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PisgahGnar Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
7/24/2025 10:18am Posted a comment on the other site, but this statement is pretty shitty " If you placed an order before July 15th, please note that—due to legal regulations—it may be part of the restructuring process and will be reviewed individually." No, YT, you made the choice to prioritize short-term cash flow by screwing over customers. There are well-established legal options for protecting customer payments from becoming part of an insolvency estate. You could have used an escrow or trust account from the outset, structured payments to transfer only upon delivery, or at the very least paused sales and issued a...
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ex-ballz Added a reply to Silent Bikes - What tricks do you have to keep your bike quiet through the season?
7/23/2025 7:03am FWIW I solved the TITS noise of brake hoses by threading paracord through the frame, running it parallel with the brake hoses. The cord provides sufficient cushioning / damping to kill the noise. There isn't enough clearance in the frame for the foam tubing.
ex-ballz Added a reply to Modern Inverted Single Crown Forks
7/23/2025 6:48am My 2c after three months / over 500 miles on the Essential: it feels almost too good to be true initially, but the performance of the fork doesn't degrade over time and as you get used to its slightly different feeling (and a longer offset in my case), it just rides better and better. I too have had problems with...
Kanista Liked a reply to forum topic Modern Inverted Single Crown Forks
7/23/2025 6:23am Another follow up. I have now had this fork on a few rides. I texted cornelius once again about the small bump sensitivity and i got a very quick reply again. This fork was laying around for quite a while and he advised me tho loosen up the screw on the top of the air side and move the stanchions. Apparently there was fairly much air traped and it neede to go. Ever since i did this, the fork has been flawless and got a very nice small bump performance. Im very veryhappy with the purchase, lets just hope it...
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
7/22/2025 5:09am Jeff, respectfully, there's this theme in your posts where you assume (I'm paraphrasing) "if only these companies had a good CFO things would turn out differently." If only YT had "sophisticated financial planning and analysis tools," if only they were "watching macro indicators to understand where consumer demand is headed," and "looking at appropriate comps to learn from," if only they'd "started to stress test their model and realized they had a problem with respect to volume and turns against their debt obligations while running a low margin business." Instead, it looks like "CFOing was absent. Nobody was ringing the...
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Skunk Works Suspension Liked a reply to forum topic Modern Inverted Single Crown Forks
7/21/2025 1:20pm No tax/tariff charges on this side, $140 in shipping/paypal/parcel fees from Intend and took 8 days to get from Germany to Colorado. But you never know these days......
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ex-ballz Added a reply to GPS Watches
7/21/2025 1:15pm Consider the Enduro 3. Not only is it enduro (sweet!) and cheaper, it has the new software of the F8 line while being way way lighter and more comfortable to wear IMO. Plus the battery lasts forever, which is nice, and you can see the IPS display in daylight.
ex-ballz Added a reply to Tire chat (nerds only)
7/16/2025 5:23pm Do people actually like the Big Betty for other applications than DH? For me, it's a terrible rear tire if you need to pedal.
Skunk Works Suspension Liked a reply to forum topic Modern Inverted Single Crown Forks
7/16/2025 5:18pm Paper products from Germany can only mean one thing, new fork day! This is the Intend Flash 35, it can be run from 160mm to 190mm. Very similar to the Edge; but with a more robust crown, longer legs, and slightly different uppers. After initial riding and then a full tear down and inspection, there will be some parallel testing with a 35mm Boxxer. Both forks will be run at 190mm of travel on a DH bike. The capability of the 170mm inverted forks at Angel Fire was so impressive that a direct comparison of a longer travel version to...
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ex-ballz Added a reply to Broken Spoke Replacement Good Wheelsmithing Practices?
7/16/2025 12:44pm Carbon rims make wheel building ridiculously simple.
ex-ballz Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/16/2025 6:10am Call them Flesh and Flash.
ex-ballz Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/15/2025 8:56pm It's very inspiring that you can see it holistically.
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic Modern Inverted Single Crown Forks
7/15/2025 11:25am Mostly irrelevant, but interesting: I saw someone with a 2015 Rockshox RS1 this weekend, and just for funsies I asked if I could try twisting it "for science." Holy cow, it's so flexy when you do the wheel between the knees/handlebar twist test.
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ex-ballz Added a reply to Low rise bars, more spacers, longer stem vs. high rise bars, fewer spacers, shorter stem?
7/14/2025 5:35pm My gateway drug to Intend.
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic Low rise bars, more spacers, longer stem vs. high rise bars, fewer spacers, shorter stem?
7/14/2025 5:34pm I agree with this guy, it makes no difference in steering feel as long as the grips end up in the same location, except for one wrinkle: steerer tubes flex, and the more spacers you add, the more steerer tube flex you get. Handlebars flex and stems flex (to a much smaller degree), but part of the reason dual crowns feel sick is because they're so stiff, both above and below the crown race. For most riders, steerer tube flex won't be a big deal, but for bigger, heavier, or faster riders it will be noticeable in back to back...
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ex-ballz Added a reply to Low rise bars, more spacers, longer stem vs. high rise bars, fewer spacers, shorter stem?
7/14/2025 1:21pm Do these cranks pedal differently than standard cranks?
ex-ballz Added a reply to Modern Inverted Single Crown Forks
7/13/2025 8:38am Yep, the two halves thread together to form a decently stiff "outer axle".
ex-ballz Added a reply to Modern Inverted Single Crown Forks
7/12/2025 5:59pm New game - one hub, two caps-s. Hadley XC front hub with standard 15mm endcaps vs properly executed torque caps. Will I be able to tell a difference in torque stiffness of my Intend fork?
7even Liked a reply to forum topic Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
7/9/2025 2:11pm Good grief the new brembo brakes have to be the ugliest things I've ever seen, it makes the mavens look like a piece of art. After looking at my intends, the brembos make my eyes recoil and blast backwards in the brain. There are so many people that work on the development of a brake, can't imagine there wasn't at least one guy that said what in the f is this aesthetic. They could be two times better than my intends at half the price, won't ever put those on my bike
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