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I have been working really really diligently to not blame the long rear center on my spire XXL for my shit Manuals. I never really had them on lock anyways…. So I keep pulling and thrusting and ripping my shoulders apart all the time. Like trails, uphills , rough stuff , speed slow, cruising with the kids on connectors- just really diligently practicing like a proper mt bike trail rider should always do. It’s coming along too. I have that poppy at speed shit , but now I’m starting to really get comfortable with the amount of body English and...

The electronic suspension/high pivot/stand up and pedal convo is the dumbest thing to happen to tech rumors in a long time. Banal, illogical, myopic.

Cannondale isn't niche at all. If PON cans it that is a huge loss to cycling as a whole. Cannondale is one of the most storied (and interesting!) brands across road, DH & XC.

The reason flight attendant has a huge uptake in XC is because SRAM sponsored teams are required to run it. I know four different world cup athletes and they have all said they would just prefer a manual lockout. When it works properly it's alright but it's heavy and frequently has connectivity problems between all the components. It seems more casual users like it with one less thing to think about while riding and the weight doesn't matter to a more casual rider. As for trail/enduro bikes, ever wonder why every single SRAM EWS athlete stopped riding LYRIK and started...

Yes, but I think other people in this thread have clearly explained why those efficiencies don't offer any unique benefits to high pivot, gearbox, or idler-based designs. Yes, electronics would make high pivot, gearbox, and idler-based bikes more efficient, but at the same time they'd be making all the other bikes more efficient, too. If Dave has four apples and Lisa has six apples, and you give them both four apples, Lisa still has more apples than Dave. Now, I guess if you're saying that electronic lockouts give them both the equivalent of 100 additional apples, then I would concede...

Quick bit of rumor-mill news. I've had multiple off record sources tell me Cannondale may be (is) done. This jives with what we are seeing on the race team side of things. https://bikerumor.com/cannondale-factory-racing-is-done-after-2026/ My sources are not within the company, so treat it as pure speculation.

In my observation no, nobody stands up while climbing. I came from the old school Kirt Voreis school of climbing, which says to stand up all the time to train your descending muscles. Plus I spent a ton of time on singlespeeds, because it reinforced the Voreis approach, and because it's a fun challenge in a bizarre way, but that puts you and I in a very small camp. Most people on road bikes or mountain bikes will sit 99% of the time and will pretty much only stand to descend or sprint.

Ck out Amuary's setup, his mechanic just used some felt. I don't think foam would be a good application, probably get ripped off very fast. I use gloves, rubbing friction issues haven't been an issue for me.

"Pedal efficiency" is usually shorthand for anti-squat. Drivetrain drag and pedal bob are separate effects, so in short, I doubt it. Assuming I've understood your question.

New Fox Factory live fork or am i wrong? previously we only had it on shocks Seen on Pivot Suspension Calculator

F**k, here they come...

Credit to Bikepacking.com for pointing out this spy shot hidden in Trek’s new video:

Yeah western companies don’t do that because stockholders like profits not revenue.

Iterating so quickly that your previous generation is barely out the door isn't sustainable and I think there are a lot of good reasons that established Western industries don't do it that way any more. However it seems like an effective strategy if you're trying to eat the incumbents' lunch. Be one of the upstarts flooding the market and hope you come out on top... Edit: double negative...

@jeff.brines's latest is a (somewhat grim) banger: https://open.substack.com/pub/jeffbrines/p/q2-outdoor-industry-roundup and I encourage y'all to read it. These jumped out at me: "The one thing DJI and the broader Asian push have done better than anyone is move fast and iterate faster, shipping new platforms before the last ones reach dealer floors. You cannot answer that with a committee and a two-year product cycle. The West is not losing because it cannot build. It is losing because it cannot turn fast enough, and the other side keeps accelerating." And "Trek has access to capital and is very large, but if I were...

I didnt have a bike rack for my vehicle, so id take the front wheel off and toss it in the back of my SUV. Once day I had a particularly long ride and overexerted myself. Got back to my vehicle and took my front wheel off like usually do. Threw my bike and gear in the back and then sat down for a minute drinking some water and trying to cool off before I drove home. Got up and hopped in my SUV and drove away. This was also a brand new bike by the way, one of my...

I also read 52 books last year! Well, I didn't exactly read each book all the way through. But I read the title on the spine, and if it sounded promising, I looked at the pictures on the cover and read the rest of the book jacket.

some dust ups in the bike protection world - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/ridewrap-vs-dyedbro-vhs-vs-shush