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How is it a team rumor exactly? I have no issue with this on this site but how you chose to put it up makes it easy to question your intentions.

What the heck does this have to do with Team Rumors? Shouldn't this be deleted from here? Really now.

Had to shut that off after he said he started taking Ivermectin to treat his symptoms.

Too much Bling Bling with the sun ;-)

Might be something to take the glare off his eyes, that frame sure is shiny and he did say he was struggling with the light in certain parts of the track. don’t know for sure, it’s just a thought.

I cannot express how badly I do not want electronic suspension to be a thing.

Long time lurker, first time poster. Sad that this is what inspired me to finally pitch in. This is total BS. This is total conjecture, based on nothing. Consider that this is precisely how people like Weinstein got away with their shit for so long. Erode somebody's reputation by implying that they're difficult to work with. I know you're not responsible for her contract, but come on. Consider how hard people here worked to defend the reputation of a well known male pro recently. And he actually did something worth criticizing! But based on nothing, you're going to speculate that...

That was brilliant I feel had in the best way 🤣

Veronika Widmann joins Madison Saracen.

@HAEKTPON - last warning - stop cluttering up this forum thread. you're posting too often, with too much nonsense.

The "Gee is a dick that nobody likes" thing is more meme than reality. People have been very clear about that when asked directly.

Hey, remember 9 posts ago in this thread when we were bummed that Bike Magazine was going out of business? Or the part where we were grateful for decades of great MTB content from so many amazing contributors, editors, photographers, and writers? That was cool.

An update: despite the strictest adherents (myself included) using ultrasonic cleaners in the wax prep cleaning process, they are not necessary at all. All you need is a couple of old pots, some cheap solvents, some teflon and paraffin (both sfa on ebay). For prewax degreasing, I used dish soap in a hot water (third) pot. As everyone has mentioned the majority of effort involved is in the cleaning and degreasing of the chain and that's something everyone should be doing anyway. I'm sure a thorough off bike clean and deg would benefit conventional lube users too. The wax method...

PNW. Full clean w/ degreaser in an actual chain cleaner. Numerous water rinses until squeaky clean. Then air compressor dry, followed by Dumonde Tech to rollers. Cycle chain to spread lube to inner parts. Wipe off excess. Interim: wipe off dirt/gunk w/ rag, reapply lube. I don’t do this more than “in a pinch” to limit dirt in chain causing actually harm. Helps when chain starts to make noise if no time to do full clean. After mud rides, hose clean while cycling chain. Rag wipe clean. Compressor dry while wiping. Relube rollers.

Just found a slow cooker by the side of the road and picked up some paraffin, going to give that method a try!

Sweet! Make sure you degrease it well. A couple of rounds of a hard solvent. This will make sure the wax gets in and adheres.

Dave Rome at Cycling Tips has done a bunch of really interesting articles on this topic for road bikes, that basically go from leaning with a rag and re-greasing to using an ultra sonic cleaner and hot dip wax. Link: https://cyclingtips.com/2018/05/chain-cleaning-and-maintenance-how-to/ My personal choice is the below, copy/pasted from the article linked above: "[i]As long as your chain isn’t terribly dirty to begin with, washing it on the bike can yield excellent results. Requiring both degreaser and water, this is best done outdoors. Remove the rear wheel. Take off the rear wheel and install a chain keeper in its place...

Full degrease at new. Wax chain in a rice cooker with paraffin wax then lube with squirt every 4 or so rides until I can be bothered waxing again. The wax gets deep into the chain where the external application of squirt isn't very good at getting.