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AndrewLee Liked a comment about bike check Steel Druid
1/11/2026 9:19am
Because I’m a fabricator and building your own stuff is cooler than buying it.
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CascadeComponents Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
12/13/2025 10:05am
I think the perceived smoothness of heavier vehicles more comes down to the weight of sprung mass compared to the weight of the rider/driver more than anything. You and your bike a plenty heavy and exert plenty of force in compression to not get bump jumped by even a heavy wheel assuming the suspension and tire pressure is reasonable and of course not wheels that are obscenely heavy. Obviously at some point they would become heavy enough to be an issue. The forces exerted by the suspension are also largely vertical so they do little to take away from horizontal...
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jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
11/22/2025 8:07am
@Digit Bikes great post, really appreciate you sharing this! As to the Felt question, I honestly can't tell you. Robot might have a better feel, but outside the Felt acquisition by Pierer Mobility during COVID, I don't have a ton of insight into how big they were. @ebikepartyshirt, CAST Touring and SNDR Products (different brands, same company, technically). We're in the process of building a new manufacturing facility here in the Tetons, which has me banging nails (or rather, driving metal screws) a lot of my day until this thing is dried in (see, I do "real work" too sometimes...)...
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breadplusbutter Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/16/2025 4:33pm I think the fact we're having this conversation at all is proof enough... But I do largely agree with you. It's not a feeling that I have, but I've been the salesperson on the shop floor and dealt with the consumer impression firsthand. We must remember that we, bike-obsessed forum dwellers, represent a minuscule percentage of the bike market as...
Jotegr Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/15/2025 1:28pm
Personally I was a bit surprised that the "AF" series of bikes ended up being priced as competitively as they were, in Canada they've always been up there with Yeti and Santa Cruz pricing for comparable models.
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Brian_Peterson Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/15/2025 1:21pm
At least Ibis offers alloy frames...
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breadplusbutter Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/15/2025 1:21pm They do, which I think has actually severely impacted their image and position within the high-end market negatively. It has two problems; they have specced them (largely) as lower-end models, which has devalued their higher-end carbon models and brand as a whole, leading to the question we are currently discussing. People who buy a Ripmo AF with Deore do not...
breadplusbutter Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/15/2025 9:51am Ibis has always been a boutique brand. Their frames are made in the same Vietnamese production facility as Yeti; they are very direct competitors. Almost as direct as you can be.
breadplusbutter Added a reply to Modern Geo Talk: Chainstays, Stack, Reach, and Bitching About It
6/6/2025 6:01am I'm a bit late to the party here, and not coaching elite Dh racers, though some of my former riders have gone on to race at that level... One of the big reasons for higher bar height/stack becoming popular is overall speeds have increased. Most riders adapt to a setup and run it mostly the same, but change minor details...
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/23/2025 7:29pm
Welcome to the wild and wonderful world of the bike industry, where you get worked to death and paid next to nothing, but there are literal piles of new and lightly used parts, even parts falling out the cracks of the building. What parts are you running? Whatever's in the pile. At least until you get laid off next week.
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breadplusbutter Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
4/9/2025 8:54am Loving the idea you guys think you know more than the dude who literally makes his living from sponsorships and has actually negotiated a contract. But yeana yea, you're probably right. Everyone's just lying to you for fun.
breadplusbutter Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/17/2025 12:35pm " why do bike companies spec such short dropper posts on their bikes?” Brands have to spec a post that functions when fully inserted, or else folks will fully insert it, have it not work, and complain. Maybe attempt to sue them when it comes up while riding, and they get hurt. Thank your local Lawyers. So they have to...
dwhere Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors
2/12/2025 5:18pm
Shout out big privilege, he's a good dude. Always up at mountain creek, just a normal dude that likes riding bikes (with a rap career). I love that it he brings representation for a minority in our sport.
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breadplusbutter Added a reply to Bypass tubes on mountain bike shocks or forks? (Trophy truck tech)
1/21/2025 2:00pm The Dakar Rally (and a few others) has an electric class. So no, Trophy trucks are not the E-bikes of motorsport, they have their own electric versions already. If anything Trophy trucks are like the Enduro MTB's of real pros Vs. the Bros who think they're pros set up. Remember the gasps of horror and disbelief when they did that...
breadplusbutter Added a reply to Bypass tubes on mountain bike shocks or forks? (Trophy truck tech)
1/20/2025 5:33pm They are also substantially bigger than you'd think. The track width of a 6100 truck is usually about 92 inches, a stock '23 Raptor is 74" inches. (The widest year) and a new Tacoma is only 63". Trophy trucks are a strange breed, they could be substantially lighter if they wanted but it's actually slower. Look at Ultra 4 4400...
breadplusbutter Added a reply to BITD - Back In The Day
1/17/2025 3:24pm I still ride toe clips on my track bike... but I'm also stuck in the 2005 era messenger fad. Yes, I have a chrome bag and stretched ears. Yes, I was a messenger. No, I didn't make more than minimum wage doing it.
breadplusbutter Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
1/8/2025 8:37am The Forbidden one is not a Sram product, it's their own design. Similar in appearance, but not the same. Lots of companies make a bolt-on mount like this. I'd be stoked to see a UBM, UDH is one of the best "standards" in a long time. Misaligned shitty post mounts that aren't replaceable need to die. I want to be...
breadplusbutter Added a reply to Reason for max axle-to-crown restriction on dual crown forks?
12/17/2024 10:13am Leverage. Testing. Liability.
jonkranked Liked a reply to forum topic The Risk of Riding Mountain Bikes
11/27/2024 1:34pm
i think part of it is also people getting in over their heads, overestimating their abilities. at my local bike park I routinely see this occur. there was one incident this fall I was riding the lift, witnessed a guy go over the bars, lawn dart himself and not move. it wasn't a particularly difficult trail either. i told the lift attendants as soon as I unloaded, but thankfully the guy was riding with some other people. i caught up with one of the patrol guys later in the day, sounds like the guy thankfully only had a concussion. but...
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breadplusbutter Added a comment about news story RESULTS & REPLAY: $100,000 Awarded - Red Bull Rampage Men's Competition 2024
10/14/2024 9:09am
I'm not sure it's fair to say he was originally a slopestyle athlete. He started racing DH, and won his first rampage in 2008, but his first joyride win was 2011.
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