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I think the dual team mate crashes in pre-season last year threw her for a loop and she is only just now getting herself mentally squared away to be able to ride at peak performance.

So strange how Jenna can't seem to translate her Crankworx performances to WC racing ( I know it's a different field, but IIRC she was slower than riders like Lou and Sasha all season last year). 🤷‍♂️

I see what you mean, but if that were the case, why not limit DH bikes to 160mm travel because smaller forks are cheaper and more accessible to the everyday rider? Or outlaw cleats in soccer because they give better grip? I agree that every single innovation isn't necessarily better for us mere mortals, but in the pinnacle of the sport, we should be pushing the bounds of what is possible.

Sounds more like tall riders are at a disadvantage riding wheels too small for them..

Filippo Ganna, the current holder of the hour record, is 193cm.

in-tire pressure monitor from outrider on kickstarter that landed in the inbox. kick starter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/outridercomponents/outrider-tl-min… site - https://www.outridercomponents.com/

Hey man, Charlie and company were selling IMBA SUCKS stickers and captioning videos of people smoothing concrete driveways and building slabs with smarmy comments like "IMBA trail crew building another sanctioned tech trail" like 12-15 years ago, which predates groad bikes and eebs by a solid 8 years or so. Core riders have been complaining about the proliferation of blue flow trails for at least 15 years now, but I guess the boogeyman has changed from IMBA to.... gravel bikes and 32 inch wheeled mountain bikes? If anything I can see the adoption of 32 inch bikes leading to another...

Reformed xc guy here. When I was on 29 and my riding buddy was on 27.5 (both xc hardtails) the acceleration advantage of the 27.5 was impossible to ignore just as the momentum of the 29 was. For trail riding the 27.5 looked more fun in more places while the 29 just hauled the mail when things straightened out a bit or went down hill. I fully expect the same “revelations” in all of the 32” bike reviews to come out this year.

Flame me if you’d like, but 32” wheels is one of the few things that has me excited for a new bike. There are so many amazing full suspension bikes now ,and geometry, for whatever discipline, have pretty much leveled out. As someone that rides my Singlespeed as much or more than my FS, I’m excited to build up a rigid Singlespeed 32er. My local trails are fairly mellow and as I get older I appreciate momentum and keeping a higher average pace over “shredding the gnar!”

I wonder how fast the Santa Cruz V10 would be with Aspen STs

I noticed in the past that there was a certain tipping point.. Usually once it got too far past 5/gallon the potential new bike commuters seem to taper off.. My guess is that the money that might have gone towards the bike ended up in the gas tank before they could make the purchase..

I worked on advocacy for the 15 minute city concept, and can tell you that literally no one has actually proposed restricting travel. That idea is a "bUt OuR fReEdUmB" talking point aimed at people who do their own "research".

I believe that the idea behind 15 minute cities wasn't to restrict travel, but to lay out cities where you don't need to travel more than 15 minutes to get what you need. But, in most American cities, a 15 minute drive takes at least 30 minutes and a 15 minute walk is considered to be inhumane.

I'd imagine that Giant makes considerably more building bikes for other companies than selling their own. Plus, with leadership changes and the passing of their founder, maybe they are restructuring how they market their own brand. With everything they've put into the processes on the new Anthem and TCR Advanced, I'd expect to see that used for other brands at the top end.

I think all it might take is for a product manager to go to a bike shop for whatever reason and spot the wall of tyres for $100+ a pop...

Miss Richard Cunningham...

Not knowing the price of something on release day and he doesn’t just make it up? Crazy. He’s basically a dirtbag rider that crushes out the vert and miles. He’s more one of us than most of us are…

We don't have any Marin County fire roads in VT.

Would you like us to assign someone to butter your wagon?