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earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/6/2024 2:19pm Wade might just be the best rider / actor combo in the industry. Name a rider that does better acting jobs in ride videos?
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earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/6/2024 12:32pm
earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/1/2024 9:39am Isn't Suspension Lab NZ Jonno that stopped posting in the MTBR Suspension Forum after banging his head against the desk 10 thousand times arguing with Dougal?
earleb Added a reply to Can someone fill me in on what Torquata Testa did?
10/30/2024 2:05pm Rated the Women's Rampage run based on what he could find for bikini photo's of the riders. Video was pulled down. He then says he was just trying to promote Women's Rampage in Italy where it was unknown and we're just not ready for this type of content.
kperras Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/24/2024 9:39pm
Whatever ZS56/66 headset that you have in your Transition is not the one that comes in Rocky Mountains. The cups are our own design that use standard 36x45 bearings, the bearings we spec are high end sealed stainless, and the crown race is not split. I'm not sure the comparison is valid here.
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earleb Added a comment about press release Öhlins Launches the RXFDJ m.1 Dirt Jump Fork
10/24/2024 1:14pm
Is there really enough DJ market out there to justify them casing a new 26" lowers for 36mm? I would assume Fox and RS have the OEM for this on lock down and Ohlins would maybe get 1% of a very small pie. They need something that competes in the 140mm travel bracket with a TTX18 damper.
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earleb Added a comment about press release Cotic Introduces First-Ever E-MTB: Meet the Rocket
10/23/2024 10:46am
Really glad that Cy shares his full development process. I love all the benefits of this over the cleaner looking integration that is heavier. I do also love what Lapierre has done with using an external swapable battery for weight distribution and ride feel. This should be more important than looks.
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earleb Added a reply to Turning a steel hardtail into a full suspension frame
10/22/2024 7:14pm Ask your friend if he has experience on 0.35" 4130? In a decade of frame building as a hobby and many years reading frame building forum stuff online before that I have seen 20-30 people make a post like you s and say a friend is a welder that can do it...and never seen a posted frame. Place an order...
earleb Added a reply to Turning a steel hardtail into a full suspension frame
10/22/2024 3:06pm Can you tig or braze thin wall tubing? That's your first hurdle to figure out before software. Next hurdle is fixturing. You need to hold the existing frame and new bits in place to weld. Bottom bracket isn't the right option as it would then require you to turn up a unique axle. Use a 44mm headtube then you can...
earleb Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
10/19/2024 9:39pm My comment wasn't a mix of xc and DH or EDR. It was that a DH team would need to cover three of the four categories in DH. One male, one female and say a jr male. Or a team could be Female, Jr Female.and Jr Male. Pick three of four.
earleb Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
10/18/2024 5:25pm Should be mandatory that teams compete in minimum of three categories. Would be great for development to see all the big teams needing to take on a jr male or female.
earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/15/2024 9:45am You can get really really damn close to any AS, AR*, and LR from any other platform with a linkage driven single pivot. Packaging and aesthetic would have to take a back seat but you would be surprised that all mini link/ dual link bikes can be duplicated in a linkage driven single pivot. * low AR is the one...
earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/13/2024 2:59pm I think they gave the components a different name as they also made these at the same time. https://p.vitalmtb.com/styles/full_size_1600/s3/photos/users/52061/setu… Wouldn't want to be associated with those monstrosity either.
earleb Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
10/8/2024 3:43pm Pretty sure they could whip him up exactly what he wanted in an aluminum mule in a few days. They are the only major manufacture producing in-house in North America.
earleb Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
10/8/2024 12:41pm Finn to lead a return of Devinci to DH. No info...just something I'd love to see.
earleb Added a reply to Tire chat (nerds only)
10/2/2024 9:26pm I would say my last gen Wild Enduro's a are on par with the sidewalls on my current gen Continental DH Xynotal tires. So for a lighter rider it's not likely an issue.
earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/26/2024 7:07pm You guys kicked off the steep seat tube angles with that bike. Remember putting a 36 on one of those?
earleb Added a reply to Sustainable Brands in the MTB Industry
9/20/2024 11:09am Titanium has been shown to have a high carbon footprint. According to Reynolds it's 3x the footprint of steel, placing it up around carbon.
earleb Added a reply to How Much Suspension Travel Do You Want vs. Need in Your Mountain Bike?
9/18/2024 12:39pm Are these shops trolling you? How daft is it that one shop says xc whippet and one shop says full fat e enduro?
earleb Added a reply to How Much Suspension Travel Do You Want vs. Need in Your Mountain Bike?
9/18/2024 11:15am How does "your riding" miss the point. While I can pluck down anything on a fully rigid bike it's not my preference. I have a capable long travel hardtails that mostly just gets used as a gravel bike and riding with my kids because as much as I love a hardtails it's again not my preference for the trails I...