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Eoin Added a reply to Would a Mullet bike set up make hitting jumps easier??
8/20/2020 4:39am Yup, I didn't want to get into the numbers, as you need to factor in angle of the fork etc... But simplifying a little... (you made a slight error in taking the diameter+fork A2C, so you counting something twice) Generally speaking: In my experience the difference in diameter between good tyre options for 29 and 27.5 is closer to 2cm...
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Eoin Added a reply to Would a Mullet bike set up make hitting jumps easier??
8/20/2020 1:04am Personal opinion based on multiple hours in the bike park testing: Short version: There is very little benefit to taking a 29er frame and going to a mullet setup. Long version: As recently as 2 weekends ago I tore up my 29er rear tyre in 3 places in 2 runs at Isola 2000, rather than fix it again, i swapped...
Eoin Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/6/2020 3:39am I see them now thanks. Wow, some of the supertrail tyres are very heavy: big betty 29x2.4 = 1200g and 1300g in 2.6! Wow bigpark tyres are in the 1.6kg range...
Eoin Added a reply to Honor & Enduro Racing
8/6/2020 1:43am This conversation is always going to be difficult as people are all over the place globally with very different interpretations of "local" (to me my favourite spot "Blausasc" isn't really "local" even though is a 30 minute drive away...). Add to this different regulations of "Recos" and pre-riding I can't claim anyone is right or wrong overall. What I am...
Eoin Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/6/2020 1:08am Nice! Any links to the weights? I was a bit dissapointed that there were no "heavy" speedgrip tyres, but like you said "super trail" might actually be quite close to the last gen "super gravity". Whereas some of the new super gravity weights look very high at 1300+ from https://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/schwalbe-hans-dampf-evo-super-trail… Schwalbe Hans Dampf Evo Super Trail 2.6 SnakeSkin TLEasy Addix...
Eoin Added a comment about video Coming Soon! Vital MTB E-Bike Test Sessions
8/5/2020 1:30am
just leaving a comment so ebike haters can therapeutically downvote me.
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Eoin Added a reply to Honor & Enduro Racing
8/4/2020 8:43am My experience riding the 1001sentiers regional championship for the last 10 years. (Nicolai, Cure, Tordo, Dailly were all raised on this championship and Barel/Vouilloz won quite a few rounds) "Recos" were a huge problem in France a few years ago, races were intended to be run blind, and organisers often opened up 1-2 fresh cut tracks per round specifically as...
Eoin Added a comment about video UNCLE RAY FOLLOWED BY MANUEL LETTENBICHLER | #NotARace - IXS Test- Session | Schladming
7/5/2020 7:58am
Couldn't have a better ending
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Eoin Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/2/2020 8:31am Jeebus that video is awesome, Commencal really filling in that empty hole where vital raws used to reside. Can we start a quickstarter to just send Amaury and FrixFrix around to the various WC tracks with 10 videographers?
iceman2058 Liked a comment about Press Release Commencal Launches New Meta TR 29 2021
6/15/2020 12:44pm
Just read it in a French accent, it will make perfect sense!
OK so I did proof read 'most' of it but in my defense I'm pretty much half French and definitely more than halfway towards fully senile, so there you have it. Guilty as charged. Now I'm wondering whether or not to fix it, I really like "direction angle more lying down" and am considering using the term in future reviews...
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Eoin Added a comment about press release Commencal Launches New Meta TR 29 2021
6/15/2020 11:44am
Sweet looking bike, but considering the geo and weight, wouldn't adding 10mm travel and unifying the range make sense? Just how extreme is the AM going to be next week?
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Eoin Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/15/2020 7:53am Looks really nice, but there is a serious price creep going on, most of the models don't really count as "good value" due to some cheapish components. I guess they have to pay for those weekly sick videos and the massive DH team somehow!
Eoin Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/10/2020 5:43am More like "CSU Miami"... badam Tssshhh
brash Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/10/2020 5:41am
it's a pipe in a bag bro..... are you CSI Miami or something?
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Eoin Added a comment about video Noisy Bikes, Small Bikes - Vital RAW - 2010 World Cup DH
4/27/2020 1:22am
Will we ever see anyone as loose as Blenki on 26" wheels ever again? His jeyrsey being 2 sizes too big just adds to the awesome factor.
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Eoin Added a comment about video Noisy Bikes, Small Bikes - Vital RAW - 2010 World Cup DH
4/27/2020 12:42am
I have a completely unsubstantiated theory that the equipment back then wasn't up to today's speed: wheelsize, suspension and tyres in particular have come a long way. Not sure the grip was good enough to handle the speeds that a longer bike would have allowed.
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Eoin Added a reply to Brake bleed isn’t working
4/23/2020 12:09am Nice to see I'm not the only one losing my mind during the lockdown
Eoin Added a reply to When/will enduro racing become as intense as DH?
4/20/2020 12:32am Disagree entirely with the premise: Top guys in enduro are either guys who have won a DH WC race: Hill, Maes, Rude; or guys who grew up full enduro: Nicolai, Dailly, Tordo. Maybe there are some guys in the EWS top 20 that started riding pro late, and maybe they can compensate the relative lack of experience with fitness. But...
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic is more expensive stuff worth it ?
4/16/2020 6:25am
If you didn't hit your rear derailleur against anything on your ride, then you shouldn't have bent it. For example, I've had the same GX 11 speed rear derailleur for 3 years and I've gone through 1 frame and 3 rear wheels over the same time. You've got to be doing something wrong to bend your rear derailleur. Is your chain too short? If so your derailleur could be hyperextending and bending when you go deep into your travel. Are you dropping your bike on the driveside? Are you storing your bike in a place where children, dogs, people, or...
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D(C) Liked a reply to forum topic is more expensive stuff worth it ?
4/16/2020 6:23am
Everybody's different, but I notice a difference going from a really cheap, low-engagement hub to something with 36 to 44 points of engagement (like a Hope Pro 4 or DT 350 with 36t star ratchet). It is most noticeable on technical, climbs, where a really low-engagement hub can result in missing the timing of an important pedal stroke to get up something. But above 36ish points of engagement, I personally don't notice much of a difference. After having a few freehub mechanisms blow up on me of various brands, I think it's worth spending a bit more on a rear...
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