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Explodo Added a reply to Clipless Pedals Thread
1/31/2025 10:44am I started on SPD in the late 90s but hated how often I would get bounced out of the pedal after moving to Utah and bombing around on a hardtail. I asked at the local shop which pedals held best and was recommended ATACs and have been on them ever since. They've been fantastic. Easy in and out but great...
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Explodo Added a reply to Damper products that aren’t suspension
1/30/2025 9:03am Those are a great way to mess up your knees...via my experience in the late 90s.
Explodo Added a reply to The Mountain Bike Crank Length Discussion
1/17/2025 8:59am I admit to being shorter-crank curious, but there's no way I'm going to buy a crankset just to try it out. I've been on 175s for 35 years and I've had no trouble with them, so buying a part just because some people on internet say they liked them is hard to justify...especially when all the research says "meh...doesn't matter...
Explodo Added a reply to What Are Some Things You'd Like To Tell Your Beginner MTB Rider Self?
12/17/2024 10:46am 1) Move near the mountains(or other good riding area) as soon as you can. 1a) Choose a career path that lets you live in random good biking places. 2) Don't worry about the lightest parts, get ones that don't break.
Explodo Added a comment about feature Gravity Tire Shootout - Vital Test Sessions
12/3/2024 9:38am
I can tell you that the Argotal is absolutely horrible on hardpack or loose over hard, so they'd knock it down for that. The shoulder lugs just fold over way too easily leading to loss of traction. It's fantastic on softer surfaces and rolls nicely otherwise.
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Explodo Added a reply to The Risk of Riding Mountain Bikes
11/26/2024 9:44am There are really multiple types of MTB riding. I'll mention two of them and we will call them "classic" and "modern" to differentiate them. Classic type is where you go out and ride natural trails in the wilderness. Modern is more bmx and moto inspired and has lots of jumps on groomed trails with higher overall speeds. The rise of...
Explodo Added a comment about video DIRT SURFIN: Atacama Desert with Kurt Sorge, Andreu Lacondeguy, Alex Volokhov, Guille and Roca Park!
11/15/2024 10:33am
I love how Andreu rides. He's always going so fast...and I love it.
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Explodo Added a comment about feature Three New 2025 Kids Mountain Bikes from Transition
11/13/2024 9:13am
DAMN! I wish I'd had the option of nice colors like that on my Sentinel.
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Explodo Added a comment about bike check Intense Tracer 29 - Custom Baribal Bike
11/13/2024 8:03am
That's a beautiful bike and I'm glad to see someone other than myself who likes 2.6 tires.
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Explodo Added a comment about video Vital RAW - Downhill Rockies Purgatory
9/24/2024 1:51pm
Typical Colorado dust and rocks, man. Gotta love it!
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Explodo Added a reply to Carbon rims On enduro style bike, general consensus?
9/9/2024 8:10am I'm normally 210, I think I ride hard, but I ride alone all the time so take that with a grain of salt. I like going fast and rock gardens. I have a set of Ibis(I believe they're actually Stan's) carbon 35 internal rims and they've been great. I have two sets of Nextie carbon rims and they've also been...
Explodo Added a reply to Mountain Bike Tires
8/12/2024 3:54pm The Argotal is amazing on soft surfaces but kinda crap on hardpack. It's not an ideal front-range tire because of that, but it is still quite good. If the Kryptotal fr came in 2.6 I would definitely try it out. Even the Kryptotal re doesn't hold an edge as well as DHF/DHR on hard surfaces. Maybe they would if I...
Explodo Added a reply to Brand Loyalty
8/1/2024 10:34am I had a Shred Dogg and a Gnarvana. A bunch of those parts went to the Transition. I'm happy with my Transition so far, but I just built it up earlier this year. No issues yet. I've been on my Ibis Ripmo for soon-to-be 6 years. I've had no issues that weren't dealt with very quickly by warranty and I've...
Explodo Added a reply to Brand Loyalty
8/1/2024 10:12am I've been riding so long(34 years) that some things I just buy without really thinking about it. They've proven themselves in the past and I like parts that hold up. I avoid anything from SRAM or their sub-brands due to their past, even though I'm sure they have some fine parts now. I just don't trust them due to my...
Explodo Added a reply to Not Mechanical, Not for Aftermarket Purchase - SRAM Launches S-1000 Eagle Transmission
7/3/2024 9:02am I just don't get the appeal of the electric systems. I've not tried any of them, but my XT shifts great. I can't actually fathom better shifting than I've already got from a mechanical system. You don't know what you don't know though, so perhaps they're great. I'm very particular about the mechanical operation of my bikes though, so everything...
Explodo Added a comment about video Saudi Freeride Flight 001 | Official Highlights
5/23/2024 7:42am
Yeah.....I understand that folks need money to live, but you really have to sell out your ideals(or have bad/none to begin with) to go perform there. Anyone who did so has less respect from me.
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Explodo Added a comment about press release TIME | Pedal Forward
4/18/2024 9:05am
So...SRAM changed nothing but the colors and names and jacked the prices way up...I guess that's not out of line with my low expectations of SRAM. I was worried they'd totally ruin them somehow because I have zero faith in SRAM.
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Explodo Added a comment about video ONE LAP - Red Mountain Rush MTB Trail at Hawes in Mesa, Arizona
3/5/2024 8:42am
That looks really nice.
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I don't know if I'll ever get around to trying a coil again because it's an expensive thing to test only to be disappointed. I'm in the market for a new rear shock since I'm swapping the rear end on the Shred Dogg to turn it into a Gnarvana...just collecting parts now.
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