Awesome to listen to this! As someone who quit high school to learn how to weld, is obsessed with bikes, and has multiple jobs solely based around building things with my hands, Frank has not been a small influence to me, haha. Cool to hear his whole story in one place.
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Added a comment about feature The Inside Line: Frank The Welder
Added reply in a thread How Much Reach is Too Much Reach?
When I first really started to understand what I was doing on a bike, 8-9 years ago. Everything I rode was sub 400 maybe a touch over. Next two bikes were 430-435. Now 453 and 470. I find a stem and reach combined around 500-510, currently feels like ... more ยป
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Added a comment about feature What Do Riders Think? Seven Dropper Posts Reviewed by Vital MTB Members
Done, face off was why I bought one in the first place. Surprised there were no user reviews yet
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Liked a comment on the item What Do Riders Think? Seven Dropper Posts Reviewed by Vital MTB Members
We install every dropper on the market in our shop, but the BikeYoke Revive has no equal
Liked a comment on the item What Do Riders Think? Seven Dropper Posts Reviewed by Vital MTB Members
Reverb sure has a long list of "the bad" to get 4/5.
Added a comment about feature What Do Riders Think? Seven Dropper Posts Reviewed by Vital MTB Members
Different catagory. Performs too well against the rest of these to compete. would be like Usain Bolt going to a high school track meet....
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Liked a comment on the item Flashback - Superco Silencer Prototype DH Bike
if you read the details, doc had been working on this kind of suspension design since 1998 as the main builder at Brooklyn machine works. not trying to starting a pissing match but just FYI.
Liked a comment on the item DJ Brandt Goes Big in His Farewell to Mongoose
So Sick!! Good luck on your new ride!
Liked a comment on the item DJ Brandt Goes Big in His Farewell to Mongoose
Is that a Freestyle Rumor?
Liked a comment on the item DJ Brandt Goes Big in His Farewell to Mongoose
A legit Young Talent
Liked a comment on the item Rough AF 3 | Jordie Lunn is a Wild, Wild Man
He was also sick as hell and hadn't even looked at it before.
Liked a comment on the item Versatile Destroyer: 2019 Scott Ransom Reviewed
Vital keeps raising the bar as far as bike reviews goes.
Liked a comment on the item SPOTTED: Electronically-Actuated RockShox Reverb Dropper Post
Judging from the ratio of up-votes to down-votes you have, I would say that it's you who is out of touch with the MTB industry and what end users are looking for.
Liked a comment on the item How to Make Everyone Happy with Rampage
Taking away (most of) the riders' creativity and vision in putting together the lines would ruin everything that's awesome about Rampage.
At the end of the day, I don't really care who won or who should have one. I'm just there to watch a bunch of guys throw down. And they did that. Every single...more
Liked a comment on the item How to Make Everyone Happy with Rampage
I also think this years judging was on point, apart from B'dawg
all day Jam format,
if a rider puts a perfect first run an want.s to call it then fine, if a rider want's to try again and again. As long they haven't beat themselves to shit then great. With weather conditions sometimes being a factor...more
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Liked a comment on the item Deep Dive and Impressions: 8150's Unique Carbon Wheels 2/18/2019 2:27 PM
Because you're not Loic.