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Thank you everyone for the solidarity. Update for today. Attempt number I don’t know what anymore I’ve lost count. The friction of rubber on gorilla tape is like it has glued itself the the bead of the Tyre and it takes me over an hour just to get the bead of the Tyre to move away from edge of the rim and drop into the rim bed. I’m so sweaty I look like I’ve just got out of a pool and my thumbs and forearms are no longer useable body parts. I work in concrete construction everyday and this is...

Jeff, I've given this a lot of thought, and it’s unclear to me whether you’re making a true “Ship of Theseus” argument in this post, or if you’re merely arguing from various component parts of the argument that we collectively refer to as the “Ship of Theseus.”

I miss when people used to draw silly little drawings of things. They were fun and whimsical and now its like "oh, a computer made that with no effort" and it takes the fun out of the photos.

For anyone interested in bracket testing!:

Yeah good question. The 2.5 DHR2 measured out at a true 63mm at the casing and 64mm at the knobs on my 30mm rear ethirteen rim, which is 2.48” and 2.52” respectively. So I’d say yes, that’s a true 2.5”. I always thought the 2.4” DHR2 was undersized and didn’t love it as a rear tire for that exact reason- I’m hard on rear wheels and tires and I want that extra volume as insurance for bad decisions. On the one hand, I feel like a crazy person if I say I can feel an additional 0.1” of tire width...

Don't forget, this is brought to you by the same people as the Design & Innovation Awards, the self-proclaimed "Oscar of the Bike & Outdoor Industry." A judged contest that is free to enter, but 3,450 Euro (plus VAT) to claim if you are the lucky recipient of the precious award. Need more cash, just add more categories for brands to enter, and then select (extort) winning products most likely to pay the ransom.

"The Bentonville of Mountain Bike Media"

Their enduro team was done last year but they graciously kept me on board for this year with my contract having another year on it. Sounds obvious of course, but the bike industry isn't always so giving. The DH team took me in and I had a blast all year long, which was the main reason for doing DH at the end of the year. I just wanted to hang out with the team some more, and who wouldn't take the chance to race World Cup DH while they can. As for next year, stay tuned.

435 chainstay across the board... Brian Cahal has left the chat

Not a rumor and not innovation per se, but yeah - Öhlins just unveiled their new visual identity. Y'all probably still don't know how to pronounce it though... :-) https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/ohlins-unveils-new-visual-i….

As I get older, I’ve come to really appreciate “culture” as a larger driving force than we tend to acknowledge. You can grab attention fast with a stunt, but lasting viewership takes time, many decades, for the underlying culture to mature. It has little to do with broadcast length, equipment, or announcers. Those things help add iterative improvement to what exists, but for mountain biking to become truly mainstream, the only real solution is time. Remember, people spend countless hours watching golf, baseball, the Tour de France, and plenty of other sports that can seem “boring” at first glance. The...

Fortunately there are more reliable sources for geopolitical news than a steroid-addled former comedian and a mediocre electrical engineer

Scribing arcs 4” away from every bolt, the battle scars of a hero home mechanic. The first Park tool we get, the first one we reach for, the first we should forget. But we will never stop wielding this glaive of the garage. Magical.

They don’t need a donation pool because the players already demanded one be created… NBA players receive between 49% and 51% of the league's "basketball-related income" (BRI). This percentage is guaranteed by the collective bargaining agreement and covers revenues from sources like TV deals, ticket sales, and merchandise. They also get comprehensive medical insurance funded by the league and players association for themselves and their families, both while they’re active in the league and after they retire. None of this was given freely to the athletes. These were demanded and fought for by the athletes through the players association and...

I thought it was very brave of Ebruner to be vulnerable and share how many bikes he and his wife have. It can be tough to come clean. We’re all active or recovering bikes addicts here, and this is supposed to be a supportive community for recovery. Or enabling rationalizations and fostering codependency, if that’s what you’re looking for. Both, really. JUDGEMENT FREE SPACE

That's a cracking good deal!

Not just bikes, I think they will probably fare well with alternate micromobility offerings like this. These are frequently being used in cities as delivery vehicles — often clogging bike lanes. Also (no pun intended), I work in Berkeley, and the Venn diagram overlap of monied parents on e-cargo/transit bikes and also owning electric cars picking up their kids from the private schools is very, very high. (This should probably go into a different thread, sorry)