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Saying the Sea-to-Sky is “expensive” is an understatement. For the vast majority of people, it is so cost prohibitive you could never live there even if you wanted to. I was fortunate enough to grow up in Utah at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. My childhood home to Snowbird/Alta (some of the best skiing in North America) was 8 miles and a 12 minute drive. I now have a PhD and could never afford to live anywhere near that same place even if I wanted to move back. Moving to a place like the east benches of Salt Lake...

Yes, I'm sorry if I was unclear. That was sarcasm, and everything about this news report is the worst. I was being sarcastic and grumpy about the apparent PR desire to frame this terrible news as a win for customers, sort of like "Man receiving double amputation finally sheds the freshman 15 and then some."

Conservatism: "Government doesn't work and we'll prove it by the way we run the government."

With the exception of the covid, every major financial crisis in the US economy in the past 50 years has been directly caused by the Financial Services Sector. They spend oodles of $$ "lobbying" (AKA buying govt policy), to minimize govt oversight. Not foolin us today, Diddy.

I think this somewhat fits the topic but also kind of doesn't: Alexander Ovechkin, the all time leading goal scorer in NHL history had a falling out with his long term equipment sponsor CCM a couple of years ago over the fact they discontinued the stick model he spent the majority of his career using. Because of the need to constantly "innovate" and give the masses something new (where have we heard this story before?), he tried using the newer CCM sticks and it got to the point where he was using other brands to no avail. At this point...

I tried a large g1 and wasn't terribly impressed. Felt like I was riding a plank. Those dimensions with less reach might have been okay. I threw a dc on my s3 dreadnought v2 for a while, which made it not as good as the supernought at the park, and also worse for enduro. It already was a bit draggy for all day pedalling with the sc. Had a WA1 arrival that tried to be a short travel, mid travel, and a long travel bike. It pedalled better than most of it's peers in 170 and 152 trim, but didn't...

Time will tell. The people I ride with don't really GAF about motors, other than them being "good enough", reliable and quiet-ish. No one I know uses the boost setting very often on 750 watt systems. We'll talk endlessly about tires, brakes, suspension - no one even asks other riders what power unit they're on. Sure, folks will chose the best motor available on the best bike when buying new, but once you have a reliable system, there's not much incentive to drop $$$ to upgrade as an enthusiast (core? LOL) MTBer.

As fit enduro bikers, trail bike lovers and parents with a shotgun seat the wife bought a Trek Rail and I bought a decked out Vala last year (because my wife "convinced" me, we needed that, all the cool influencer, former EWS racer moms have them). With the shotgun seat it was curious fun for a bit, until our son told us, he also wants a bike with a motor. After a couple of weeks with the emtbs we realised that something was missing. After the honeymoon-phase we rode eco-mode almost exclusively, the emtbs weren´t as fun (for us) as...

Just to chime in on this - wife and I each have 3 bikes. I know because of storage space and cash flow reasons this is definitely not for everybody - but we've been working long enough to indulge ourselves a little bit in this hobby. We each have one short travel trail bike for pedal days, one park bike, and one mid-long travel ebike. The use case for the short travel trail bike and the ebike is actually very different. The trail bike is amazing for very close to home trails and getting a good workout, plus sometimes you...

The logical outcome of all this eCVT/ MGU talk is, unfortunately, "pedal by wire". Cheaper, lighter, simpler, probably more efficient. 🤮

Back to talking about cool things https://www.instagram.com/p/DeZ63SZTixx/?psln=bmEycWhsM21iMDB3

Kindly disagree, but I've always loved the long broadcasts. The average NFL broadcast is 3-3.5 hours, which feels too long to me because I'm not a fan so maybe the level of interest plays a role. The women's event did seem to move faster, I think they had really good weather and not much wind. The judging also seemed more efficient. Tbf it has really bogged down in the past when every rider is taking the full window to wait for wind.

Hey look: we have a forum topic for e-bikes!

I’ve seen it too many times in this thread recently. I’m sorry but grammar matters sometimes. You pedal a bike. Therefore it’s pedaling a bike or pedaling efficiency. Peddle means to travel from place to place selling small goods, or to persistently try to convince people to accept an idea, story, or piece of information. Peddling is the act of trying to sell those goods or ideas. The only thing you’re peddling with an eCVT is the idea that it’s somehow better (or worse) than the other options.

I have to agree.... maybe 6tee9?

I have a bullit and have the stock float x, the stock x2 and an avalanche tuned marzzochi bomber cr. Honestly there is very little difference between the three of them. Of the three, I prefer the air shocks as I feel the extra capability/planted nature of the bullit with the coil shock comes at too much of a trade-off in terms of maneuverability and ease of getting the bike to switch lines mid-corner or feature. The Bullit is a pretty typical Santacruz bike in that it packages moderate geometry (borderline conservative compared to current trends), with a chassis that...

Congrats on pulling off a cool and interesting project. I hope it's a killer ride!

I don't think critiquing the use of AI slop means people are trying to chase him away. He's an extremely smart guy with a lot of insight that everyone is very grateful for, and proud to have as part of this community. (We love you Jeff). I think it's normal for people you like to make decisions you disagree with. Everyone gives their friend some shit when they say something dumb, or yells at the TV when their favorite soccer player makes a bad pass.

A bit of self promotion here... but here is a downhill bike I've been developing for those interested!

In 2040, the shifter will get a hinged clamp.