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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...

One question when it comes to moto comparisons, how much of a difference does the way you hold the vehicle with your legs make? With bikes, yeah, being light on the hands makes sense even to me, but I've recently been on a path to try to open up my knees (I notoriously squeezed my knees towards the top tube) and it really frees up the riding. But that means that regardless of the position you control the bike with your hands and your feet only. With an mx bike you're grabbing it with your thighs (in corners) or lower...

I can comment on these setups. I have posted on vital MTB a little before and felt there was a closed mindedness to this kind of a-typical stuff... That seems to be changing in MTB circles. I am not here to change any minds. I have my own opinions, coming from the moto side of things and the trends in MTB just do not feel right in terms of front wheel grip and rider / body position. I post regularly on VitalMX and have been a motocross racer for most of my life at the amateur / expert level. June...

I have a Nicolai G1 with the following geo: 510mm reach 1349mm WB 474mm chainstays 115cm handlebar off the ground 203mm front travel and 211mm rear I have been using a 20mm stem for years and also have a 10mm one which I have tested on occasion. I have recently put on the 10mm stem on backward and got a set of 90mm risers (previously was on 60mm). If you draw a straight line through the handlebar from the grips then the bars are 35mm behind the steered tube. I thought my 20mm stem and 60mm stem setup was dialed...

Absolutely going to feel that if you're not "buying a bike for it". So for me that was highly exaggerated. For Brian it's a bit more interesting because I believe he ran it on a proper bike (along with trying the custom mule). Along with being a much better rider, I expected him to basically utilize it more but also struggle when trying to push. Which makes sense as a mere mortal, it's not like Brian makes 0 mistakes on a normal bike, as well as I'm not sure how long he's committed a specific time period to the stem...

Conventional wisdom up until a week ago would have said this setup is unrideable and has no place at a World Cup. The fact that they were even in touch with these bikes demonstrates that there are still lots of places to go and things to explore re: bike geometry/fit