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It’s not a no? Tell me lies, transition ai!

Nah, he grabbed the top caps off a gold 38 which came with black ones.

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.

Now that I’ve looked at the new bottle rocket a bit more, it could be that. The brake mount looks right, the placement of the bottle cage matches, the shape of the top and downtubes are very similar, I’m pretty sure it’s a straight 1.5 headtube, and unlike other transition bikes I don’t think there are external brake lines. The one thing that’s getting me is the rear dropouts- they look sharper than transitions, though it may be the longer dropout option. They look closer to the haro Greer, but I don’t think that has a 1.5 straight headtube. Please...

He does follow Airdrop on IG. The only other brands he follows are the larger more premium brands that you'd expect as an industry member.

Imagine you're a average user that doesn't have a workshop, the tools, the knowledge and the heatshrink to pull apart the fork, change the spring, apply heatshrink to it and put it back together. If the fork is knocking, is too soft or too stiff, you need to go to the shop. How much will it cost you to have the correct spring installed? How much to make it quiet if the shop didn't apply the additional heatshrink on their own? How much does changing pressures on an air fork cost? In the eyes of the average user, is a...

Ballast Bro?

A masshole. Wait, that's taken already.

all you need to know about PVD is that he once put mineral oil in a brake designed for DOT (might've been vice versa) to "see what would actually happen"

With this LinearXL talk, I reviewed the patents SRAM has recently filed for their suspension forks, and this is a roundup of what we'll see roll out within the next few months. 1. Linear XL: Reduces casting ramp. This will likely be accompanied by a larger negative spring, which will mean softer off the top but more mid-stroke due do to higher pressures being required. But without crazy end stroke progression on 38mm stanchion forks. 2. Adjustable bottom-out bumper: Rubber bumper similar to a coil shock, adjustable from the bottom of the fork to allow/adjust bottom-out feel. Less reliance on...

Something 5Dev shared with me last week that I thought was neat—steel spindles that add around 500g low and central on the bike. They developed them last year with Neko/Frameworks as a clean/simple way to add weight to bikes instead of just slapping a chunk of lead to the bb. Only two options which limits compatibility, but a neat idea nonetheless. Deets - https://www.5dev.com/products/heavy-metal-downhill-spindles?variant=464… - 139mm = 616g - 145mm = 649g - Made from 17-4 stainless steel in San Diego - $199.99, or $100 up-charge with any 5Dev crankset order

Ease of use and less SKUs. An air shock or fork adapts to everything from an XS to an XL rider with a shock pump by the average user. Changing coils is more involved, requires a workshop for the fork at least, different sizes come with different springs so you have 4 or 5 SKUs. And it's heavier. And more expensive as you have to buy another spring. Air is free.

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

Rumour - new Canyon enduro bike coming? I wanted to check out the Strive geometry after the latest Jack Moir video and noticed the current model is no longer listed.

The lightest hand of moderation would be wonderful to keep us all on track sometimes

Now? I've been on MTBR long enough to witness the crash outs 10+ years ago. always remember, you are wrong, will always be wrong and you don't know shit about anything when it comes to suspension grand wizard Dougal (doctor, engineer, inventor, ONZ)

It's not a knowledge or concept problem. It's an attitude problem. PVD is TOXIC.

Long chainstays corner really well. They put weight on the front so you can drift/slide the backend around corners. Putting more weight on the front also allows you to use a taller front end. Large and XL bikes need 470-500mm chainstays to maintain that ideal 1.75 ratio-

not in english though, and for a guy who hangs the american flag in his workshop, one should expect more

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