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Falcon Added a reply to Are downhill bikes worth it if you're not racing?
5/22/2026 1:04pm For all the reasons above, plus: New Bike Day. I mean, come on!
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Falcon Added a reply to Would you rather have too much "Engineered Compliance" or not enough?
4/22/2026 5:11pm Hmmmm. In my mind, I am an absolute specimen who demands absolute perfection and zero flex. Perfect, zeroed performance right down to the millimeter. In reality, flex will help you out. Since I am also mindful of the fact that I can't really tell if my shock mount bolts are loose, (true story,) I probably wouldn't notice. IDK, I picked...
Falcon Added a reply to Dumb Bike Problems
4/22/2026 9:47am You just gave me a really bad idea about doing two brakes at the same time, man.
ethanrevitch Liked a reply to forum topic Sea Otter Classic - 2026
4/21/2026 10:43am
Now this is the type of journalism I am here for 🤙
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic Sea Otter Classic - 2026
4/21/2026 10:42am
Sea Otter Hot Takes with @TEAMROBOT 🤘
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Falcon Added a reply to Matching Brand Suspension
4/6/2026 2:35pm For the same reason I run the same tire brand F/R, the same brand jersey and shorts, the same brand of stem, bars and grips, and always put my pants on left-foot first, I would never run two different brands of suspension. The reason is I'm psychotic. That's the reason. No actual performance measurement, just psychosis.
Falcon Added a reply to Tire inserts - do you run them?
4/3/2026 11:22am Another raw dog here. I ride without protection! I'm a pretty light rider though - 175 pounds or so. I'm easy on most components, including wheels. I tend to aim around the rocks and I think that has helped keep my wheels intact.
Falcon Added a reply to Any Vegas area riders?
3/27/2026 3:16pm I haven't ridden there yet, but I have a friend who lives there and rides the western trails on the road to Blue Diamond and Pahrump. I'm going to make him show me Brohemian Rhapsody, just because it's funny. The trail looks cool, though:
Falcon Added a reply to 32-inch Wheels and Mountain Bikes
3/25/2026 9:59am +1 for experimentation. It's been a long time since I took a physics class, but at that time I wanted to be an aerospace engineer. Take that for whatever it is. I'm thinking the larger wheel diameter doesn't contribute to excessive braking forces by way of a longer lever arm. (But additional weight, angular momentum? Yes.) Hear me out: the...
Falcon Added a reply to Concussion
3/19/2026 8:41am I've had a few, including one of the "lights-out, KOed for 10 minutes" variety. That was a strange feeling! I was at a motocross race and apparently I correctly told the ambulance personnel my name, the date, and who the president was. I don't remember any of this. I vaguely remember the cause of the crash, but not the impact...
Falcon Added a reply to Favorite current 150-160ish bikes
2/19/2026 3:20pm Since it's on your shortlist, I have to recommend the Commencal Meta. I have a Meta V5 Ohlins with a coil shock and it's unreal. I used to have a large V4 (27.5,) but now I'm on an XL - it's definitely heavier, but I still feel like it climbs more efficiently. Definitely a long-wheelbase machine, though! (Size?) It will...
Falcon Added a reply to Your dumbest crash?
1/29/2026 10:03am I just had mine last weekend! I was climbing up to the trails with some friends, taking it nice and slow, and I was giving some right of way to my friend who was to my right. On the left side of this particular fire road, the ground is rougher, but not too terrible. I have a fairly new 29er...
Falcon Added a reply to What's upping the stoke in 26?
1/28/2026 1:30pm Planning a Moab trip in the fall. I'm thinking about stopping in Richfield to ride Spinal Tap, then on to Moab for some Captain Ahab and maybe UPS/LPS, etc. Gonna get out there on my big, yellow Earthmover of a bike and just smash it all.
GO-RIDE Liked a comment about Feature Orbea's Rallon RS - An E-Bike That's Not for E-Bikers
1/28/2026 1:10pm
I hear that a lot at our bike shops in the SLC, UT area. However, I know a lot of gravity oriented riders that use their eBikes for more out of season training laps and still ride their Amish bikes for racing and park days. I have access to a few nice eBikes, but still put way more miles in on my Amish bikes.
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Falcon Added a reply to 32" -20" MegaMullet Penny Farthing
1/27/2026 11:35am You'd have to mod it pretty aggressively, I'm sure. With all the standard geo, that big a wheel size differential would make it a wheelie/loop-out machine. Do you guys remember those old-school "layback" BMX seatposts? You could run one of those, but rotated 180 degrees so it cheats the seat forward to get a steeper seat angle, then add a...
Falcon Added a comment about feature Orbea's Rallon RS - An E-Bike That's Not for E-Bikers
1/27/2026 11:28am
Innnnnteresting. I recently bought another amish bike, because I worry I'll switch to ebikes and never go back. I want to pedal for a few more years before I give in and admit that I can't pedal very hard anymore. The climbs kill me. Having something like this might be a good way to stave off that eventual concession to Father Time. It would be like a regular bike ridden by my 25 year-old self. IDK if it's worth $10,000 as a stepping stone to the eventual full-ebike, though.
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Falcon Added a reply to Riding along the California Coast
1/20/2026 10:41am Coastal only? Sorry, can't exactly help. However, if you are willing to come inland a little bit, I'd definitely suggest riding at Greer Ranch! Come up I-15 from San Diego, then split off on I-215 in Temecula, then Park on Scenic View Drive in Menifee, CA. The trailhead is here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Greer+Ranch+Trailhead/@33.6211888,-11… Follow that fire road up into the trail network...
Falcon Added a reply to Shimano/TRP Maven - S-tier braking (Shaven/Traven)
1/7/2026 10:28am I think I'm going to need a word index for the new lexicon this thread is generating. Shigura, Shmaven, Traven, Sragura, Mavura, ...MavTurp? 🤩 I guess we're going with "lever" + "caliper" as the formula for the new words? Holy crap, I just realized we may have a bunch of 200mm and 203mm rotor factors to consider. Will Shmavengalf be...
Falcon Added a reply to 2025: Things you loved this year
12/24/2025 10:06am 1) New Bike Day! These are awesome any year, but I don't buy bikes that often. (Last one was 2017.) I got a Commencal Meta V5 with Ohlins, TRP, Industry9 and Burgtec parts all over it, and it's been making me ride a lot! 2) Sedona in November. 3) New trails at Greer Ranch, near where I live. The trail...
Falcon Added a reply to One bike to do it all?
12/17/2025 3:41pm One bike: a big, heavy monster truck of an enduro bike I call the Earthmover. (XL Commencal Meta V5 Ohlins with the coil.) Here's my rationale: -I can only really afford one bike. -I want to ride Enduro and park laps. I am not skilled enough to forego any mechanical advantage that I can get. (Thus no underbiking for me.)...