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in scandal mag, jim bland, luca's mechanic, thinks 32" front wheels are coming (in what i would assume is DH since he's a DH mechanic). seems like it wouldn't be hard for any of the inverted brands to make a 32" fork for this upcoming season (assuming tires are available, which i bet they are). he also says cone valves in forks, so maybe some other hint development? #nonEbikeRumors

Assuming it's a high pivot idler setup, you won't see a massive difference as the idler mitigates a lot of the pedal kickback already. If it is without an idler you'll see a big improvement as it will negate the very high pedal kickback high pivot bikes have. One thing to consider is that on certain bikes the pedal kickback during compression is actually beneficial as it aids pumping to generate speed. A bike with no chain does not pump as nicely as a bike with a chain where the chain growth will stiffen the suspension during the compression making...

Vivid Air Ultimate. I've been running them since launch on 4 different bikes (sold 2), and had zero issues. It's a really nice middle ground of air and coil... easy to dial in, good sensitivity, good bottom out support. I know several other guys who've gotten them for various bikes and all loved them too. New version with minor tweaks is about to launch alongside Zeb in April, so might be able to find a brand new one on sale.

Fine if you feel that way, but I try to ask for riders opinions on the current state of the sport and also anything happening inside so people from the outside can learn more, Finns response was great and a lot people enjoyed his opinions. I interview riders who are doing well in the race, on race day my video is to tell the story of the race. I can't make a judgement on a case where no one actually knows the full story, and we never will it seems, so until then I will interview the riders who performed...

Here’s hoping AI thumbnail images and other slop are OUT.

"More talk about positive mental health. More and more people are speaking up about their struggles. It’s becoming less taboo." - I know a guy 😉

First of all, this is an exceptional article that is well done, is not even biased towards e-bikes and it puts some facts and data to the comparison between the two I was on team anti-E bike for years thinking how core I was & that E's were for newbs and lazy people. But after a catastrophic knee injury & multiple surgeries, an E was the only thing that kept me moving outdoors in my beautiful mountains (gravel roads) vs sitting on a fan bike in my house... my sense of gratefulness to even be out on simple zero-gnar gravel...

Except Orwell never actually said that at all, so get back on your Google machine and do some research because you are actually talking about yourself & your ideas, not Orwell or this article... did you even read it? What Orwell was talking about at the time was some intellectuals who supported totalitarianism – and obviously this article is about Ebikes - with data - and making strong point about training zones, so your quote & logic here is about as relevant and sharp as a spent chainring

Loved this quick clip. The man knows what he's talking about. Obviously, as others have pointed out, there's an ocean of difference between a casual rider who gets on an ebike and unconsciously drops their intensity level to something comfortable vs. a professional athlete who's tearing their heart out in high-intensity training blocks and using an ebike for structured low-intensity recovery rides. But for the professional athlete, I imagine an ebike is a godsend for spicing up the zone 2 training and recovery.

Where i live its either up or down. Mostly steep. It is pretty much a hard job to even stay in z3. The e bike therefore helps a lot. Ride the same trails, stay in Z2. Builds base, needs less recovery. go full blast with the spaghetti powered bike, build strength and explosivity, needs more recovery. Yes you could also go full ham on the ebike and train anaerobic and sprints. Even Threshold would also be easly possible (probably the hardest on the e-bike i guess..) so you could argue you don't need the spaghetti bike for training reasons. A...

Personally, I would just rather ride 2-3 times a week on my e-bike, doing multiple laps on my favorite trails. Versus one or maybe two rides a week on non-e-bike, doing 1 lap and being smoked. This was e-bike ride this morning 15miles, 3,500ft elevation gain.

Good read. I ride for fun now, all rides lead to the pub so regardless I'm having 5 schooners after the ride, any fitness aspects are moot. If I ride my "meat powered" hardtail there is a sense of acheivment, my legs are sore, my ass is sore. The beers are delicious If I ride my 170mm eeb, my upper body muscles are sore, my ass is sore, the beers are still delicious You just choose the right tool for the job that day. If I have nothing on all day I'll ride the hardtail at a leisurely pace and...

Horses for courses. I ride pretty much only ebikes now for a variety of reasons. I'm 58 and grew up when my xc bike was a bullit with super t's on dh tires and tubes, so the weight doesnt really matter to me. I really only ride 2 places, out my garage and at a pedal up bike park (Sky Tavern). The trails I ride out my garage are a blend of multi use (moto and mtb) trails climbing up with techy, off the menu trails coming down, they're really only climable (for me) on an ebike. I usually ride...

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