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ebruner Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

1/8/2024 4:14pm
The snake is eating it's own tail with that one, both figuratively and literally. The rear center is a part of the front center and vice-versa. That has to be the least straight top tube since the penny farthing. Good god, that is the ugliest bike I've seen in recent memory... one of the few that make that tantrum cycles...

rludes025 Liked a reply to forum topic Cascade Components Links

1/8/2024 11:11am
Again, just look at the leverage ratio curves, you should have done this before purchasing. To me it seems like this link was made for the Druid but also happens to fit the Dreadnought while being servicable. I havent used it because I was afraid of what the available data told me; but it sounds like it did exaclty what it what it was advertised to do.
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chriskief Liked a reply to forum topic Cascade Components Links

1/4/2024 12:56pm
What you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
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ebruner Added a reply to Cascade Components Links

1/3/2024 8:56am
You have yet to prove that you are capable of having an educated discussion about leverage ratios, progressivity, shock tunes and force gradients. The reason that is obvious, is that you are having the wrong discussion. The discussion you should having and should be working to educate yourself on is; What is the correct progression for me? Where do I...

ebruner Added a reply to Cascade Components Links

1/3/2024 8:24am
What a time to be alive... we now get to be enraged about a single part not matching our expectations. Not to be old man that yells at cloud or anything... but there was a time, not all that long ago. Let's just conservatively say pre-2014... where half the bikes on the market were absolute shit. I don't mean you...

metadave Liked a reply to forum topic Cascade Components Links

1/3/2024 7:45am
Based on how you've behaved on this forum so far, it seems like you probably hounded them relentless until they blocked you as they mentioned, deleting your content when they did it. No one cares, you seem like a crazy person at this point with absolutely zero understanding of the problem and have pretty much erased any possibility of anyone taking you seriously. I have zero stake in this, but I've been on this forum long enough to be super annoyed when people like you come in with nonsense and crash the usual happy and relaxed vibe people have built...
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NoahColorado Liked a comment about Feature What's In / What's Out - Mountain Biking in 2024

1/2/2024 2:59pm
In: - 30 lb. everyday bikes - Good brakes - Technical trails - Downhill bikes - Fast shifting - Long rides - Non-traditional racing formats - Durability - Burritos Out: - Heavy tire inserts - Pit Vipers and jorts - Loud bikes - Putt-putt style trail development - Tires that aren’t black, components that are black - Mixed wheels for anything but gravity - Tall rim profiles - Tacos
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ebruner Added a reply to Cascade Components Links

1/2/2024 12:20pm
I've had great experiences and I'd love to talk more about their links, leverage rate curves and trends in bike design etc etc. I've even had great experiences with their customer service and asking them stupid questions. That being said, I try not to feed trolls, so all of those conversations and experiences will have to wait for another day...

ebruner Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

1/2/2024 11:22am
My experience has been that if you have fox service your parts, you get it back with orange pressure caps, hsc adjuster dials and air spring footnuts fwiw. related: not worth being a dick about... there are plenty of wheelsize and ebike threads for that.

ebruner Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

12/12/2023 8:06am
I don't want to go down the rabbit hole into IBD politics... but Kona's been changing the rules of the game at will with their IBD's and not for the better. My LBS has been a long standing kona dealer since 98' - 00' ish. They have been a proponent of their bikes since the beginning and there were periods...

cfox109 Liked a reply to forum topic california rent and ride *help*

12/8/2023 11:49am
YT mill does free demos if you sign up early enough in San Clemente and is right next to dog park trails. https://us.yt-industries.com/demo-a-yt-bike/yt-mill-showrooms/ Also skypark at Santa's Village is an option if you don't mind also buying a bike park ticket. Same with Luiseno Bike park but that might be a far drive from LA.
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ebruner Added a reply to california rent and ride *help*

12/8/2023 11:45am
When are you planning to be doing this? The hot ticket riding areas are Laguna Beach (Laguna Coast Wilderness Park and Aliso Woods) although much of the very best and most technical riding there is off the menu. To that end, thebikeco is the closest to the trails there and would be the most convenient for demo's. I do not...
likely not what you want to hear... but I wouldn't be running a zeb at 150lbs unless I was a world cup level rider and capable of putting energy into the bike like a 190-200lb expert pro-am rider. That being said... the zeb is a great chassis and with some mods it can be excellent, even for light weight riders...

ebruner Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

11/30/2023 5:47pm
The sv8 is a cool product, it'll sell loads to dudes with levo's I'm sure. I don't quite get the limited off the shelf tunes with how resistant they are to sell/configure an 11.6 for bikes that are not in their catalog or they don't have data on. The pricing isn't a great value, but it's not terrible for a...

ebruner Added a reply to 2024 TEAM RUMORS

11/28/2023 11:03am
Did anyone listen to the Brook Macdonald podcast from MSA on the "Mauve Moped" site? He made a reference in there to not getting along with his bike. I was doing like 10 things at once (freekin adhd) while listening to it, so maybe my listening comprehension boned it. But it seemed like he was talking about the new/current ms...

ebruner Added a reply to 10 year old downhill bike

11/14/2023 7:37am
If you already own it and it's the bike you have to ride, it's a perfectly suitable mountain bike. If you're buying a bike now, IMO you're better off with a more modern, long travel trail or enduro bike in the 2-4k range (used to new ranging from used trail bikes like giant reigns, rocky slayer/altitude, etc up to new...

Jason_Schroeder Liked a reply to forum topic The Name Drop Thread

10/27/2023 12:48pm
So much fun reading everyone's responses. I've been fortunate to cross paths with many of my MTB 'heroes,' and it always cracks me up to think how what are core memories for me are likely lost memories for the other person. I'm always desperate for MTB clout, so here are some of my fav memories: - 2012, hiking to the start in Port Angeles, I was next to Mick Hannah, and he looked at me and said, "You're the kid who came from moto racing, yeah?" He was thinking of Charlie Harrison since we were on the same team at...
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jazza_wil Liked a reply to forum topic The Name Drop Thread

10/26/2023 1:55pm
I accidentally hit my front wheel into Rémy Métaillers rear tire in the lift line, I said sorry, he didn't hear me and moved forward. I think it qualifies me to share his political views now
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Ahab Liked a reply to forum topic The Name Drop Thread

10/26/2023 1:55pm
Last year, on a bike trip to Vermont, while paused at the top of two trails and deciding animatedly amongst us which of the two to ride down, Phil Kmetz popped out from behind a tree like some kinda goddamn gnome and recommended the Blue over the Black, if were to only hit this area once, which we were, and then pointed us to another trail system in the area which ended up being an absolute gem and the highlight of our trip. Later, when we got back to my truck at the end of the ride, a crisp sheet...
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