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Where's the "I'm here for the cheap literally unrideable 29er while the industry figures out what sizes it really wants" option?

Lemme just grease this headset… (Tiny elastomer things pour out like rain onto my deck with gaps) 🫠

What matters here is the ratio of wheel diameter vs. rotor diameter. While the overall kinetic energy converted to heat is about the same, the force you need to make the wheel slow down changes when your lever does. Say you lock the lever at some position and try to spin the wheel by hand. If you spin it by the tire, it's much easier than spinning it by the rotor. The closer to the center you go, the harder you have to push to rotate the wheel against the braking force applied at rotor. Since the ground is the...

Bigger rotors provide more braking torque to the wheel hub. Bigger wheels do the same in the other way. Proportionally larger rotors on larger wheels will give the same braking force on contact patch if the braking force on the caliper stays the same.

A reversed version of this wouldn’t look out of place on Reece’s bike

Also seems quite pointless to use a bigger rim (30.5") with a smaller tire just to come up with an effective wheel diameter that's got to be quite similar to the 29er you started with? In the end of the day it's the tire's OD that counts, not the number on the rim...

Don't forget that for a while we had bikes coming with aggressive tires like Minions and Bontrager XR4s in 29x3.0, which cleared Pikes and Lyriks at the time. Unscientifically, I can't imagine you're going to happily clear a 29x3.0 minion but not a 30.5x2.4 minion in the same fork.

Looked it up and Google says ETRTO for 30.5 is 642, so only 10mm larger radius than 29’s 622. Would be tight but seems like you could probably stuff a lower volume 30.5 tire in without contacting the arch/crown/downtube at full compression. Obviously manufacturers will recommend against it because what’s the point of a new standard if not to sell more parts…

The radial casing won't change wear. Either your terrain is friendly to their rubber or it isn't. In my case, I wore out Schwalbe Soft radial tires faster than any other tire/rubber combination I've ever used (including MaxxGrip). The only effect that radial casing is likely to have on wear is increase wear on the center edges of the side knobs, as they'll spend more time in contact with the ground (I observed this).

Hey man I just wanted to do my part in helping you out. I downvoted you because you sound like a big baby. Hope this helps 🙂

For what it's worth: The Specialized Chisel is still very much in production and for sale, just not in the US. They still sell it here in Europe and the rest of the world. My friends at Specialized Germany have confirmed to me that the bike is still in production and can be ordered by dealers in unlimited quantity. We can only guess, but by the looks of it, Specialized no longer considers it a (sufficiently) profitable endeavour to import one of their best-selling bikes into the US due to the effects of orange man's tariffs.

Best way to change an engineers mind is with enough testing data that they think it’s their idea to do the change 🤣

I think you’re both missing the point of the Tempo. It’s not supposed to be a light efficient trail bike, it’s meant to be a short travel bike that you hammer like an enduro bike, same as the Forbidden Druid (which also comes with a Lyrik/36). Nobody is buying a Tempo to count grams or ride blue trails. The 36 is the right fork for the bike’s intentions. I’d personally also spec gravity tires on it.

On this general train of thought, one thing I always thought could be genuinely beneficial to the consumer is size specific build kits, particularly on a bike like this. Put a 34 and exo tyres on the smaller sizes, with a 36 and exo+ tyres on the larger sizes. You could do similar things for rotors, bar width etc. More part numbers for the product managers but hey, we can dream.

This is a slight derail but I agree. My hot take is that the ride quality of the new Lyrik will never be good enough to justify the weight. The previous one was awesome, and so was the one before that. The fact that is being praised as much as it is, opens the door for the other big dogs to keep beefing up. Current Lyrik is nearly identical in weight to the previous gen 38... The Pike was a quality enduro fork in 2017... Please spec 120-140 fork travel bikes with pikes/non-obese Lyriks/36SLs or even 34's. I'm so sick...

This photo symbolizes everything about Intense Cycles. It's speaks to their legacy coming from Palmer into the modern era. The color scheme I wore as a grassroots racer for them. The same color combo & styling patterns in my kit and the pros kits were recognized instantly. Racers gave you respect & admired your equipment. Steber appreciated every racer for his brand individually. What I see: Spy - the crossover moto brand that McGrath & Palmer grew into iconic status. Intense Shoes - Five Ten "Tennie" approach shoes Steber took a chance on believing in Stealth Rubber to the extent...

Post up a rumor

Or the top dogs can stop flatting/crashing in seeding.