly have gobs of street ... more »
Added reply in a thread Does the New UCI President Really Care About MTB?
Seems pretty clear that MTB and Road need separate governing bodies. Scopes, consumer base and event demands for each are so different. Anyone who acts surprised that the new UCI Pres could give a flying funk about MTB clearly has not been paying any ... more »
Added a comment about feature Transition Patrol vs. Patrol - See How the 2018 Compares
Transition is absolutely killing it right now from a product and branding (and beer drinking) standpoint. Pretty hard to criticize nearly any of those geo or spec details. Well done fellas.
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Added reply in a thread Loris Vergier has a 27.5 and 29er Santa Cruz V10 at Val di Sole
Roast Beef, BRO! Beef badger dont care about wheelsize.
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Can we get a list of each and every tool included in kit?
Added a comment about news blog RESULTS: Qualifying at the 2017 Andorra World Cup DH
Spomer, I would love to see some actual statistical analysis of the the big wheelers and their placing this year. Any chance you guys could make that happen with Mark Shilton of Geek Stats? It would be super interesting to see. Even with the track changes it seems like you could analyze specific sections of track that were running close to the same times as past seasons and then compare the guys times who switch to the big wheelers? Honestly, Hart's switch back even though he said additional testing showed that 29ers were .5 seconds faster for them is a bit mind blowing to me. Knowingly giving up .5 seconds seems like a terrible idea with how tight times are these days.
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Added reply in a thread Should There Be a 29er DH Class and 27.5 DH Class at World Cups?
This "looks lame" thing is such BS IMO....and slippery slope. Should riders still be on V-brakes..er... canti's....er...drum brakes? Ft sus only ...er fully ridgid? That would look way more loose. What about modern geo? Longer front centers create way ... more »
Liked a comment on the item Vital MTB's The Inside Line Podcast Episode 12 - Chris Hilton, Product Manager for MTB Drivetrain at SRAM
no worries. b/c these are face-to-face, we're limited to who we can interview. we've talked about a non-face-to-face format but the audio quality and the conversation quality is just different when you're not sitting together. i'm hoping...more
Added a comment about feature Vital MTB's The Inside Line Podcast Episode 12 - Chris Hilton, Product Manager for MTB Drivetrain at SRAM
Didnt mean to come across as too critical. You are doing an AWESOME job Spomer! Keep it up.
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we're doing what we can...be patient.
Added a comment about feature Vital MTB's The Inside Line Podcast Episode 12 - Chris Hilton, Product Manager for MTB Drivetrain at SRAM
Loving the podcasts guys! Listened to every one so far.
This is the 3rd sram kool-aid pusher you guys have had on now. How about spreading the love a bit? Tons of other interesting personalities in the industry that don't actually work at sram. It would also be cool to get some international guys in the mix!
Thanks and keep up the good work!
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Added reply in a thread All Things Fort William World Cup 2017
Can someone address 27.5 vs 29 wheel aerodynamics and drag when attempting to cut thru a midge swarm? Seems like smaller wheels will win out? Keep your chin's up boys... ;-)
Added a comment about photo E*thirteen Tire Plasma Sealant
Prototype stuff had glitter ~2 years ago. Production has not had glitter ever. If that is the case, Iago is using some really old sealant. It also never was orange...but maybe that is a photo reflection of something since that um...mystery mfg rim also has an orange glow.
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@iceman - pretty sure that is not e*thirteen. They dont have glitter nor is their sealant orange.
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Damn. Cleanest of the bunch!
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All this hype and you need an expensive tap and likely a voided fork warranty to even use it. Annddd if your HS comes loose on a ride...
This is why baby jesus invented POCKETS.
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Cool bikes, but those welds...
Liked a comment on the item Vital MTB's Bike of the Year - 2017 Shreddy Awards 1/2/2018 11:46 AM
Because I bet they're saving the carbon Sentinel for 2018 Bike of the Year