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BHowell Liked a comment about Feature First Ride REVIEW Orbea RISE - Sub-40-Pound e-MTB
10/22/2020 4:08pm
I may not be in line with your original comment but your follow-up merits legitimate consideration by all, you should have led with that one. We touched on this topic a little bit in our podcast about e-bikes. The question was raised: do these lower-powered bikes get a pass? There are no easy answers. There are trails that are closed to e-bikes. If your bike has a motor and a battery, regardless of the power rating, you aren't allowed to ride there. Right now, those are the rules and I hope people will respect it. (anecdotally, there are far too...
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3/29/2019 9:09am
I can't get the audio for any of the bike checks to play on my Android phone. On the other hand, the audio from the race reports and the Martin Mae's interview plays just fine. Are you using a different file format or player to embed the audio for the bike checks? Maybe you could use the same format you use for the race reports since it seems to work all around?
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David.Max Added a reply to 2019 UCI World Cup Downhill Tech
3/7/2019 3:01pm It hard to tell, but it looks like Neko is using the e-bike version of the Quadiem on his bike https://trpcycling.com/product/g-spec-emtb/ I think I remember him running the same setup at some point last year as well. If you take a look at these close-ups from Gwin's instagram he's definitely running the e-mtb caliper, but he's also running a lever...
David.Max Added a comment about feature Kona Introduces Five Fun New Bikes - Sea Otter Classic
4/26/2018 4:00pm
Thanks Konaworld for the reply, but as Ceecee stated its the actual seat tube angle that doesn't really work for me. I have a 37.5" inseam and because of this I end up running a lot of seat post. Bikes with a slack actual seat post angle position me too far behind the bottom bracket for comfortable climbing even if the listed seat tube angle is relatively steep. Kona certainly isn't alone in this, the Trek Slash being another notable example that comes to mind. For me it's a deal breaker that eliminates quite a few bikes from real consideration...
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David.Max Added a comment about feature Kona Introduces Five Fun New Bikes - Sea Otter Classic
4/25/2018 10:15pm
I don't want to be overly negative, but I feel like Kona really need to work on their industrial design language. I know that there are a lot of other important factors to consider when choosing a bike, but it does play a big role when it comes to making such a major purchase. Other than the the Honzo and the Libre all of these bikes have a really awkward appearance to them. Further, the slack actual seat tube angle on the Process 153 would be and absolute deal breaker for me. I also wonder if the kink in the...
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David.Max Added a comment about feature Vittoria's Air Liner May Be a Better Tire Insert, Plus the New Martello Tire - Sea Otter Classic
4/24/2018 9:22pm
The Airliner looks like a really promising take on a tire insert. Will Vital be testing it sometime this summer? It would be great to hear how it stacks up against Cush Core. What is the weight on an enduro sized (2.3"-2.5") insert? Also Vittoria, your tires look interesting, but please consider releasing them in either a 2.5" or 2.6" size...
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You cover it somewhat in your review, but it would be great to get a bit more direct comparisons with the Sam Hill pads. It look like the Project kneepads have a leg up as far as stability goes. I love the idea of a hard-shell that hangs up less, and I definitely prefer the idea of having a couple solid straps to secure them down instead of just relying on a leg warmer type design. On the other hand, from what I can make out from the photos it look as well as offering more protection on the sides...
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David.Max Started a new thread Do tire inserts mean it's time to rethink tire design?
11/30/2017 5:33am This is just a little side project that I've been toying with, but I've been wondering if with the advent of tire inserts (CushCore etc.) it might make sense to take a new look at how tires are designed. If we conceptualize and design wheels, tires, and inserts as part of an integrated system, instead of as individual components, I...
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David.Max Added a reply to Do tire inserts mean it's time to rethink tire design?
11/16/2017 8:39am "IF we can make an insert designed integration, why can't we make a simply better tubeless tire? in my simple mind, i ask that all that weight go into a 175 dollar tire that is FRO. i would never run said tire all season on my little play bike, and it would be heavier butnot require inserts. but come race...
