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Imagine you're a average user that doesn't have a workshop, the tools, the knowledge and the heatshrink to pull apart the fork, change the spring, apply heatshrink to it and put it back together. If the fork is knocking, is too soft or too stiff, you need to go to the shop. How much will it cost you to have the correct spring installed? How much to make it quiet if the shop didn't apply the additional heatshrink on their own? How much does changing pressures on an air fork cost? In the eyes of the average user, is a...

A masshole. Wait, that's taken already.

Rulezman, Jan Heine, PVD, Grant Peterson... cycling seems to perversely reward people with big egos, big opinions and questionable applications of scientific principles.

This guy is so far up his own ass that he prob used his bush resizing tool to make stools slide out without any friction

I think it’s interesting Reece is pushing all of the novel ideas now, but when he was winning races he was on a typical cockpit setup.

You mean low QI 😉😂😂😂

That guy continues to strive for the asshole of the year award. Any validity of his opinion has been removed by that kneepad/short gap and that’s even before we talk about his “low IQ” dismissal of everyone who dares to disagree with him 😂

I'd put $50 towards Vital Raws rather than spending $50 on freaking valves being advertised here.

it's not $500 per team... the 25 UCI series teams don't pay this. and they all have media teams at each round, some with as many as 5 photo, video, social media people. it's not 20 teams sharing the same 5 people, or a small group with access controlling all the content as you're claiming there's no charge for any team, rider, etc to shoot photos. and outside the series teams there's a fee for video because of TV and broadcast rights. anyone saying they lost their team job over that fee likely wasnt getting paid in the first place...

Hi, long time WC media guy here (14 years long).. I'm also very curious to hear some names and facts about this from you But in the meantime let me share some of my own. Each team is allowed to register photographers and videographers (each team then receives a set number of photo and video bibs for the season). if someone doesnt work for a team they can register as independent media once they have letters of assignment from a verified media outlet. there are little to no restrictions as to what can be shot/posted. This hasnt changed since the...

Has Frameworks made any statement about their iron cross usage? It’s a worse look now than it was on those Worlds bikes.

Idk why because according to either this thread or the tech rumors thread they're perfectly fine wheels and had nothing to do with Ronan (or us average joes) nuking them.

I may be biased with my Czech/Slavic roots, but the TLD | Adidas collab from a while back was some of the best looking kit around. I'm all in for more Adidas riding gear...

the only way to make Shimano brakes feeling half decent is indeed overfilling them anyway, who stops at the bleed block

I think Adidas being a title sponsor of the Norco team is pretty big news. They are a huge and well recognised brand, so it's a great thing for mountain biking.

Gwin is a full part of the team. They approached shared sponsors and combined all budgets to make the finances work. Sounds like Gwin gets paid what he is used to, and Frameworks probably makes out with more budget and even more attention from sponsors and fans now that Gwinner is with them.

Apparently in the paddock, the on camera charm doesn't translate among his peers on circuit. I have the opposite effect.

Not racer news but, there are rumours that WB are slowly trying to phase out freelance team media and start using their own production crew.