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Absolute gold, this whole exchange LOL "The Scott Twinloc guy" - hahaha

Aight, i'mma head out. No bikes left.

So I can give a similar ride report for my continentals: 2000km and 60km vert over 10 months (1,200 miles, 200k feet descending). No racing and no bike parks this year, but I ride hard enough. Absolutely blown away by the Kryptotal rear downhill soft. That tyre has no right to still be alive today, with some side and middle knobs still present. The main issue is the casing, the grip itself is ok enough that I would run it until the rain comes in October. My front tyre is actually a Krypto Rear downhill Supersoft on about 11 month...

Those might look tasty but I can assure you they are not

Same, and I'm disappointed. I've had two forks in a row with the air release buttons and the only time anything has come out, it was oil and it went all over my gloves. I was told they would go psst and make my fork better. I was lied to. It's like buying a turbo car that doesn't make turbo noises

Yeah it would mainly be used for diagnosing issues or validating a retune - In theory a dialed team would have tunes worked out in advance or have shocks ready to go, and you should have processes refined enough that you don't need to check that a rebuild worked properly. You wouldn't/shouldn't be experimenting with big changes on a race weekend but if you were someone that worked on a range of products for a wider range of people, or taking it to dedicated test weekends then it is something that could be super useful. I've occasionally had to set...

I got the DHRII mounted up today and got 2 laps on it. The trail I ride is about a 4.5 mile forest road climb and a 3 mile 1500ft descent. We had a pretty good rain storm over the weekend and the trail was absolute hero dirt today. The first thing I noticed after mounting the tire was how much smaller and further apart the side lugs are on the DHR2 versus the DHX. I’ve been running 24-27 on the DHX combo and haven’t pinged a rim yet so that’s the pressure I ran today. I didn’t notice a...

On paper the specs are comparable to the benchtop dynos most workshops that have one use - https://ctwautomation.com/products/crank-type-machines/ Things like rigidity of the frame and scotch yoke could be more of a limiting factor - my dyno weighs twice as much but has similar speed/stroke specs. Things like the electronics and data processing are also important and you get what you pay for, so I'm not exactly endorsing it but it could be good as an entry level or 2nd portable dyno for some people. But I mostly just think its cute!

Closing thoughts on the new maxx Terra v2. Dh season is over for me now, and I’ve been riding the DHR2 since it opened. FWIW, this is on a DH bike at race pace for the season. Just about 160 miles and just under 100k feet of descending. Still has tons of breaking grip, can’t tell the difference in nor-cal dirt from maxx grip, but well over 2x the life, if not more. Casing is spent and the tire got a sidewall slice at the top of the casing insert on the last run, so she’s pretty cooked, otherwise would...

I have around 500 miles on a set of the spec radials on a full powered ebike. I like them more the shredda/ albert combo I was running before. I think the T9 compound is the only thing available thats comparable to maxgrip, schwable ultra soft and conti super soft feel less sticky on smooth rocks and roots. Im more of a 2-2-2 tire tread person so the butcher fits my front tire preferences more than anything that was available in the schwable radials until they released the tacky chan. I can’t say if the radial part of the specialized...

I installed hardwired Di2 on to my Bosch Wild with 11 speed Linkglide. I removed a SRAM 11 speed so the weight gain was significant which in my head bummed me out, although it's the exact same weight as GX T-Type. Imagine my surprise when not only was the gear spread much nicer, not only did I gain a lot of functionality, not only does the Linkglide shift positively and amazing (95% as smooth as T-type, but faster), not only did my running cost go way down and my relaibility went way up, but shockingly my rear suspension instantly got...

It’s the new TQ120 with dual batteries. Bikes available in January’27

Bike rental fleet beige?

It’s Taichung Bike Week. Primarily it's an OEM and B2B event, but occasionally some new stuff can be found out in the open. Speaking of DVO:

In the early days at least, yes they used the Spire hardware. That was actually something we had recommended since at lower volume it’s easier to just buy existing pivot hardware. It’s one of those things you that is super efficient to run in volume but not so much in low quantities. Of all the Horst link bikes I’ve messed with, that pivot hardware kit has been one of the easiest to live with. You aren’t gaining any performance from it, though. I’d imagine at this point they are using their own hardware though.