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earleb Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
5/21/2025 10:40am Sell it at peak COVID, buy it back for pennies on the dollar in peak tariffs. The only way to make money in the bike industry?
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earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/21/2025 9:25am RS probably flows 5x more free product to bros than Intend sells in a year. Scale not even on the same planet.
earleb Added a reply to Trail Recommendations Interior BC/Montana/Idaho
5/20/2025 3:29pm Mt. Abriel in Nakusp. Rec Site camping right at the bottom of the trail network on Upper Arrow Lake. The rec site is run by the local trail organization so the camp fees go towards trail work. Full climbing trail to the top just finished last season. Full variety of trails.
earleb Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk
5/19/2025 9:00pm She had a crash before the guy was on course. No rerun is the right call. Clean run before the guy and re run certainly needed. IMO.
BGoldstone Liked a reply to forum topic All Things Vital Downhill Fantasy
5/17/2025 9:28am
I think picking after qualies is great and I have always felt that way.🤥
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earleb Added a reply to 2025 World Cup Downhill / EDR - Bielsko-Biala, Poland
5/16/2025 10:35am Tensioner would accommodate any change in belt length. How long are these in the cold? Trip up the gondola and some time at the top before drop in. Once they start moving there is some friction that will warm it back up some. Not like these things are sitting in sub zero temps for 10 hours before drop in.
earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/16/2025 10:30am Just another crab link. Main pivot appears to be low af. Other teams going high AR, Orbea go really low AR.
earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/15/2025 2:51pm Forgot that Starling has basically done this already. https://bikerumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/freeflow-ff60-ebike-mo… https://www.starlingcycles.com/starlings-prototype-ebike-on-embn/ They used a FreeFlow drive (basically same as TQ) mounted to spin non drive side and ran a jackshaft across to dive side.
earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/15/2025 2:39pm The 2nd chain allows you to use larger size sprockets and get better efficiency. Traditional idler it's a packaging problem to get a large size idler in without going super high on the pivot location. By using the 2 chains you can run ratios that would allow a mid pivot and avoid a 11/12t sprocket anywhere in the system. With...
earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/14/2025 4:43pm What if we venmo you $3.76 to keep them up? Bidding war over spy shots, community vs brands.
earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/14/2025 9:43am The front shock mount is on an eccentric cam so you can change the LR and bb height by rotating the shock mount. The other end of the shock is on a yoke with a threaded heim joint so the bb height can also be adjusted this way. The suspension is a layout like the Nukeproof Giga. Short link off...
earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/13/2025 5:23pm The belt would be awesome.
earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/13/2025 8:43am There was also a couple shots of the Ohlins shock in there with a view to see more of what they have going on. Electric valve on the HSC circuit. Maybe we are getting close to them sharing the info on it.
earleb Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
5/12/2025 2:12pm That's great news.
earleb Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
5/12/2025 11:27am There are 3d print files floating around for STFU style guide. Less than a dollar of TPU filament gets probably 90% of what $400 gets you on trail.
seanfisseli Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/9/2025 11:45pm
We talk about the tech and the rumors until there is new tech and rumors to talk about. I don’t understand what you haters are getting confused about. Thread derailleurs are part of the game, baby.
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sethimus Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/9/2025 7:39am
are you gen z? do you need help in how to use a search engine?
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earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/8/2025 10:18am Tube....you know like a round tube. Same as bikes were made from before molded carbon. You take a round tube and squish it a oval shape so it's optimized to the loads it's going to see. A tubular structure is better suited to the forces of a crank than an I-beam. See EEwings here. Drop the hirth joint, make them...
earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/8/2025 8:11am Copying the 5Dev cranks tells you everything you need to know about a company. All they care about is looks. The originals are a horrible engineering design. They should have copied Came Creek EEwings. But that would require some skilled welders and not just feeding a CNC machine. Innovation would be using ultra high strength steel from the automotive industry...
earleb Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/6/2025 10:28am Devinci did it better with the Wilson HP proto. No 6 bar needed to get a decent LR.
