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Highland disagrees Uphill Access | Highland Mountain Bike Park

Sure is in Squamish.

it is if you know where to look for it.

Combine that setup with the ever-growing front wheel trend and we're slowly but surely getting there

Long time lurker, first time poster here. For some background I’m an aerospace composites engineer and spent several years in Advanced Product Development with an emphasis on environmentally friendly materials. There’s so much to get into on this topic and if folks are interested I’d love to start a dedicated thread on materials and environmental impacts. The TLDR is, carbon fiber as a green product on its own is a fallacy. The raw fiber production may result in a certain level of carbon sequestering, but the process is still so energy intensive I wouldn’t call it an environmental positive. As...

Gas Gas had the right idea with the moto-inspired replaceable plastics kits for their ECC ebikes. How many carbon frames become landfill waste from rock strikes or crashes where a sacrificial "fairing" could have taken the blow? If the industry wants to improve durability, this is the right place.

The vast majority of the advancement of continuous carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic materials is centered around aerospace. Carbon fiber reinforced bikes (mainly epoxy based) have "veered away" from aero materials - their processes and needs have evolved and are now somewhat different. So, thermoplastic composites (TPC's) have not been as targeted towards bikes. If you look at material test data, there are TPC's with similar or even better performance (strength/stiffness vs weight) than epoxy/CF being used now in bike parts (especially a property called "facture toughness"). But, these highest performing TPC's are higher priced in general, higher processing temp, and...

I love that it's Neko Mulally doing this. Nobody else would get out alive.

Nico - 10 CONSECUTIVE World Champs victories. 3 Junion World Champs 7 consecutive Elite World Champs. 1992-2002 Undefeated in that race. Having come from that very first generation of downhill bikes, venues & formats...it's still utterly mind blowing. Courses had HUGE pedaling sections. Tons of races on slick grass. Times could be up to 6 minutes on track for top 5. But the greatest feat was getting the equipment of those eras to the bottom of the track as the FASTEST on track. Everything we rode from 92-2002 was still fragile & courses were evolving faster than the bikes. His...

How do we like this?

I only have 1 ride on the Romy so can't tell you how it fully is, but visually it is a very different tire than the other three. It compares more to a Dissector or Xynotol. Visually it seems like a fast rolling tire for harder conditions and may not be where you want to prioritize. Looks like a great mid travel trail bike Colorado tire if it holds up for me tbh. I have the Tacky Chan on the front, and it is much more aggressive tire that would be closer to those others. I was a bit surprised...

neko doing laps at mtn creek with a 32" front wheel and cialis-sized FOX 40. pic by luca cometti the sniper.

sad to hear my Lynskey built Kona gravel bike is still great all these years later.

Why the dissapointment? Without knowing exactly what the bike is, other than hearing info and seeing pics. The ethos/idea of the bike is probably the same? A small travel, super fun and efficient bike - Probably more efficient with this new suspension setup, as well as lighter - But probably also more capable than the previous version. I am stoked to see it, and thinking it could probably be the perfect bike to do it all for me.

Thank you all for the interest in our bikes and in our distribution / sales model. To give you a bit of context, we’re currently a team of 9 people at RAAW, based in Germany, and we ship worldwide directly from here. The US has actually grown into our biggest market after Germany, which is pretty wild considering that every RAAW in the US has been shipped individually from Germany. Our goal is, of course, to make the ordering process and ownership experience as easy as possible. Having stock in the US would be ideal, but that comes with a...

Earlier this year I went to People For Bikes’ Bicycle Leadership Conference. I’m not a PFB member, I don’t feel like a shill for them, but I have an in person experience which seems relevant to this: I learned that they feel that e-motos pose an urgent threat to existing routes to schools, etc. They’re still supporting new routes, but are focused on supporting existing routes - because there’s a risk that reaction to reckless e-moto users could jeopardize all bicycle access to bike paths. Undoing PFB’s previous efforts. PFB seemed eager to have e-motos regulated as motorcycles, and the...

The 8-hour training actually makes perfect sense if you think about it. If you’re going to force a 12-year-old to commute electrically assisted/throttled in a 6-inch painted gutter next to 5,000lb distracted SUVs going 50mph, they probably need Stroad-warrior level tactical training. Why build a protected bike path for $1M when you can just blame the kids for not having a Ebike Safety Certificate while they dodge F-150s?

my 2 cents after spending some time on the bike is that I really want to spend more time on the bike. A couple anecdotes here: I was surprised at how well it pedalled and the lack of heft that I was expecting after looking at it. After giving it back for a month I had to film on it with no time to get familiar again. First trail was a rapid North Van classic that I have ridden a bunch and I was immediately sending it. It was extremely poppy while still being planted, able to pull for all...

I thought I read that it was just the Gravity casing layup that got changed - maybe I misread. That's why I am so surprised at being able to run normal pressures in the Trail Pro. Not complaining at all though!

I noticed the same but I have to believe it's due to the more supportive sidewall and slower rebounding rubber. Both of which they highlight. I can't think of what else could cause it they haven't mentioned? I'm also back to my prior to Radial Maxxis PSI. Which made me say a prayer for my rims but after a highly chunky ride this past weekend not a single rim ping.