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Amaury was on radials when he won at Val di Sole in the rain and mud, which I guess means he was on radial Dans? Definitely not a production tire. Update: and he won on Schwalbe radials at Les Gets that same year. Source: the Schwalbe radial page on their website. "Amaury Pierron made a brilliant comeback this year after his return. With our radial tires, he won in Val di Sole by almost 5 seconds and in Let Gets by well over 6 seconds - an eternity in racing!" One caveat: Only Schwalbe knows what was really inside the...

practice day with WynTV. the track is exceptionally blown out, full of holes, ruts and moon dust. weather may be wet on sunday, but at this rate, it may take a lot of rain to really matter.

Thank you! So far I haven’t reached the limit of the motives, but also haven’t done any sustained steep riding yet. So far so good thus far. Mavens feel too powerful for my lack of braking finesse, these seem like a complimentary spec for the bike. I’m 155llb though so that might be helping? I didn’t catch the brakes he was riding, and tbh I thought the Tallboy I rode had mavens until I checked my photos afterwards. I didn’t think about the brakes, which to me is a great sign.

Re: Saddle Angle: While it may be more ergonomic to point the nose down for climbs, it just plain looks gross. I am on Team @Lars_Sternberg with this one. Set it level and call it good. Your taint will get used to it. We all pay a price for fashion. 🤷🏾‍♂️😂

I joined to say that I really appreciate the quality of this Unaffiliated review. Front-rear balance, grip, shock tuning, the things that are hard to discern quickly (for me, at least) and make a bike a long-term keeper versus a sell-when-you-can.

That saddle angle is unforgivable

Hattie with the IXS dub at Fort William. Uncle Reeco 3rd in men’s.

I think Kavenz are exemplary when it comes to bearings: One bearing size all around and its the 6902 LLU. I usually need to swap out the bearings in the chainstay each year. The rest of them seem to just roll on. Kavenz sells the bearings in sets of twelve for dirt cheap and they even have a bearing tool available now. I also tens to not wash my bike to often and my bike thanks me. My GF is on a Slash 2017 that she refuses to part ways with and the sourcing of bearings there are awful. One...