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looks like they're the creation of that Lee likes bikes guy. I've always thought that guy was kinda an idiot.

I just made an account to make this comment, I'm the guy in that video. They definitely felt bizarre and completely wrong the first couple days with them, which is all we showed in the video. After riding them more I started to love them, and I'll get them on again once the bike park opens. They're not an advantage over normal chainless riding, they're just goofy and fun. Lots of people reached out to buy a set from us, but ours was just a one off we made. If those people put their money where their mouth is that...

I could see these being a helpful training tool for isolating different skills in a coaching environment (like doing drills with only one ski), but to me these things look terrible for general use. And I don't just mean because you can't pedal, I mean I wouldn't want to ride skate parks, dirt jumps, or pump tracks with these. Or A-Line. I don't want to keep my crankarms dead level when I'm riding. Dropping an outside foot lowers my leverage point on the bike by 175mm. Why would I want to lose that? Also, when I'm pumping, I can move...

Minnaar officially announced his retirement in 2024. Had a farewell party in Andorra after his self declared last ever World Champs and did an on stage farewell thing on MSA after the last WC race that I saw in some YouTube piece. The latest Norco press release has him listed as team performance manager or something. He's retired. Dakota is injured. Gwin is an active rider, who has not announced retirement. So I don't get your ramble The issue is ethical not semantics

From UCI website

A little bit of contrast and image levelling and it’s super clear. Yeti nailed down.

Looks like a Yeti logo on the pants right below the left hand.

So the Arrival was like the Lexus LFA of the bike world. I can respect that.

$325 bottom brackets. 3 year warranty with annual bearing service.

Freudian slip typo in the bio 😂 "de sigh"... 😑

Ronan Dunne with a saint crank that has a direct mount, xtr looking chainring

Well, I have seen discussions of it also having something to do that when they produce a frame - They become a OEM competitor. If they dont produce one, they might be able to sell wheels to OEM's for full builds. (Just something I read in some forum somwhere, cant remember where) But, most likely since pricing has been discussed. It seems like the Arrival frames were priced at similar prices to other manufacturers framesets - Around $4k (Santa Cruz, Rocky Mountain, Yeti) etc. Same price, but produced in Canada, probably makes their profit on the frames way worse. I...

Your point about being a potential competitor to other frame manufacturers (when it comes to OEM wheel spec) isn't invalid, but I agree it's likely pretty far from their biggest reason for cutting off frames. I worked for a boutique bike brand (eventually as a product manager) when the Arrival 152 was in full swing launch/marketing - lots of guys there, including myself, ran WR1 wheels on their personal bikes. When the time came and we began looking at new carbon wheel spec options, WR1 should have been a prime candidate (if we ignored weight, which wasn't something the brand...