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Your mom could feel the 5mm difference

john hall racing a pinion-equipped M1 at monster pro DH. pic attached. video on our insta stories. we'll have more pics and interview later.

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/sram-patent-shows-compact-motor-x-battery… Can we have a 'stupid ideas' thread where we post any and all stupid idea to do with bikes? Just enough for it to be public to prevent stuff getting patented... Thought about USB-C charging for eBikes 5 years ago -_-

You need to re-learn metric to imperial conversions.

To preface this comment, I do count my clicks from closed. That said, I do think it makes more sense to count from open. You would think that the most uninhibited setting would be where you would want to start, but that's just my two cents.

Another Beautiful bike ruined by cable tourism, a real plague on this market. Spindrift? a light ebike? let's see, real shame Propain decided to fuck everything up with Acros

not high level, but shimano dropped ESSA today - 8-speed budget drivetrain https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/shimano-introduces-essa-fro…

What a dampener may look like

IDK, looks like it would only last for 3-4 minutes

i remember back i think in 09 or 10 when rach and gee both won worlds, and Fox released a limited edition 40 that had the same tune they raced on. limited edition of like 200. sold out super quick, but a bunch of them quickly hit the resale market because they were "too stiff". well of course its too stiff, the average rider doesn't need the same tune that a WC racer needs.

What a depressing set of comments today. Biking is a hobby, people can enjoy it as they wish. Get over yourselves and let people be happy. Complaints about other peoples opinions are not tech rumors.

Not all pros are anal and picky about their setup and just ride what they get. They are simply fast. Some need to tinker to hell and back. It's the same with average riders, some thinker and some just ride. There is no sense to bemoan people that take a different approach to riding. As long as they articulate their feelings and can defend them rationally, it's all good in my book. Same goes for the Yeti vs. Specialized choice, if you can defend the choice of the Yeti by saying "I want what I want" it's much better than...

So many comments recently with people being overly pedantic about reach numbers. (Not just here). 10mm is literally nothing. Swap a 50mm and 40mm stem , get narrower or wider bars, try a different back sweep. Get thinner or thicker grips, bar roll stem spacers, adjust your cleat position etc. H ell, the hand position difference between single collar lock on grips and double collar probably changes your torso position as much. Reach is just one aspect of bike fit. Writing something off because the reach isn't exactly a perceived magic number by 10mm without trying it is very close...

Robert from The Loam Wolf here. I was the one who broke the Scalpel, and I’m not surprised I did - overshot the landing of a large jump for an XC bike, landing in the pocket between the landing and the flat ground after it. Huge bottom out. I corrected Kaz at Pinkbike’s quote - he had flatteringly guessed me to be 190lbs, whereas I am 220lbs. Nothing fishy. I wholeheartedly believe the Scalpel is fit for purpose and that it was my fault! Was having far too much fun and got carried away.

g-out project from windrock https://www.vitalmtb.com/g-out-project-2024-tennessee-national-downhill

And if we loop in 50 posts about how much strain our fingers will endure with Lewis' brake levers, we'll have come full circle. My damper is dampening with excitement.

China definitely doesn't care, but we can decide if we want to buy them.

DAMPER

not sure, could just be really dark lighting?