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metadave Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/20/2025 4:35pm
Some of you never rode when we had no clutches so the loose, flopping chain smashed against every part of your aluminum bike and the fork knocked in the 1 1/8th head tubes and then echoed through your monocoque frame and it shows. I can barely hear my current bike compared to the 3rd grade marching bands on wheels we used to ride pre-2012. I didn't even know you could hear what your tires were doing for the first 10 years I rode.
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seanfisseli Liked a reply to forum topic Modern Geo Talk: Chainstays, Stack, Reach, and Bitching About It
4/16/2025 8:17pm
Weighting hands sucks. Such a not fun way to ride. I will transfer a little weight to my hands, but I want to ride through my feet. I think the rise in collar bone breaks caused by front wheel wash is caused by this trend in riding (especially when paired with clipless setups that I see as being necessary for that geo/riding style.) I like a full geo thread because most of the Long Rear Center folks are really just asking for bikes they can ride more upright and through their feet, which requires higher stacks, which lowers weight on...
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monarchmason Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/16/2025 8:13pm
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monarchmason Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/12/2025 5:11pm
Towers are not tall enough. Said to be a new 32”. Going to be called MegaSkyScraper. Remember me as I just leaked the companies biggest news. Theyre coming for me.
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/3/2025 5:21pm
To be fair, it's also possible that competitively priced and highly specialized manufacturing will pop up in the U.S. at enormous scale with armies of knowledgable, specialized non-immigrant workers in the next month to save us from these high costs. That's all we need. Well, that and in-country raw material extraction for materials that often don't exist in our borders in the quantities we need, like bauxite, rubber, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, etc. But if we can figure out those two aspects in the next month we'll be fine.
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Masjo Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/3/2025 12:02pm
I now see that they actually have a fitment calculator on their website: Calculator | RockShox Looks like a 175mm post for me, if I get one.
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I mean, even with just around 10 hours of riding I can confidently say I'm not going back. The only thing which is marginally worse is a little bit of rear tire butt buzz on steep stuff. On fast stuff, loose stuff, sketchy stuff, tight stuff, I would go into a section feeling like I was pushing it, sail through, and once I got through think "man, I could have gone faster". The few times I felt like I hit the limit were on loose, off-camber turns, and I ended up just drifting to the outside until the tires hooked...
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Sadly, I haven’t had any time on it since December. I’m on the Front Range in Colorado and the trails have either been snowed in, covered in ice, or muddy. Most of my riding is on natural trails on rocky, loose terrain with sandy, off-camber turns. No fall line trails, but plenty of 15-20% grade sections, both up and down. The two other bikes I have are an XXL V5 Tallboy and an XL Gen 6 Fuel EX. In comparison, the Mistress feels like I’m riding on the front wheel but with minimal hand pressure. Low speed stability is a...
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/14/2025 8:32pm
no need to reply to this or talk more about this in tech rumors...just giving you all a head's up. if there are problems, hit our support forum thread) - any post/comment with 10 downvotes or more will be hidden with option to show (threshold can be adjusted, but 10 downvotes must be pretty bad around here LOL) - it is now possible to block user posts, replies, comments. to block a user - roll over their avatar on the left and you'll see a "block" option. if you block someone, their comments/posts will be hidden with an option to...
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/9/2025 6:52am
Hey everyone, wouldn't it be cool if there was a thread for debating brake stuff? There is! https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/nerding-out-brakes-shall-we-not-ano…
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SteveClimber Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/1/2025 7:56pm
Can we stop with the pipe dreaming, people would be more likely to glue their head to the table than properly use industrial adhesives in a frame jig. Most people struggle with IKEA,
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noodlenosteeze Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/1/2025 7:53pm
Not necessarily wth carbon-bonded frames, but Marino gives you the ability to custom make a bike with nearly any travel and suspension setup that you would like, it's all steel though. Fun little experiment with single pivot setups too. Have had a few friends build up hardtails and freeride rigs and they have held up well.
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yahmon Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/22/2025 12:38pm
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anotherbikerguy Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
2/22/2025 7:52am
Reading the news about Ari opening up a "satellite" location today:
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john_likes_bikes Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/19/2025 8:25pm
Not just uglier but the tilt adjust on the V1 is one of the best features on my entire bike. It looks like that goes away in V2.
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Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/7/2025 6:31am
As I say to everybody with a view like yours, come to Slovenia. We have a few climbs here where it's likely you'll be wishing for a 28t ring up front to replace the 30t on your bike to pair up with that wide range, 50+ tooth cassette out back. There are some people that can push insane gear ratios everywhere, but they are far an in between. There are different terrains around the world requiring different approaches. But overall, for most people, wide range cassettes are a benefit, not a negative. Having more options is great, but catering to...
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john_likes_bikes Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/4/2025 11:58am
Clearly it's an early 2000's Demo 8
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/1/2025 1:17pm
ALL DAY
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AvgMTBEnjoyer Liked a reply to forum topic What is going on with Thibault Dapréla?
1/18/2025 10:55am
It's up to men to call it out, especially in this current society where women require a high standard of evidence in order to be believed. Sure, innocent until proven guilty is good and all, but people don't require the standard of evidence like a court to know someone's unpleasant to be around. We need better standards and to hold other men accountable for shit.
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philip.vega.921 Liked a reply to forum topic The Mountain Bike Crank Length Discussion
1/17/2025 12:26pm
I don't wanna brag, but I've got a set of cranks that are a whopping 175mm in length, fully equipped with power meter and four-bolt chainring.
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