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nicolas_omlin Liked a bike check Forbidden Supernought meets EXT
1/18/2025 5:07pm
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Etney Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
1/17/2025 10:16am
I would agree with Sethimus, that generally whats ridden here maybe doesnt apply everywhere else. But I've lived in a few places in Europe, and generally its kind of "three phases" or three types of people. People that are somewhat new to the hobby ride a lot of YT/Canyon - Good marketing, and easy to order online, with good pricing. Then we have the "middle" phase, people often ride bikes from their local bike shop. So in that specific city, if it has a big Spesh dealer, SC dealer, Trek dealer etc - Thats what you see, and people continue...
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic The great Headset Debate
1/16/2025 3:28am
I recently got bit buying a new headset for my Megatower. I like to buy stuff used whenever I can, so I was buying an IS41/52 headset off a guy, taken out of a Yeti IIRC. Well, it shows up and the top headset bearing doesn't fit into my upper IS cup in my frame. Too big. I take out the headset and the side of the bearing says "41.8mm," but googling that headset size gets me nowhere. Turns out IS42 headsets actually measure 41.8mm in diameter, but apparently "41.8" is too confusing when there's already a 41mm size. So...
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slimshady Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
1/16/2025 3:26am
That "patent" alone is the best justification to burn the US patent office to the ground.
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human powered suicide machine Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors
1/14/2025 1:28pm
Kinda disheartening to see all kinds of crappy team politics creeping in MTB. It is not a team sport and access to World Cup should be based on individual performance. A simpler system would make more sense and be more fair. Let's have a couple of continent qualifiers open to everybody (and broadcasted as a wc by W
anybody in the top 20 got a ticket to race wc. Teams then organize themselves around whoever can race.. We are going to see the value of WC racing dilute itself through the years..
anybody in the top 20 got a ticket to race wc. Teams then organize themselves around whoever can race.. We are going to see the value of WC racing dilute itself through the years..
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TimBud Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors
1/14/2025 1:11pm
You said it yourself mate: “ALLEGED”
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groghunter Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors
1/14/2025 1:11pm
so the alternates are considered under a bunch of different criteria, that can be summarized as "cover for the UCI to choose who they want." We don't know for sure all the details of Gwin's team, but the way it looks right now, it's likely if his team is chosen, it's at the cost of another team that has more UCI points than his team has. So either Gwin races and somebody else deserving doesn't, or vice versa. and that's what the UCI wanted.
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Robbie420 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
1/14/2025 12:39pm
It straight up works. Why change it? Man bike riders are a fickle bunch, not happy when a good product doesn't get updated or revised, not happy when a part constantly changes.
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DelaneyDH Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors
1/14/2025 7:44am
Phil losing sponsorship almost annoys me the most out of all of this. All the guy has to do is post a phone clip on a dodgy pleney loamer and I'm convinced to buy the bike. Brands will regret giving up large engagment numbers on social media just to save a few quid in the short term.
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rafaelsilva Liked a bike check Megatower Monochromatic Yellow Florida
1/14/2025 7:43am
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matmattmatthew Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
1/14/2025 4:02am
So are we calling Clipless pedals Clip pedals now?
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iforte312 Liked a reply to forum topic The great Headset Debate
1/14/2025 12:43am
9point8 released an adjustable head angle kit for IS style bikes, I haven't tried it Edit: After reading below about the reliability of this system, it seems like a bad option
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Digit Bikes Liked a reply to forum topic The great Headset Debate
1/14/2025 12:31am
It wouldn’t affect my buying decision. Here are some factors I consider when designing for a frame: IS head tubes have existed for about 20 years I’ve never seen a cracked one, whereas I have seen cracked press fit head tubes. This seems more important than angleset compatibility especially if I get to design the HT angle. This crack resistance is because with IS the highest stresses areas are recessed inboard from the head tube opening*, and there’s no press-fit-hoop-stress**. Both IS and ZS allow the down and top tubes to be further separated than EC; and the head tube...
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hreylalno Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors
1/13/2025 11:40am
Phil Atwill and the Propain Positive team appear to have parted ways with Propain. Instagram is now labeled "Positive Crew". They're either up for grabs or stepping back from UCI level racing. Hopefully somebody gives them the steam for more World Cup racing, Phil has some of the most unique bike handling skills around.
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costa.ethan10 Liked a bike check 2024 Norco Optic C MX Build + Shuttle Rig
1/12/2025 1:41pm
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anfiore Liked a bike check Norco Optic (Gen 3) VPSHP
1/12/2025 1:40pm
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barryjenson Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors
1/11/2025 3:09pm
Greenland?
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Jotegr Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
1/11/2025 4:09am
Man, I don't want to derail this thread even more than I already have today (and yesterday), but does anyone else feel like the term "Certified Pre-Owned" is a bit of a misnomer? They're clearly trying lean into the automotive market, where CPO is essentially defined term wherein the OEM has inspected the car, certified it, and is continuing to honour the warranty (and possibly extending it). Is TPC inspecting, certifying, and honouring warranties? (hint: the answer is no). I was curious about what CPO means in this case so I checked their terms of service; it means you get...
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JVP Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
1/10/2025 1:45am
Those mis-matched gold-ish colors are something. They go nicely with a bluetooth speaker blaring club music in the forest.
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HexonJuan Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
1/10/2025 1:39am
Any talk about better alignment using a UBM is kinda silly. You have concentricity, parallel between axle and the outward mount hole, surface flatness between the mount and frame, in addition to the existing flatness and parallel of a traditional post mount. All in, it seems like more dimensional control is needed rather than less. This from the co that used concave/convex washers to fit between their caliper feet and frame/adapter mounts claiming 'irregular surfaces' at the mount faces while no other co had such issues (at least none that couldn't be remedied by facing the mount as you should...
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