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Is this the linkage end?

BK says why not have a light frame, not sure the warranty department will agree with him. Seems an odd goal to go for with a modern DH bike, sure make it not a tank, but weight weenies aren't buying DH bikes.

Peak bending moment occurs at the axle end of the seat stay. This snapping is unrelated to the flex stay if it's happening at the linkage end. Looks like it's a compression failure in the tube that wouldn't be fixed by adding.the bearing. Also given the brake mount location the actual angle change on the flex stay is negligible and the 6 bar description is more academic then actually measurable. That said I've not modelled the kinematic myself.

to MSA: ~15 hours from snowshoe, ~5 hours from Lake Placid. Whiteface's brand new track is going to have twice the elevation as the snowshoe track, and it isn't even starting from the top of the mountain, IIRC about 2/3 the way down. it's great that snowshoe's village is right in the midst of everything, and I really enjoyed that aspect when I was there for the WC. but Lake Placid is definitely bigger, and there is more to do. even if you have to take a shuttle to the race venues (XCO is held at a different facility than...

You were probably eagerly waiting for another company to step up and enter the pedal/stem/bar market, here you go (some sarcasm detected): https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/leatt-enters-components-cat….

please don't respond about geo to this (or even respond at all), but just FYI, you can easily compare bikes and their geo in our product guide. here's a quick one i put together between a dreadnaught, firebird and sb165 - new bikes are being added all the time. https://www.vitalmtb.com/product/compare/64471,64876,50471?sizes%5B%5D=…

SB140

I’m a big proponent that steel hardtails should always have adjustable dropouts also so they can be run single speed.

The latest Michelin Wild Enduro MS tyres reminded me of supertacky, sticking to the floor when the bike had been sat for a while, flinging rocks up and generally being very sticky.

Super Tacky isn’t used much anymore outside of the Wetscream. Essentially it’s the stickiest compound from MaxxGrip, but only that without the firmer base and center compounds.

"tell me you started riding within the last 5 years without telling me you started riding within the last 5 years." all joking aside, yes its an older compound. while a good compound, definitely not used as much anymore, as maxxis has since released better offerings.

the initiative i like to see. thank you!

I bet Canyon retained Sam to help design bikes for the DIY mechanic...

Hi! This is my first post on this thread, but I have been reading for 2 years now. I talked with Sam pilgrim and a few other canyon guys at Tennessee Nationals, and also got to swing a leg over the Production New canyon sender. Supposedly the bike was supposed to release April 12 (that’s what Sam said, he also verified that it was the production version he was riding) so there’s a chance maybe it is releasing this month still? His bike had a baby blue color with white canyon letters. The (production?) bike also was equipped with the...

Snow crab vs stone crab

What about chainstay girth? Too far?

Came here to see some new tech news but all i got was a bunch of opinons about chainstay length no one really cares about.