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BGoldstone Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Lenzerheide World Cup Downhill

6/19/2026 12:44pm
Watch it slowly and Troy passes the marshall who looks like he is reaching for his flag. Look farther down the track and you see Jed is still in the process of crashing and hadn’t even gone off the track completely yet. All this on a fast but fairly straightforward section of track that doesn’t see a lot of crashes over the years so probably why you don’t see a Marshall every 100 feet. I’d feel the same way if was Jackson just like I don’t feel Hardline needs to pad every tree especially in a tech section like the...
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earleb Added a reply to Crankworx 2026

6/17/2026 7:38am
Well at least this Crankworx event has a theme some. Going to be disappointed if I don't see a Wayne and Garth at the big event.

earleb Added a reply to Mini Mullets?

6/16/2026 4:41pm
I have my 9yr old on a mega mini mullet. Front is 24" and the rear is 20" inch. It's a hardtail with a Manitou kids fork, it looks like an old school freeride hardtail with a Monster T. He dug out an old white Chromag seat from my spares pile and put it on, the proportions of the adult...

earleb Added a reply to Crankworx 2026

6/16/2026 10:27am
Sorry but it's always going to be called Joyride. Also wtf is Crabapple Hits World Championships? Isn't that Whip-offs?

earleb Added a reply to Mountain Bike Consumer - New Product Vitriol

5/22/2026 11:45am
The Mavens thing is crazy. The bike world has been gaslit into believing that massaging pistons on brand new brakes from the factory is supposed to be normal and accepted. Pre Mavens this was never done on new brakes.
My interpretation here is that this bike was in the pipeline before things went sideways for Rocky and the money was already spent. R&D costs on the motor was already burnt ages ago. Seems to be a lot of hate on the new Rocky because it's not a DJI an it looks different. Not a single comment on it's geo...

earleb Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment

5/13/2026 11:08am
Just to clarify, he didn't say it WAS a high pivot. He said " design lends itself to a high pivot suspension design". I think they should have used the black frames for all their lead marketing images as it looks better. The Rocky Dyname is a fundamentally different motor to everything else on the market. Starts with a low...
Soon enough there will be full "ECU" swaps for the commercial ebike motors. There have already been some for a few of the Bafang offerings. No locks and motor controllers that are able to handle much higher amps. Plug n play 3000w that just looks like a regular bike. 3000w will likely shred the gears...but someone will determine that replacing...
Single cs length across all sizes. Why not a replaceable dropout and give the people options? Or two swingarms and adjust a short for S/M and longer for L/XL? Does it all really just come down to mold costs? The bike's silhouette looks great and kinematics look good.

earleb Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment

3/18/2026 10:58am
It's not a proprietary motor. It's a Gobao P120. Limited number of brands using it but it's not just an Aventon motor. It uses Shimano bolt pattern and apparently their batteries will fit same space as some Shimano. Could be a path of people that like their frame with a crapped out Shimano motor that are looking to update. Alutech...

earleb Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment

3/16/2026 9:33am
Motor is a Gobao 120. A few different brands have their own white label versions of it. Each one likely has their own software tune on it. I think these share the same mount pattern as a Shimano. I think the Gobao is more refined torque sensor set up compared to the current Bafang M510 but they have a new...

earleb Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

3/13/2026 11:28am
Or the Straight of Hormuz stays closed down for 9 months and there is a bike boom as people get frustrated with paying a fortune for gas. OEM's wish they didn't cut back and leave a huge chunk of demand on the table.