Recent Activity
All
AgrAde Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/26/2025 4:12am Lol yeah pressure at sea level is under 15psi. You can take your fork into a perfect vacuum and it's going to gain very little gauge pressure.
More »
AgrAde Added a reply to FOX Podium Inverted MTB Fork - Questions, Answers, Reviews
6/26/2025 2:46am Yeah I'm with you Brash. I'm going to wait and see how this fork goes for the heavier riders, but I'm definitely keen. I'm only 80kg but for some reason I have huge issues with fork reliability with all brands I've tried, so I want something really beefy and reliable but not overly stiff. The Lyrik is my favourite chassis...
AgrAde Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/17/2025 1:18pm Absolutely horrific. Scott will love it. Can't wait for a new steerer standard to solve the issue of the taper getting in the way of the stem.
AgrAde Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/17/2025 12:47am Why are you talking about QR and old shitty Ringle stuff? That has nothing to do with... anything really. Fox 36s and everything else used a 20mm thru axle, and most frames were 142 thru. Ringle stuff was always shit and cracky. I did wildly stupid things to my 1750g Mavic wheelset, absolutely beat it to shit, and I only...
sethimus Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/16/2025 12:27am
no, we came from 2.9kg marzocchi 66s
This forum topic has 30444 replies.
AgrAde Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/16/2025 12:28am I was going for "Fox products that enduro teams were running and that were marketed as enduro products for the masses", to try have some parity, but you're not wrong. The last 26" 36 is a fairly stiff chassis. Those Marz were great though.
AgrAde Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/15/2025 4:56pm They were correct then and they're correct now. We've gone from 1800g fox 36s and 1800g non boost wheel sets on our 26" enduro bikes to 2400g fox 38s and 2200g boost wheel sets on our 29" enduro bikes. Where do we go once we have 32"?
AgrAde Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/15/2025 1:27am Making a 32" fork and wheel stiff enough to ride well on trail under an XL rider will be really difficult. XC riders can put up with a lot but trail riders will probably be wanting a 38 or equivalent for their 140mm bikes...
AgrAde Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/14/2025 11:41pm I totally agree with that. Plus tires are great for people who ride slower. I'd recommend a plus bike to my mom in a heartbeat. I have a friend or two would likely benefit from them, but the suggestion would be an insult at this point lol.
AgrAde
Added bike check Commencal SuperNormal - Grovel bike
6/14/2025 10:59pm
AgrAde Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/14/2025 11:06pm I'm of the opinion that you can't ride a plus tire aggressively and have it perform well, regardless of inserts. There's a balance between weight, the stability of the casing, the damping of the casing, and the pressure/contact patch. Plus tires are feeble, vague balloons with no stability and regardless of inserts they roll over far too much in corners...
AgrAde Added a reply to Kinematics
6/14/2025 3:44am The bikes that have a linear damper and progressive spring on separate parts of the linkage just mimic the behavior of a rampy air spring on a linear bike. Which everyone decided was terrible years ago. I don't see the advantage of mimicking that behavior with a coil. Linear bikes with a rampy air spring feel inconsistent as all hell...
Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/6/2025 12:17am
Affect. Something affects something else and the result is the effect (of it). Effectively.
This forum topic has 30444 replies.
Evil96 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/29/2025 5:10pm
Great excuse to ride proper brakes, maven excluded you’re not missing out from either brand
This forum topic has 30444 replies.
sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/29/2025 1:10am
sure. from now on, we'll do something like that.
This forum topic has 30444 replies.
sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/29/2025 1:09am
yes. i deleted because they asked. edit - further clarification - it's embargoed material that some brand, shop or media "hero" is putting on the internet. if shimano doesn't their images on vital and asks for it to be removed, i'll oblige. i would do this for any brand in the same situation. i don't control other websites the material may land on. if it was spotted out in the wild or posted on a site in error to be freely seen, well that's an entirely different situation.
This forum topic has 30444 replies.
AgrAde Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/25/2025 5:59pm They're just copying srams retarded decision to tuck the hoses up against the bars as though we're all roadies that are going to integrate them into our bars and headsets. I thought we'd effectively communicated to manufacturers that we didn't want that shit but Shimano is late to the party and has misread their customers once again. So now we...
AgrAde Added a reply to Kinematics
5/20/2025 3:52am Oh yeah. Duh.
AgrAde Added a reply to Kinematics
5/19/2025 6:05pm I have no idea how you'd have an idler with its resulting chain line being lower than the chainring. It isnt really something you can do without two chains and a lot of fucking around. It'd end up like the current two chains specialized proto.
NoahColorado Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/16/2025 4:37pm
Appears to be some sort of belted purse.
This forum topic has 30444 replies.