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Hes fucking crazy and I am here for it.

Reece Wilson testing what looks like a new Dominion (From his IG stories) Plus the complete bike

How long until we see the Ochain integrated into the flight attendant system? Seems like a logical step

Found it..... "The reason facts don't change most people's opinions is because most people don't use facts to form their opinions. They use their opinions to form their 'facts'." — Wayne Gretzky probably

iv got one of these for Christmas and its actually really good. Think I paid £100 ish for the full kit on a black friday sale. The mountain industry has a gaping hole in it. Selling ppl £1000 forks £6000+ bikes and not even a fuck you on how to help setting them up accurately at home.. It is very slick, works seamlessly and I have so far improved my set up. I ride alone. My Mrs isn't gonna help me set my sag. It's allowed to me run deeper into my travel. Couldn't comment on the long term quality...

Definitely a difference in feel with my 170mm 29 Zeb Ultimate 2.1 damper generation when going from standard hub caps to torque caps on my i9 Hydra front hub. I preferred the torque caps stiffer feel, but I’m taller and heavier than the average rider.

This is spot on. I have probably 5000 miles on Megatower V1 and 2000 miles on V2. The SC lower link VPP bike have a "simple" but effective kinematic that can highlight differences in shock characteristics and performance. Shorter travel bikes seem to typically be optimized around a single shock and base tune, when you deviate from that it's uncharted waters. You might end up with something really good or something bad. From a philosophical standpoint I think more MTB journalism outlets need to dial in on this. Testing different shocks on different frames with different riders is a huge...

@sethimus @Evil96 @CascadeComponents I love, like love-love, that someone with an engineering background (and seemingly a degree) and a wealth of manufacturing experience provided factual mathematical evidence, and it has been refuted by "I believe the manufacturer of this shiny new thing I bought", like conformation bias doesnt exist or something.... There's a quote about facts and opinions that I'm trying to remember here...... it'll come to me....

Two words: https://youtube.com/shorts/Igh0tNE_s74?si=RBh7OYUVacH_sUSu

In regard to front axles and stiffness of inverted forks, the angular deflection of a shaft is defined as θ=(T*L)/(J*G). The key variables for axles are J (polar moment of inertia since we're talking about circles) and G (shear modulus of the material). J for a circular cross section is J(r1,r2)=(π*((r1^4)-(r2^4)))/2 where r1 is the OD and r2 is the ID (zero if solid). As for G, the shear modulus of steel is approximately 3x that of aluminum. Now for a comparison between 15 and 20 mm axles... Lets say we have a solid 15 mm axle and want to...

Well, opinions are like (you get the drift...) so take mine with a grain of salt. I think longer travel bikes are a better platform for comparing shock performance then shorter travel in general. As far as the nomad goes, the frame construction is well sorted to ensure no side loading of the shock and it does not change feel with a difference in shock construction (ie 10mm shock shaft vs 15-18mm, think previous gen to current gen dhx2). It has a middle of the road (moderate) amount of frame progressivity (linear progressive) and a rather middle of the road...

I’m so glad this isn’t a hybrid enduro/dh bike.

New tr11 out in the open

Back at it again with my horrendous image measurements, this time something actually bicycle related. I took the shock eye to eye of 225mm and zoomed in super close to align it to the centre of the shock bolts and scaled the image until the measurement was exactly 225. I drew a line to the middle of the shimano crank spindle and the middle of the rear thru-axle (also zoomed in until my eyes were bleeding to estimate the centre as best as possible). I then measured the horizontal distance between the two points (used construction lines to make this...

fuck sake just spat coffee all over my monitor lmao

crazy what a little bit of undiagnosed autism can do

Show us on the doll where the X2 touched you.

I honestly appreciate the fact that we are working our way away from model year names, or re-branding of products for slight updates and tweaks. Those that want to latest and greatest or want to validate what off the shelf product they are buying can work with their IBD to validate the serial numbers or they can do that themselves. Disclaimer, I know just enough about suspension design to be dangerous... While we're on the subject, The updates to the grip x2 damper are interesting. From looking at the cut away's and press release info, it seems mostly focused on...