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StudBeefpile Liked a forum topic I don't like the direction of modern trail building
11/16/2020 3:07pm
Our sport has had a massive influx in the last couple of years. More riders, more money, more media attention and as a byproduct more trails. Overall I think this is a good thing. More MTB specific trails are great, especially single direction MTB trails. But there has also been a trend in the last few years to make the most bland, boring repetitive trails when it comes to building something new. Part of this seems to be legit trail building operations getting their hands on power tools. Where once you had to build your trail to work with the...
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chyu Liked a comment about News Story RESULTS - Loris Vergier and Vali Höll Qualify Fastest at Leogang World Championships
10/10/2020 5:05pm
Hope Jack Moir able to prove a point to Intense.
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dsmdan18 Added a comment about press release Saalfelden Leogang Is Gearing up for the UCI 2020 Mountain Bike World Championships
9/5/2020 1:31pm
The winner of this event will have an asterisk next to their name. It’s not “worlds” when it’s pretty much only one part of the world competing.
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Similar experience here except I am on Light Bicycle rims and I laced them to Hope hubs. It’s been 4 years now, never even have to retension. I did collect a rock in the rear wheel once, so I had to respoke it since 3 spikes broke, but nothing but good things to say about carbon hoops that aren’t designed for weight weenies.
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dsmdan18 Added a reply to 2020 Mountain Bike Team Rumors
8/25/2020 11:45am Worry about things that you can control. Find a risk mitigation for the ones you can’t. Connor is doing both.
iceman2058 Liked a reply to forum topic 2020 Mountain Bike Team Rumors
8/19/2020 1:27pm
Here is the full announcement from Nukeproof team manager Nigel Page regarding Sam Hill sitting out the 2020 EWS season (however the "season" will turn out): ------------------------------------------------------------------- It’s been a crazy year for everyone, our thoughts go out to all those effected by the current Covid-19 situation. Like most of you, we’ve been eager to get back to do what we love; racing bikes. However, after much discussion and consideration and in respect for all involved, we have decided Sam Hill will not travel to Europe this year to compete in the 2020 EWS races. Where Sam lives in Western...
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dsmdan18 Added a comment about product review Chainring Spider
8/16/2020 5:29am
Good luck on your quest grizzatom. In the USA at least, everyone's opinion matters. Suspension experts, physicist, mechanical engineers etc. with provable facts are no more important than what someone feels in their gut is happening on the bike beneath them. Actually someone with a theory may have more influence, as long as they can tie it to a conspiracy theory. Let me try "The big bad bike companies are telling us that pedal kickback is not a huge problem because re-engineering would reduce their profits. Many riders are sick of this phenomenon so this small company from Italy is...
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dsmdan18 Added a comment about product review Chainring Spider
8/15/2020 5:12am
I tend to like a little bit of pedal kick back on technical climbs. If I want the suspension to stay high in its travel I will resist the kickback force with my legs, hindering the compression of the suspension. If I don't care about blowing through the travel, I will just let the cranks rotate back a couple degrees.
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dsmdan18 Added a comment about video Using an E-Bike for Downhill Training - Seth Sherlock and the Intense Tazer
8/13/2020 3:24pm
I get what they are trying to get across, Seth and Todd seem like great people, I just think it sends the wrong message.
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Varaxis Liked a comment about video Pro Bike Check - Greg Callaghan's Devinci Spartan
8/13/2020 4:53am
Thanks for writing the tech details down
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dsmdan18 Added a comment about feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Four Exciting Electric Mountain Bikes Reviewed Head-to-Head
8/11/2020 2:47pm
In your review of the heckler you mentioned adding a shorter stem to help front wheel traction. I thought the opposite would be true, a longer stem helping gain more front wheel traction?
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PositronicJohnny Liked a comment about Feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Four Exciting Electric Mountain Bikes Reviewed Head-to-Head
8/8/2020 12:33pm
e-Bikes are certainly exciting! My heart went into overdrive last week when someone almost took me out on an e-Bike! Something about riding on trails (illegal in my area mind you) too fast for the trail, and in this individual based on the whites of his eyes, beyond his skill level. Yeah, not a fan. But, I did see a fellow on one a few months back with oxygen to his nose. That is the only use case I can get behind. And damn, those prices! you could buy a dialed top end bike for that money and still have...
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matmattmatthew Liked a comment about Feature #USDH Pro Mountain Bike Racers Discuss the Uncertainty of World Cup Competition and U.S. Travel Bans
8/2/2020 1:46pm
Vital doesn't have a font for sarcasm.
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dsmdan18 Added a comment about feature #USDH Pro Mountain Bike Racers Discuss the Uncertainty of World Cup Competition and U.S. Travel Bans
8/2/2020 11:21am
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matmattmatthew Liked a comment about Feature #USDH Pro Mountain Bike Racers Discuss the Uncertainty of World Cup Competition and U.S. Travel Bans
8/1/2020 11:36am
Thanks Obama!
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jeff.lenosky Liked a comment about video "I Would 1,000% Never Do That Again..." - Jeff Lenosky
7/28/2020 6:09am
That was my bad, I was the out of towner and I should have. I thought we were just gonna ride slabs and stuff which aren't trails for any kind of bike but the last trail was a bike only trail.
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dsmdan18 Added a comment about press release CushCore Prototypes & Development History
7/21/2020 3:27am
It’s a fair price imo.
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Craw Liked a comment about Press Release eeBrake El Fuego - The Latest Baller Bike Part From Cane Creek
6/1/2020 10:44am
These are beautiful but it still amazes me how roadies resist better braking solutions.
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dsmdan18 Added a comment about product review Reverb Stealth C1 Dropper
5/17/2020 10:25am
Does your suspension damper fluid also freeze up? It would have to because they are very similar oils. What does tend to happen a lot is that some bike shops don't bleed the levers correctly causing the post to stop working when cold because the fluid has contracted.
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dsmdan18 Added a comment about product review Reverb Stealth C1 Dropper
5/17/2020 10:20am
Do your brakes also get wonky in cold temps? Mine don't and neither does the reverb hydraulics. Just saying, something to think about.
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