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What's the suspension tuning thread? I want to talk DVO without clogging up this one

his glasses should have been a telling sign

At least they haven’t devolved into a discussion of if Dario’s chainstay is the right length.

+1 appreciating Dario here. He may not be right all the time, but he’s not taking it TOO seriously either. He is not polished and seems more relatable than your average presenter. Plus he IS younger than many, which gives him an opportunity (that he apparently uses) to think less of money/career and more of staying true to the current state of himself. Again, even if he is wrong from others POV.

Just now looked at this video - he does flick that bike, but his skill level exceeds my ham-n-egg approach by a LARGE margin - he could flick a Schwinn Collegiate. For the average guy - we have posted some good thoughts on what makes a bike feel good while riding,

Measuring the silverware in that pic it looks like Greg is running the new mega mullet MX. 32/29" combo or I need to get my new LensCrafters.

Get ready to have your mind blown: German speakers “drive” skis (and bikes).

What's even frustrating about the SRAM guards is that the different tiers of chainrings are different so the bashguards are not interchangeable. It looks like Burgtec may have worked around this by not mounting them to the chainring itself.

Not sure if there is really an advantage of those bash guard being alu versus the stock plastic sram one. On the other hand, I wish those 3rd party chainring maker would make their chainring compatible with the sram bash guard.

New Burgtec chainring guard? https://www.instagram.com/p/DVQuvClCFGE/?img_index=1

what, they didn't wanna make tens of dollars?

What an interesting turn this would be, they already make backpacks and tailgate pads so there could be something to this. If I were a ski brand, after this abysmal winter in the west, I’d also be diversifying the portfolio to adding summer products… Big investment if true but the bike looks sick.

Greg Minnaar signature aero extensions coming soon.

Reading this discussion makes you wonder what the perfect geo really is. For enduro racing, for example, a shorter bike is almost always faster (Rude, Moir, Melamed..) because it just fits better on those tight turns and makes swinging around them easier. Shorter chainstays on larger bikes also make the bike turn better on tight stuff because the rear follows better around a turn, and the turning radius is smaller due to shorter WB. However, for high-speed applications such as DH (and also modern enduro racing to an extent), a longer rear end offers more stability and better handling characteristics...

I think this is a great valid question. Here's my two cents on how to make a bike flickable/playful/poppy/unstable (four words that mean basically the same thing in MT : 1. Shorter chainstays. This has been beaten to death. 2. Higher BB. As others have said, your bike is more stable front to back when your feet are below the axles, and less stable when your feet are above them. 3. Smaller wheels. A mullet is more "flickable" than a 29" bike, and a dual 650 bike is going to be more unstable than a mullet bike. 26" bikes are king...

And that’s still $1500 to $2k

Sean is going to need you to describe and define "embarrassing", he's not convinced that it exists.

I was going to make a statement on this. Haha I actually think ‘twitchy’ might be attributes of ‘flickable’ gone too far. It’s all a continuum. I think of bmx bikes. I can’t ride the modern street frames because their HTAs are too steep and CS are too short. These bikes are ‘twitchy’ to me. For the bmx I do ride, the frames I prefer are considered hogs by modern riders. I do think highly skilled riders can overcome deficiencies in stability and tracking better than average riders and thus can consider other aspects of handling such as ‘flickability’ more...

I think “flick-able” and “flick-ability” are broad terms that get applied to a lot of situations. Yes, it could be applied when performing a “scandi-flick” cornering maneuver. It could also be applied to folding a table-top out of a quarter pipe at the skatepark or a moto-whip on a fest size jump. I think most people unconsciously use it as synonym for maneuverable which is ultimately just as ambiguous. That’s why I think you define “flick-able” as the force required to move the bike’s position. Then each rider can define what task or part of riding to apply that to...