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And now for something entirely different - magnetorheological damper for MTB. Article in Czech: Grixi: z laboratoří VUT na trh míří budoucnost odpružení | DoleKOP.COM

It's working, when was the last time you heard reports of the Germans sinking a Manitou fork?

Manitou has selected this particular paint scheme to make it so German U-boats will be unable to accurately estimate Manitou riders' speed and heading.

Ballast Bro?

A masshole. Wait, that's taken already.

I once sent PVD an honest question by email about a technical drawing on his website and he answered : "W hat your asking falls into the 'that's a stupid question' category. Only a terrible person would answer a stupid question." Such a nice guy

Soooooo, anyone got any rumors or should we rename the thread to "Hot takes and arguing"...?

add dougal to that list now, Hes completely ignoring physics because he believes.

Ah yes, the famous Absolute Black method 😬

Rulezman, Jan Heine, PVD, Grant Peterson... cycling seems to perversely reward people with big egos, big opinions and questionable applications of scientific principles.

This guy is so far up his own ass that he prob used his bush resizing tool to make stools slide out without any friction

I was genuinely intrigued and was thinking of buying one of his stems because the BMB ones are so damn expensive, but an advertisement that calls people who disagree "haters and low IQ" immediately kills any chance of sending money his way.

You mean low QI 😉😂😂😂

That guy continues to strive for the asshole of the year award. Any validity of his opinion has been removed by that kneepad/short gap and that’s even before we talk about his “low IQ” dismissal of everyone who dares to disagree with him 😂

Those early stems didn't catch on since reach numbers weren't there yet.. Mondraker was ahead of the game at that point, designing the frame around the short stem, but the public in general may not have been ready for it. If I recall correctly, they also had a pretty short rear end and part of what help weight the front wheel is the longer stays..

lol it’s true we are all there. Either way it’s a frickin joke when companies claim proportional chainstays and deliver… not proportional chainstays.

While better than/worse than is always comparative, I think when we start narrowing down what discipline of riding is relevant, we can start to have more productive conversations of cs balance without boiling it down to preference. I mean, we can take either to the extreme and say it starts being a bad thing. Nobody wants a 450 reach and a 650 cs. Nobody wants a 450 reach and a 300 cs. When we're talking the big mountain stuff that's relevant to the bikes at hand, something pulling 160+ numbers, we can assume it's going to be made for steeper...

ENHANCE!

Sizing in 10mm reach increments, spanning 110mm of reach, yet the chainstays only grow 10mm... F/C from 1.74 to 1.98... "perfect fit" Atherton, never change