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Can Special Ed bring in a substitute racer for 6 weeks? "...and suddenly Ken Roczen did appear"

I get that. Yes, marketing is a thing. But geometry doesn’t lie. All these bikes have a merit, and end user scenario-a target buyer demographic- built into the development I think we get worked up sometimes when we want that to be us and it isn’t. Or we don’t want it to be ourselves and —— whoopsie! it is! Also : why not put a bottle boss on a park bike? Please god?

That’s such a LENZSPORT thing to do. And I’m not mad at it.

Bring back race tape

Taco enjoyers visiting Bham have to check out Mi Rancho, tacos are a dollar for some flavors and very cheap otherwise. Netos across the street if you like burritos. (please don't ban me for a taco based derailment)

Shapeshifter needs to die...

Quad 214 is the change on the air piston for gen 1 Mezzer. Makes the fork better at small bump, I have had it for several years on my Mezzer forks and like it. I do replace the 214 with a new one at each service, have experimented with a more resilient material on that ring (same size) than straight Buna rubber which seems to hold up better as far as replacing it less often. https://www.theoringstore.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&pr… these guys. Have been using this one as well - https://www.theoringstore.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cP…

I'm reading that as the piston being connected to the shaft via a spring, similar in effect to the buttercups on RS forks

It's not, thankfully, Blister has a photo of it on their review below. It looks like it's a short spring (5mm) that preloads the piston to get it moving https://blisterreview.com/gear-reviews/manitou-mezzer-mezzer-lt-gen-2

The anticipated updates to the Manitou Mezzer are finally being uncovered. https://road.cc/offroad/tech-news/manitous-updated-mezzer-gen-2-suspens… Edit- PB also has their photo album up. https://www.pinkbike.com/u/HayesPerformanceSystems/album/Manitou-Mezzer…