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11/16/2017 8:24am That's neat to see. Thanks for posting it. It would be great to be able to get some feedback from Minnaar or Marsh about how that worked for them. Based on the fact their not still using it I'm guessing that maybe it wasn't the end all be all... Having dealt with tubulars a bit in cyclocross racing I'm reluctant...
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11/16/2017 7:58am Thanks for elaborating on your idea, it definitely makes more sense to me now and its another valid way of looking at the problem. More than anything I was really just trying to provoke discussion. New ways of doing things come about by talking about and trying a lot of ideas until we find something that works better than what...
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11/16/2017 4:26am "Considering we are already seeing $100 tires, I'm not sure there is enough room in the market for an insert-based tire. EG: It'd just be too expensive for something you throw away in a month or two due to wear, but I could be wrong." Cost is definitely an issue, I'm Canadian and I really don't love walking into a...
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11/16/2017 4:02am I'm visiting my parents back home in Newfoundland so I get the feeling that I'm posting from a time zone a good bit east of most you. Anyhow, it's cool to have gotten up and see that a bit of discussion has sprung up. Too many interesting things have sprung up over night to respond to all of them, but...
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11/15/2017 2:33pm Not really what I'm thinking, but I believe that I did see something along those lines in the coverage from one of the bike trade shows once. My first post was pretty long so I'll see if I can clarify what I'm thinking and pull out some of the main points. At the moment this is definitely a performance focused...
David.Max Added a comment about product review Reserve Carbon
11/15/2017 11:54am
Yup, you've got me pegged on that one; but I suppose it might take one over-thinker to recognize another one ;-) I hadn't really thought about the way that CushCore would make the "air spring" of the tire more progressive, but it makes a ton of sense now that you've pointed it out and I can see that being a major advantage. I definitely agree with you about the "need" for consumer level telemetry for the level of granularity that we're talking about. It's great that shockwiz is on the market now, but with the move back to coil springs...
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David.Max Added a comment about product review Reserve Carbon
11/15/2017 2:18am
Really interesting conversation going on here, I've definitely wondered some of the same things while trying to figure out a weight/cost vs performance analysis with regards to wheel, tire and inserts combinations. I haven't ridden CushCore yet so Jeff please correct me if I'm wrong, but my thinking thus far is is to draw an analogy to the different parts of the suspension stroke. In that line of thinking I'd compare CushCore to the small bump sensitivity and compliance offered by the top of the stroke. CushCore allows you to run lower pressures while keeping the tire supported and that...
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David.Max Added a comment about product review Reserve Carbon
11/14/2017 12:10pm
Thanks for the great review. As another bigger guy its always great to hear a review from someone who puts a lot of force on things. A couple questions and thoughts: First off, unless I'm missing it somewhere, you've included rim weights in the review, but no complete wheel weights; that seems like pretty important information that should be added in. Moving on to questions about CushCore, what made the installation so much easier on these rims? I'm assuming that it had something to due with their interior shape, but I'm curious to know if you can point to anything...
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David.Max Added a comment about feature Rob Warner's Commencal Meta AM V4.2
11/12/2017 12:40pm
Such a great character! I honestly couldn't imagine the world cups without him announcing them. I think him and Cam McCaul together would be an announcing dream team, it would be great if Redbull could make that happen at some point! And I have to say that I respect him that much more for sticking his neck out just a touch and saying that he doesn't agree with Trump's politics.
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David.Max Added a comment about bike check 2018 Transition Sentinel
11/9/2017 4:57am
How do you like the Revolution grips? The concept behind them is really interesting, but the price of admission is high for a set of grips. I'd love to hear a users thoughts on them... or a Vital MTB review!
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I'm no fan of proprietary parts either, but when Trek introduced the knock block it actually struck me as a good idea... To the extent that I am considering putting the Acros version of the idea on my next bike. That said I've never interacted with a knock block equipped bike in real life so maybe there is something that I'm missing here. The main benefits I can see is never having your fork over rotate after dumping the bike in a crash. As a pure bred race machine this makes sense to me. While racing I have had crashes...
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